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Newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the regime of syrian president Bashar Alassad faced new pressure at home and abroad today. A coalition of Opposition Groups won recognition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian People. And rebel fighters pressed their attacks in an...

And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the regime of syrian president Bashar Alassad faced new pressure at home and abroad today. A coalition of Opposition Groups won recognition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian People. And rebel fighters pressed their attacks in and around damascus. Across the ...

Ifill the United States and more than 100 other countries formally recognized a new coalition of syrian rebel groups today, paving the way for international aid. Good evening, im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the diplomatic developments, coming as new explosions rocked the capital of damascus. Ifill then, our next conversation about the fiscal crisis with antitax crusader grover norquist. Welove to see some real spending restraint. Its ...

Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from alaska. Ms. Murkowski mr. President , i request proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Murkowski thank you, mr. President. We are on the measure again, the shaheenportman Energy Efficiency, also known as Energy Savings and industrial competitiveness act. An efficiency bill, mr. President. This shouldnt be this difficult for us. When we talk about the benefits of an alloftheabove Energy P...

Good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight trump found more votes for joe biden. Wisconsin making it official certifying the States Election results. The Station Commission chairwoman writing biden received the greatest number of votes. Hence the facts. Trump forced a recount paying 3 million or at least 3 million of his donor dollars for the honor. And trumps recount netted biden 87 additional votes. It was a recount, though, that trump was betting a lot on, one he assured everyone would t...

Few hours ago. At 33 years old if he wins he will be the youngest u. S. Senator in 40 years. There are some questions about what kind of experience hes g got. You talk in some speech we just listened to about health and jobs and justice for all. Why not talk more about your experience, your relevant experience, being the best person to deliver on those things . Look, i made my career fighting injustice, exposing war crimes and corruption. I run a business thats exposed terrorism. In that busines...

America societies and received a commendation from the foreign minister of japan. And he is the author of two previous critically acclaimed books about the senate. In 2012 the last great Senate Courage and statesmanship in times of crisis. And in 2018 broken can the senate save itself and the country . Iras latest book is called the betrayal how Mitch Mcconnell and the Senate Republicans abandoned america. Interviewing mr. Shapiro today will be eugene meyer an awardwinning veteran journalist wit...

Trying to raise more taxes for washington to spend the money. How does this end . In the end, republicans, from everybody i talked to, they could live with the across the board cutting. It would hurt your state deeply. It would hurt the defense industry. Are you willing to just live with it . Heres what i hope will happen. We have in our alternative several proposals that the president has actually come out in favor of. There are improvements to the whats called the medicare provider tax, to get...

Sponsor of for that reason. These are indiscriminate cuts. We can do a lot better. What i hope to be able to hear from the president in the state of the union is he wants to join us in trying to effect much smarter cuts in spending. But thats what hes saying. We dont have to have the impact that you just described. Why not work with him on shortterm measure which he is talking about to delay this, find a different way to go about some of the cuts . The problem is, david, every time you turn arou...

In washington as the president prepares to deliver his state of the Union Address tuesday night. As we begins a second term, were being told he will return to his primary message of how to restore economic growth. Well talk to both sides this morning. Majority leader eric cantor and assistant democratic leader in the senate dick durbin. I want to welcome you back to meet the press. Pleasure, david. Thank you. There are so many areas that are contentious right now, and chief among them is the seq...