first, what you need to start your day in the morning minute today is friday, october 20th. racist messages spark school fight in south jersey. that s a teachable moment. this has been very difficult week for student here just fraught with tension if you elect a call a family like this, about the most difficult thing you can imagine. chief of staff john kelly addresses the president s phonecall to the family of a fallen army sergeant. it stuns me that a member of congress would would list never on that conversation. more grim news out of california, recent wild fires could end up being the costly he is in that state s history. hoping to become the home for amazon s second headquarters. philadelphia is in the goldie locks zone for amazon, just right. mayor jim kenney thanks the coalition that made the city s bid possible. more from our own ukee washington. dancing with kids at a coat drive in chichester. got to love the ukee. i taught him thos
11 princes, four current ministers and dozens of former ministers have been detained in a campaign to stamp out corruption. crown prince mohammed bin salman, who s in charge of the new anti corruption committee, appears to have sidelined powerful rivals. staying in saudi arabia, state media there says the military has shot down a missile over the capital, riyadh. officials believe the weapon was fired from yemen, where houthi rebels, backed by iran, are fighting the saudi backed government. mohamed taha from bbc arabic says it s clear the houthis intended to cause major damage. they likely came from iran to put pressure on the saudi arabian government, which has been bombarding yemen for several years now. next and unrelated move that several prominent princes, including several prominent princes, including several ministers, had been detained ina several ministers, had been detained in a sweeping anticorruption purge led by the crown prince. the heir to the throne has been m
ecosystem of unparalleled wetlands. the more open water we have, the less we are able to sustain the potential impacts from storms that affect us coming from the gulf of mexico. woodruff: those are some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. woodruff: wall street broke out of a week-long slump today amid hopes for a break in the greek bailout drama. the dow jones industrial average gained 236 points to close at 18,000. the nasdaq rose more than 60 points,
ecosystem of unparalleled wetlands. the more open water we have, the less we are able to sustain the potential impacts from storms that affect us coming from the gulf of mexico. woodruff: those are some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. woodruff: wall street broke out of a week-long slump today amid hopes for a break in the greek bailout drama. the dow jones industrial average gained 236 points to close at 18,000. the nasdaq rose more than 60 points,
the suburbs possible as well. take a look at that when i come back with the hour-by-hour forecast in just ten minutes. but first, jessica boyington watching her first alert traffic. thanks. starting off with the schuylkill expressway still dealing with the construction. our camera as right around montgomery drive. but good news, we have some lanes open now in both directions. so earlier we had all lanes blocked off on the east and westbound side due to overhead sign repair. right here is the eastbound lanes. and you can see one lane getting by toward center city and that s slow. so, very slow through there. they had pretty much ysh pushed over to the shoulder. westbound, two lanes are now opened. watch, the shoulder s blocked there as well. either way, it s a slow go. and since earlier they did have both directions blocked off in both all lanes blocked off in both directions, there was a big backup. so, now some residual delays because of that as well. so, expect problems