Woodruff plus, Silicon Valley turns its gaze to the stars. Tech startups are working on commercial space flights, mining the moon, and more. Were trying to build the iphone of satellites. The beauty of this approach is that for less than the cost of a single imaging satellite in todays world we can launch a entire constellation of satellites. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs 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 they searched for victims and tallied the damage today, after a barrage of tornadoes hit the midwest on sunday. At least eight people were killed, and scores more were hurt. The most powerful storm cut a path roughly an eighth of a mile wide, clear across one illinois town of 16,000 pe
This is a largescale project. The 15 million task involves a minor aesthetic facelift and a major infrastructure overhaul. Water in the pipelines under the street is over 100 years old. Reporter when its done there will be fewer lanes and wider sidewalks. Every ounce of effort is put into making sure the work gets done faster and were out of here. Im anxious to see the numbers start coming back. Reporter for Business Owners, they cant wait for the recall costly effect to be over. They cant wait for the costly effect to be over. Stores are offering more deals now to get shoppers here on the street. Live in burlingame, ryan takeo, kpix 5. Now, the work will be done in segments until next summer. Merchants are getting one break, though. Construction will stop for the new at 6 00 whole foods is hoping to succeed where its competitors could not, in downtown san jose. People in the neighborhood say they could really use a new store. But len ramirez asks, is the highend chain really the answe
People because they are well paid. They should come to a deal. Reporter do you know about another strike . Definitely worried because its going to just disrupt everything. Reporter and it will disrupt just about everything because although bart has gotten one extra ferry to start working the bay if the theres a strike and one extra bus line in from concord, its still not going to move the commuters nearly as well as bart does on any given day. Allen . Phil, were three weeks into a 30day coolingoff period. Things arent cool. They are ice cold. Theres no movement. Reporter no. There is not. Not on the key issues. This is coming down to money, allen. And thats whats so difficult for both sides to deal with. On one side, bart is demanding that the workers start paying more and more into their pensions and healthcare. The workers are resisting that. On the other side the bart director saying unless they do, we wont approve the deal. So its going to probably come down to the wire. Its going
Degrees below the average. Going to settle in at about 81 degrees still warm into livermore, 75 in concord and a cool 62 and breezy ee in San Francisco. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. Thank you, lawrence. They will probably turn on the metering lights here any minute if you are heading towards the bay bridge toll plaza. In the cash lanes it look like its backing up to the 880 overcrossing. But there is a nice large wide gap in the middle in the fastrak lanes once you get past the delays coming through the macarthur maze. Lets go to our maps and check our roads. If you are traveling out of walnut creek looks good at this hour now off 24 and towards the caldecott tunnel. Along the peninsula near sfo 101 and 280 are both moving at the limit. No delay through san mateo. And lets check the south bay now. If you are driving near 101 and trimble, we are seeing brake lights closer to mckee. Everything looking good from trimble through santa clara. Back to you guys. Were following develop
This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer. Well get to that severe flooding in northeast australia in a couple of minutes. More rescues there over the last 24 hours. Al will join us and tell us about a powerful storm system right here at home that could be spawning some tornados in the coming days. Also ahead, strong signals from the boy scouts that it will end its nationwide exclusion of gay scouts and leaders. At least one major group is saying that may force it to move its support to other boys organizations. New questions this morning about the death of Country Singer Mindy Mcreadys boyfriend as she opens up about what happened the night he died. Well hear from her. Its an emotional and candid interview. First to that deadly flooding in australia. Sarah james is in brisbane for us this morning. S sarah, good morning. Reporter good