It will begin life in a moment. Moment. Ina a a we will be starting momentarily. We are live at the National Press club awaiting the start of an event this afternoon on the health and Human Services department announcement on the findings of a report on Youth Homelessness. We expect to hear from singer cyndi lauper. She will be joining Department Officials and former Homeless Youth. Democratvering the top , henry waxman discussing Global Health care policies at georgetown university. That starts at 2 20 eastern today. We will hear from Janice Rogers brown about the u. S. Constitution. She is on the federal Appeals Court District Of Columbia circuit. That starts at 5 30 eastern. [no audio] again come alive this afternoon at the National Press club, awaiting the start of this event looking at a report on Youth Homelessness this afternoon. We are told that Zynga Cyndi Lauper will be joining on this panel. She is running a little bit late and that could be the reason we are delayed. [no au
Business leaders, and others at the World Economic forum in davos, switzerland. Brown from mali, Lindsey Hilsum looks at tensions caused by Government Troops as they advance into islamist territory. Sreenivasan Spencer Michels has a story about trash and one citys crusade to eliminate all of it. Reporter San Francisco boasts that it recycles 80 of all garbage, and is aiming for zero waste. But some skeptics dont believe it. Brown plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to you
Relations board last january. The president argued he was justified in doing so because the senate was away for a 20day break. But republicans and business groups said the senate was still technically in session, if only for a few minutes every few days. The panel of three judges all appointed by republican president s said mr. Obama had done an inappropriate endrun around the senate. But white house spokesman jay carney took issue with the ruling. The decision is novel and unprecedented. It contradicts 150 years of practice by democratic and republican administrations. So we respectfully but strongly disagree with the rulings. Accord together Congressional Research service Something Like 280 plus intrasession recess appointments by, again, democratting and republican administrations dating back to 1867. Sreenivasan if the decision stands, it could invalidate hundreds of decisions made by the labor board. Moreover, the body would not have enough members to issue decisions, effectively
The president argued he was justified in doing so because the senate was away for a 20day break. But republicans and business groups said the senate was still technically in session, if only for a few minutes every few days. The panel of three judges all appointed by republican president s said mr. Obama had done an inappropriate endrun around the senate. But white house spokesman jay carney took issue with the ruling. The decision is novel and unprecedented. It contradicts 150 years of practice by democratic and republican administrations. So we respectfully but strongly disagree with the rulings. Accord together Congressional Research service Something Like 280 plus intrasession recess appointments by, again, democratting and republican administrations dating back to 1867. Sreenivasan if the decision stands, it could invalidate hundreds of decisions made by the labor board. Moreover, the body would not have enough members to issue decisions, effectively shutting it down. The ruling a
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown a federal court ruled president obamas appointments to the National Labor Relations Board made during a congressional recess were unconstitutional. Good evening. Im jeffrey brown. Sreenivasan and im hari sreenivasan. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the decision and the reaction from the white house. Brown then, we hear from two of our newshour colleagues on the road Margaret Warner reports from jerusalem on moves in israel to form a new coalition government. Sreenivasan and ray suarez updates the highpowered meetings of heads of state, business leaders, and others at the World Economic forum in davos, switzerland. Brown from mali, Lindsey Hilsum looks at tensions caused by Government Troops as they advance into islamist territory. Sreenivasan Spencer Michels has a story about trash and one citys crusade to eliminate all of it. Reporter San Francisco boasts that it recycles 80 of all garbage, and is aiming for zero w