March on washington conversation series, as a father and son reflect on what that event has young people were found with courage and some often radical symptoms, i wouldnt have the ifill and we close with the story of Army Staff Sergeant ty Michael Carter, who received the nations highest military honor today for his bravery druing the war on afghanistan. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. 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 the United States insisted today it is undeniable that syrias rulers gassed their own people last week, just outside damascus. Th
He says the use of chemicals is many question when the United States will act with force. Force,say beyond any strategy is needed on syria. I want to get your reactions this morning again to the situation in syria and what the secretary of state said yesterday in what the u. S. Should do and whether congress may or may not be involved as well as the International Community. Here are the lines on the screen. Here is the front page of the Washington Post this morning. Obama weighing limiting strike on syria. They say the president is wearing a strike syria that would be a limited scope and duration, designed to serve as punishment for serious use of chemical weapons and as a deterrent while keeping the u. S. Out of deeper involvement in that country possible war. This according to Senior Administration officials. The timing of such an attack which would probably last no more than two days and involve lawrence Cruise Missiles and involve see launch cruise is dependent on three factors. Co
Forcing workers and their spouses out of the plans that they like. TaxesCompanies Say that and government mandates make it more difficult to hire, and doctors warned that the law does not come close to addressing the real problems in the health care system. This is not working as promised and the president knows this. Busy handing out waivers and delays. Protectans want to everyone from the Health Care Loss we can focus on stepby step reforms that actually lower costs. We think it is only clear only fair to give all americans the same breaks the president is giving big businesses. President obamas Energy Policies are not our concern. Republicans have in all of the above Energy Strategy that will lower prices and boost manufacturing, and improve National Security. Is blockingident chances to make energy more affordable, such as the Keystone Energy pipeline. Been five years since the keystone application was first filed. This has passed every environmental review. No taxpayer dollars inv
Started slashing and stabbing people along the way. This happened before 7 15 this morning. This is 15 miles east of pittsburgh at franklin high school. The first indication that something was wrong was the fact that someone pulled the fire alarm. The fire alarm went off. I was walking over towards the exit and there was blood on the floor. I thought maybe someone had a nosebleed. Someone yelled she got stabbed. This is the conversation between police and dispatch. We have got victims here. We need ambulances here as soon as possible. Be advised the suspect is in custody. Only one suspect. 19 students and a Security Guard were injured. Many of them were stabbed or slashed in the chest, back, or abdomen and some of the wounds were quite deep and this happened in a suburb. This is a small community, tight knit there in pennsylvania. All but one of the victims were high school students. And treating the wounds this morning, so severe and deep in cases were tough for doctors to save their
Scene at this moment despite the fact they do say the shooter is dead, they say it is still an active scene. For the second time in five years, this is the chilling way that most people learned once again that something was terribly wrong. Being told shelter in place. That is what nearby residents heard. This is what one eyewitness saw. They are actually escorting a group of of soldiers out of a building now at gunpoint. Everyone is coming out with their hands in the air, required to drop down to their knees. A group of soldiers like five, ten . No. Mass soldiers, men, women and children. There are children present with us at this time. There are civilians in civilian clothes. They are asked at this time to get done on their hands and knees, face down at gunpoint. The support Operations Building is the building theyre being escorted out of. The police are going in and s. W. A. T. Is going in. They still are being held at gunpoint at this time face down. Police are. On the ground . Yes.