Former Reagan Press Secretary james brady, severely wounded in a 1981 assassination attempt, who subsequently became an ardent gun control advocate. He died today at age 73. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Bae systems. Inspired work. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. 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 fighting quieted across much of gaza for a time today, as israel declared a short truce. With negotiations to follow a halt in the gaza fighting that has killed almost 1900 palestinians and more than 60 israelis. The news came hours after israel observed its own short truce for par
Woodruff and remembering former Reagan Press Secretary james brady, severely wounded in a 1981 assassination attempt, who subsequently became an ardent gun control advocate. He died today at age 73. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Bae systems. Inspired work. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. 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 fighting quieted across much of gaza for a time today, as israel declared a short truce. With negotiations to follow a halt in the gaza fighting that has killed almost 1900 palestinians and more than 60 israelis. The news came hours after israel observed it
James brady, severely wounded in a 1981 assassination attempt, who subsequently became an ardent gun control advocate. He died today at age 73. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Bae systems. Inspired work. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. 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 fighting quieted across much of gaza for a time today, as israel declared a short truce. With negotiations to follow a halt in the gaza fighting that has killed almost 1900 palestinians and more than 60 israelis. The news came hours after israel observed its own short truce for part of the day. The brief unilat
Parades through the streets of donetsk is a show of defiance. Im Andy Richardson with todays sports as teammates turn on each other on the formula one race. First, he spent almost two years in captivity in syria, but an american journalist has now been freed. Peter curtis was captured in october 2012 according to information from the fbi. His last known location was in turkey where he said he had plans to end syria to teach english. Hes been handed over to a u. N. Representative. And the news comes just a few days after the killing of the american journalist, james foley. He was beheaded by the Islamic State group. He was working for global post, a boston haf based news website when he was abducted in syria in 2012. Foreign governments have been enfwajed in talks this year to resolve kidnappings in syria. Officials from qatar also negotiated a deal to release a group of Greek Orthodox nuns taken from their convent and held for three months by syrian rebels. A german captured in syria w
Ground. Plus. The amazing Success Story of a homemaker producing a dilemma for the workforce. We begin this news hour in yes, maam anyone, where two alqaeda hostages are killed in a failed rescue attempt. American photo journalist luke summers and another were killed. Barack obama condemned the death of the american as barbaric. Stephanie decker reports. It was the second time u. S. And yes, maam knee forces tried to rescue luke somers. Ual with a african hostage held alongside him. This time they found him. Neither made it out alive. The operation started early this morning and they wanted to rescue him, but the alqaeda was very left and they as they as one of my sources tells me, they started to kill him and they tried to escape with him, but the operation was very strong and they were surrounded, so they killed him. U. S. Penalty barack obama released a statement that strongly condemned the killings and explained the timing of the operation. It reads luke somers was kidnapped last y