That decision is expected in the coming months. Thank you for joining us. We turn our attention to another topic, something that caught our interest when it comes to the world of College Sports, which has been looked at by congress in a variety of ways. This comes with the idea of should College Players be allowed to unionize . This deals with College Players at northwestern, issuing or making plans. Northwestern players are beginning the process of forming a labor union. According to espns outside the lines another reason we caught interest on the story was the reaction of legislatures. The folks at roll call were asking some legislators who sit on a variety of committees about collegetion of whether athletes should be allowed to unionize treat hears from toator john mccain unionize. Here is from senator john mccain i dont see unionize nation getting that far but they want to try that is fine. As far as College Athletes are concerned, should they be allowed to unionize . Here are how
And fewer and fewer young japanese are exercising their right to vote, so some young activists here are looking for inspiration from a young american. Engineers at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant have resumed testing of Filtration Systems after operations were suspended for half a day. They say a glitch in the control system of a holding tank caused the decontamination system to automatically shut down. An alarm went off on friday morning indicating something was wrong with the advanced liquid processing system. The engineers found the control system of the holding tank was sending out two contradictory signals about whether it could contain more water or not. They will suspend operations from saturday to check the system and make any adjustments. An estimated 400 tons of groundwater is seeping into the damaged facilities at the plant every day, and is becoming contaminated. The top official of Japans Nuclear Regulation Authority secretary has some harsh words for the president of
Tonight on the willis report. Health care and the Government Shutdown. Big questions remain. Gerri live from washington dc, here is gerri willis. Gerri welcome to washington, the federal government is watching a trillion dollar entitlement Spending Program called obamacare. They are doing it in the middle of a new budget crisis and the shutdown of the federal government our goal is to help you navigate obamacare and how will affect you and your loved ones. Lots of questions even though obamacare is going full steam ahead. Everything is going to be okay. And how much money will they get . When we know what the deductibles are . The ultimate question is will this whole thing work or will it break the bank with more, Douglas Holtz eakin and a former cbo director and jon barrasso. Welcome to you both. Starting with the glitches, a map of the states that have glitches. There is almost no state that on this map. What happened . They were not ready and its hard to believe that after 2. 5 year
Bnsf railway. And by the alfred p. Sloan 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. 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 our lead story the federal government is just a few hours away from a potential shutdown. John boehner spoke tonight but there was no apparent breakthrough. Instead House Republicans again passed a stopgap funding bill with provisions aimed at scaling back the Health Care Law. That fold a long day of back and forth at the senate that threatened to continue until the very last minute. The house will be in order. In fact, disorder mostly prevailed as the hours ticked down. Speaker john boehner defended the house which was in session this weekend, and blasted senate democrats.
But the grand feeling that we are not even wanted. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs 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. 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 our lead story tonight, it was a long day of waitandsee, as the federal government headed toward potential shutdown. It remained unclear whether congress would pull back from the brink. House Speaker Boehner did speak tonight. Democrats still insisted on the straightforward bill bill to fund the government. Republicans kept demanding that any bill also target the president S Health Care law. The house will be in o