Beginning atoned night ending at 5 protesters took to the streetcoco they a group of Police Officers. We were in the crowd with the protesters prior to the start of the curfew. At that time there were about a thousand people, maybe more in the streets Milling Around protesting the shooting of the unarmedmike brown about a week ago. The crowd thinned out and by midnight there was only left with about 150 or 200 people still in the streets. We were with the Police Officers, the Police Officers waited for at least 35, 40 minutes before they decided to move forward the protesters, we very interesting they were decked out in t very heavy militarized gear that many people were angry about last week they started to fire smoke in to the crowd eventually firing tear gas. As we walked along the streets we picked up these rounds, thee are beanbag rounds meant to stun the crowd. When it was all over, bob, seven people were arrested for failure to disburse and within person was critically wounded i
Gerri hello, everyone. Speaker john boehner and nancy pelosi threatened over the president had to go over the president had her go. We have two guests. Welcome to you both. Last night, we covered the details of the president s opening gambit in the fiscal cliff talk. He wants a 1. 6 trillion tax increase, 50 billion and stimulus spending. And the white house has the ability to raise the debt ceiling without congressional approval. A very big deal for folks there. Today, the president is out there, trying to drum up support among the public. Not in washington or with congress or the senate. Here is what he had to say. It is not acceptable to me, and i do not think it is acceptable to you for a handful of republicans in congress will middleclass tax cuts hostage simply because they dont want tax rates on pper income folks go up. Gerri it sounds like the same old, same old. The president has been making the same comments agai is this any way to sell a plan . There really is not. The presi
Gerri hello, everyone. Speaker john boehner and nancy pelosi threatened over the president had to go over the president had her go. We have two guests. Welcome to you both. Last night, we covered the details of the president s opening gambit in the fiscal cliff talk. He wants a 1. 6 trillion tax increase, 50 billion and stimulus spending. And the white house has the ability to raise the debt ceiling without congressional approval. A very big deal for folks there. Today, the president is out there, trying to drum up support among the public. Not in washington or with congress or the senate. Here is what he had to say. It is not acceptable to me, and i do not think it is acceptable to you for a handful of republicans icongress will middleclass tax cuts hostage simply because they dont want tax rates on upper income folks go up. Gerri it sounds like the same old, same d. The president has been making the same comments agagain. Is this any way to sell a plan . There really is not. The pres
Ifill and we assess the administrations postelection agenda with senators dick durbin and Kay Bailey Hutchison. Woodruff then, ray suarez gets the latest on the escalating violence in gaza after israeli air strikes killed the military leader of hamas. Ifill plus, there were new calls today for laws to police pharmacies like the one linked to the meningitis outbreak. Betty ann bowsers update includes the story of one familys loss from the disease. I cant really think of one them them without the other. He was such a vibrant person that who lit up the room and theres such a great big hole missing. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights 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. Woodruff the president faced the White House Press corps today in a wid
Woodruff we zero in on two topics, starting with the spiraling scandal that forced the c. I. A. Director to step down. Ifill and we assess the administrations postelection agenda with senators dick durbin and Kay Bailey Hutchison. Woodruff then, ray suarez gets the latest on the escalating violence in gaza after israeli air strikes killed the military leader of hamas. Ifill plus, there were new calls today for laws to police pharmacies like the one linked to the meningitis outbreak. Betty ann bowsers update includes the story of one familys loss from the disease. I cant really think of one them them without the other. He was such a vibrant person that who lit up the room and theres such a great big hole missing. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights nehour major funng 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 theorporationor public roadsti. And by contributions to your pbs station