Walking out on officials. It is raining at this hour in Washington State and that could complicate the search efforts there. Crews continue to dig through the debris. Now the victims are being identified, a grandmother, a native veteran, a high school custodian, and librarian. Sabrina is in arlington, washington, where a press conference is getting underway. And they are warning everyone the death toll will rise sharply. Yes, we heard that last night in their press briefing that the numbers could significantly rise, and there is a press briefing underway right now as we speak. The official death toll standings at 17, but, again, more than 90 remain missing or unaccounted for. This is still a rescue operation, not a recovery operation, so they have held off on digging in Big Equipment like bulldozers, and instead are using hands and shovels, anything that could sift through the debris looking for any survivors, although officials acknowledge there is a slim chance of finding anyone. Mea
New information about the speed and where it may have gone down. No parent wants to hear your child has autism but you cannot be afraid of the a word. Detecting the autism and they say parents should screen infants as early as 18 months after a new survey shows that autism is on the rise. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy, seven days ago many had never heard of the river valley in Washington State but that changed after a devastating mudslide took off oso and leaving death and destruction and the death was 17 and found a bob of an infant and not optimistic of finding survivors and no one all life since saturday and more could have been found if they allowed volunteers to search immediately after the mudslide and its sturgising up emotions including the safety of the land. Reporter this is the river valley introduced to the world this week. A place of death and destruction, of lives lost, bodies found and grim numbers. The numbers, 90 last night missing or
Shields and dave brooks are here to analyze the weeks news, those are and its friday, mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs 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. The u. S. Economy turned in the weakest jobs growth in three years, last month. Todays Labor Department report showed a net gain of just 74,000 jobs in december. The Unemployment Rate did fall from 7, to 6. 7 , largely because many people gave up looking for a job. Paul solman will break down the numbers, right after the news summary. Wall street had a muted reaction to the jobs report. Dow jones industrial avg. Down the Dow Jones Industrial average was down slightly, losing 7 points to cl
Controversial war is a debate that has raged ever since. As the story goes, another familiar tv star is playing him on stage. David martin has reserved us a seat. What the hell is the point of being president if you cant do what is right. The president is Lyndon Baines johnson as played by Brian Cranston. You see him as heroic figure . He went against the norm in a time in the early 60s when he just as easily could have just let it be the status quo. Ahead on sundae morning, the try you have and tragedy of an merge president. Osgood the phrase writing on the wall e. Comes from the book of daniel and refers to proxy. Unless its referred to the urban phenomenon rita braver has been looking in to. Back in the 1970s and 80s graffiti was considered a plague on new york and other american cities. But now its the subject of a Museum Exhibit even to its original creators they were committing crime. You run down the lane and you have to come back and continue painting the dark. Later on sunday
And david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs 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. The u. S. Economy turned in the weakest jobs growth in three years, last month. Todays Labor Department report showed a net gain of just 74,000 jobs in december. The Unemployment Rate did fall from 7, to 6. 7 , largely because many people gave up looking for a job. Paul solman will break down the numbers, right after the news summary. Wall street had a muted reaction to the jobs report. Dow jones industrial avg. Down the Dow Jones Industrial average was down slightly, losing 7 points to close at 16,437. 18. 48 at 4174. 67 the nasdaq rose 18 points to close at 4174. For the week, the dow