Typhoon, people in the philippines are finding its a long way to recovery. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abes a couple of weeks away from marking his first year in office. A new nhk poll suggests his popularity is the lowest its been since he returned to the top job. Our interviewers spoke to more than 1,000 people by phone. 50 said they support abes cabinet, a drop of 10 from last month. 35 said they dont. Our poll asked for feedback on the new secrecy law abes liberal Democratic Party approved last friday. The law gives the government more power to what people can and cant know. 58 of respondents said they disapprove of the law, 32 say they approve of it. 59 say discussion of the bill by diet members wasnt sufficient. 8 said lawmakers had a thorough discussion. 74 of respondents said they are worried the law may infringe on the publics right to know. Abe spoke on monday and addressed the criticism over the new law. Translator i sincerely recognize the citizens severe criticism as a
Right now. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis the bb king was born into in the mississippi delta in 1925. He was working at the fields at seven and found solace in music and the church. Memphis with to less than three dollars in his pocket. He honed his guitar style in the streets of that city. His first break on the radio had him performing as beale street blues boy, later shortened to blues boy king. Lets look at a clip of him performing with his guitar, lucille. Every day, every day, i have the blues lose hate to tavis the king of the blues is in the house tonight. I have been looking forward to this i have been in the broadcast business, this is my 21st year. We have talked on radio, but never one on one on television. You hung out all over the world, in germany and europe. I have been with you on tour and all over the country. But never one on one on set. So i am delighted. I am glad you are finally here. You are hard to catch up with.
Ca nsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The rain keeps coming and the flood keeps rising. Colorado is inundated by the worst flooding in generations and we have just learned that at least four people have been killed and several towns are surrounded by water. This is whats left of highway 7 outside lyons, a raging river tore the road apart. Colorados Governor John Hickenlooper warned people to stay away from the water. He said the dirt and sand have turned it into what he calls liquid cement. In boulder, will pitner was rescued by emergency workers and a neighbor after his home filled with water. Barry petersen tells us there are scenes like that all over. Reporter it is a race to rescue the stranded before the next storm hits. This man made it to safety via a zip line amid cheers from relieved spectators. The National Guard sent helicopters to pluck these people from jamestown, one of several small mountain towns cut off by the floods. Par
Im Richard Quest and youre in the cnn newsroom. Now lets begin with President Donald Trump whos making perhaps we might say questionable claims about what hes done as he heads towards his first year in office. The president said on wednesday hed signed more legislation than any other u. S. President in the same time period. It follows the passage of his tax cut plan. The bill widely recognized as the only major piece of legislation donald trump signed this year. This is how he presented that feat while visiting world responders. We have broke the record of harry truman and they were saying if we get this big tax cut, thats the biggest legislation there is. It included the repeal of the individual mandate. Thats where you have the privilege of paying a lot of money so you dont have to buy health insurance. The most unpopular thing, which most people thought should have been unconstitutional. Heres the problem with what the president said when he talked about breaking a record. Whether h
It comes on the anniversary of the outage that left new york city without power for two days. Tropical storm barry made landfall as a category1 hurricane. But was down raided. Other parts of louisiana could see up to 20 inches of rain causing massive flooding. The coast guard had to rescue several dozen people terrebonne parish, stuck on the roof tops of their homes. For all your news headlines, go to foxnews. Com. You are watching the most of powerr powerful name in news, fox news channel. Greg lets not forget paul ryan. President trump paul ryan wasnt a talent, he wants a leader, he wouldnt give subpoenas, why nancy pelosi hands them out like they are cookies. Greg can donald trump spell the word the wrong . Donald trump spelled the word the wrong. He doesnt know how to spell the. He spelled it thi. He couldnt get any kind of a punctuation mistake. Im actually a good speller. But the fingers arent as good as the brain. Going what a gift. Meanwhile the wokeadile is like a crocodile. Y