In new york, and massachusetts and connecticut and rhode island and New Hampshire and across the region, 650,000 homes and businesses are without power this morning. New york mayor Michael Bloomberg urged people to stay off of the roads, but the long island expredzway is littered with cars that became stuck overnight. New england is getting the brunt of the snow with two feet of snow in boston. And Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has banned every vehicle on every road in the state. And the snow is creating a travel nightmare for passengers with more than 5 sthou flights cancelled already. We will have updates throughout the show this morning, but now we are turning to a threat that is more manmade than naturemad naturemade, and that is the threat of war. This mile an houring, i wa inii morning i want to direct your attention to a little skirmish in the china sea and the bbc it is calling it a little skirmish that could have big, big consequences, think world war iii consequences,
We examine the impact of this shift in federal tax law. Brown the n. F. L. Agreed to pay 765 million to former players for concussionrelated brain injuries. We get the details of the proposed settlement. Woodruff its back to school time, but a number of communities face classrooms that are failing their students. We have a report on the Important Role principals play in education reform. Brown and we continue our look at the legacy of the march on washington 50 years on. Tonight, reflections on the challenges ahead for Martin Luther kings vision for a multiracial democracy. 40 of whites dont have friends outside of their own race. So in some ways were still as segregated as we were 50 years ago and i think that king would be very concerned about that. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technol
Proposed settlement. Woodruff its back to school time, but a number of communities face classrooms that are failing their students. We have a report on the Important Role principals play in education reform. Brown and we continue our look at the legacy of the march on washington 50 years on. Tonight, reflections on the challenges ahead for Martin Luther kings vision for a multiracial democracy. 40 of whites dont have friends outside of their own race. So in some ways were still as segregated as we were 50 years ago and i think that king would be very concerned about that. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. 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 possi
Woodruff its back to school time, but a number of communities face classrooms that are failing their students. We have a report on the Important Role principals play in education reform. Brown and we continue our look at the legacy of the march on washington 50 years on. Tonight, reflections on the challenges ahead for Martin Luther kings vision for a multiracial democracy. 40 of whites dont have friends outside of their own race. So in some ways were still as segregated as we were 50 years ago and i think that king would be very concerned about that. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. 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 corporatio
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. Boswell’s latest conversation with leading experts examines why groups of women disproportionately experience higher mortality rates related to pregnancy and childbirth in the country.