Well compared to the very rich countries, and in some countries, many poorer countries do better than we do. Next on pbs newshour weekend. Pbs newshour weekend is made possible by. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Good evening, thanks for joining us. New cancellations at Los Angeles International airport day after the Fatal Shooting of an unarmed Airport Security officer. Some passengers who fled the scene in panic were allowed to return to collect belongings today. An fbi investigation into the incident is under way. The alleged shooter who was wounded in an exchange with authorities was identified as a 23yearold new jersey man living in los angeles. Hours before the incident his family said he sent a text noefg one of his brothers suggesting he was s
Train in the town of hall just south of boston. So youre stuck, youre actually stuck . Reporter we are stuck metaphorically and literally. The very end of the road here. If there were any light here we would be able to see boston just on the other side of the quincy bay here. But this is a snowdrift. The atlantic over there, quincy bay over there, and the wind is just whipping through here. Were in hull massachusetts. Over two feet of snow. Roofs have collapsed in quincy and areas in the south shore of boston. Just a miserable, miserable situation here. The governor has declared a state of emergency for very good reason. A tire came off a train, just a very very wickedly terrible night here anderson. Massachusetts, i mean its been hit with storm after storm after storm. Theres another one heading there thursday right . Reporter there is another storm heading here on thursday. Theyre trying to prepare for that. Thats why part of the state of emergency, to get things shut down so they ca
Dead, is a painful reminder of he own sons death. Wellbegin with this signs that a lastditch effort to try to end the bloody conflict in ukraine may be falling apart. Just days before a crucial peace summit putin is hinting he may not even show up. Hes facing global pressure to withdraw prorussian separatists, and to end that conflict that has claimed more than 5,000 lives. A facetoface negotiation is tentatively set for wednesday in belarus, but putin suggests he may not be there if what he calls key points are not settled. For the politics and diplomatic maneuvering may be far far astrayed. They are losing loved ones in these explosions that weve heard live on our air from our reporters. Our Nick Paton Walsh has been there throughout. We have heard the shelling hard every night weve got here tonight is no exception. A constant thudding in that direction. The buildings not so far really from where we are standing. We saw today what damage has been inflitted in just the last 24 hours i
Continuing to head to the battlefield in iraq and syria to fight alongside isis and other groups. The number in total thought to be at least 20,000. With 3400 of them westerners 150 americans who traveled there or tried to. And about a dozen thought to still be fighting there. The chairman of the committee called this the largest convergence of islamic terrorists in world history. And foreign fighters of particular concern to the u. S. For fear they would come back here and launch attacks. Also today we expect to hear as early as this morning, from the white house presenting legislative language to Congress Asking for authorizations specifically tailored to the fight against isis. Its expected to limit the possibility of Ground Troops in combat but not to limit location. Chris . All right, michelle thats getting a little more complicated. Tougher to track, its good to have you on the ground in d. C. To tell us about that. This morning really the biggest headline is still the life that
Even more. Watch this blast in ukraine. A european diplomat now tells cnn that massive explosion was an arms depot or factory and struck by a government artillery shell. The pro u. S. Government wont confirm that. Like so many things in the rebel strong stronghold of donetsk, details are murky at best. Also hard to come by consensus, later this hour german chancellor Angela Merkel will visit the white house and urge president obama not to send arms to ukraine for fears it could escalate the crisis. First, lets get to you to eastern ukraine. Peyton walsh joins us from donetsk, take it away nic. What were seeing on the ground is how much damage has been caused by the fighting already. One town is looking very similar to that part of chechnya leveled, with so many Residential Homes flattened. I saw one Administration Building with a huge hole torn in it. Another nine story apartment block ripped to pieces. People fleeing, coming back quickly as they can so they can leave permanently and o