Up until third grade youre learning to read after third grade youre reading to learn. But if you arent well equipped reading pro fish eptly at the end of third grade you will struggle throughout the rest of your school years woodruff ray suarez looks at the firestorm of criticism leveled against some of the front runners for highlevel jobs in a second Obama Administration. Former senator hagel hasnt been officially nominated to become the next secretary of defense but that hasnt stopped his critics from going to war against the possible picks. Brown and mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And fri
have after a year in qatar to do whatever they want to do, there s no doubt that they will re-enter the fight. bergdahl is getting medical treatment in germany before heading home. they did not consult closely with congress because of the urgency of the situation though key members were aware. the law requires congress to be notified 30 days before any prisoner exchange. and the white house said we did not negotiate with terrorists. we actually negotiated with the government of qatar to whom we owe a great debt. he was being held by the taliban. we had the opportunity to bring him back. had s back safely into the hands of the united states, and that s a great thing. reporter: and defense secretary chuck haig el who is visiting troops in afghanistan said this was part of a normal process of trying to free prisoners of war. arthel? steve centanni, thanks a lot. eric. for more about the high-risk detainees released from gitmo, the 2008 defense department memos, they re dicted th
zone can expect. but first a fox news alert on defense secretary chuck hagel. he s making an unexpected visit to afghanistan meeting with members of the navy s.e.a.l.s unit who played a role in bringing sergeant bowe bergdahl home to freedom after he spent five years as captive of the taliban. secretary hagel telling the s.e.a.l.s how proud he is for their daily sacrifice. the secretary saying, quote, this is a happy day. we got one of our own back. this is america s news headquarters. i m arthel neville. and i m eric shawn. in exchange the u.s. freed five top taliban detainees from the guantanamo bay and some lawmakers say it broke the law and it could set a dangerous press debt. as you may know. sergeant bergdahl was the last unaccounted member and now his hometown in idaho awaiting his long return. hi, dan. reporter: yeah, hi, eric. i know that this is a controversial prisoner swap back in weese but here in bowe bergdahl s home state in idaho there s joy and relief he
demonstrators took to the steps of san francisco city hall to call for a stop to funding cuts for hiv and aid says programs, lead by members of the group organizing for america, formed to support president obama s legislative aim. speakers urged congress to respect what they call the will of the people. the people of the united states made clear this last november that we value investments in our communities and in our country and that includes funding hiv prevention and care services. reporter: cording to other speakers, cuts from the sequester will result in fewer aids tests. less medicine and an increase in the spread of the disease. it will be friday before the faa reveals which small airport towers will be closed due to cuts. decisions were due today, but the government wants more time to consider letters asking that the towers remain staffed. the airports can t operate without tower personnel, but pilots and residents say they are worried about safety. is
case would have many twists and turns before he is sentenced. want to make a comment or something. he had little to say, today and the 51-year-old former santa claira county supervisor didn t say much in court except 5:00 emergencying guilt to a couple of chargeses accusing him of misusing $130,000 in campaign funds to feed what he called a gambling addiction. to the charge, what do you plead? guilty, yarn. reporter: the guilty plea is part of a deal he made with the district attorney s office to avoid eight years in state prison. he faces up to one year in jail. as part of the deal, he resigned. reporter: legal analyst said his ill mail jail sentence depends on how he resolves the case. the key to the case is restitution. can he pay back with he took? reporter: how? the prosecutor hinted at one possibility they gave me documents that proved he won about $400 thousand gambling, we ll check that out and get back to you on that. reporter: reviewing the doc