A stir in affected neighborhoods. Its scary, and when youre scared, especially when youre scared for your unborn child, and especially when its your first child, you try and focus on what you can control. And theres only a few things that you can. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by xq institute. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Bnsf railway. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Supported by the rockefeller foundation. Promoting the wellbeing of humanity around the world, by building resilience and inclusive economies. More at www. Rockefellerfoundation. Org. Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york. A foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these instit
The state department is pledging 51million dollars to help poorer countries fight climate change. Change. This comes as president obama and 150other World Leaders kick off two weeks of discussion about the environment in paris. The president says the main goal is to reach a longterm frame work for worldwide reductions in pollution, with each country setting its own goal. One of the enemies well be fighting at this conference is cynicism. The notion that we cant do anything about climate change. Our progress should give us hope during these two weeks. Hope that is rooted in collective action. Action. The meetings in paris come more than two weeks after that city was rocked by numerous terror attacks that killed 130people. Security there remains at an alltime high, with nearly a thousand people thought to be a security risk, being blocked from entering france. Visited a separate memorial at the bataclan theater. That was where 90 people were killed on november 13th. They laid flowers dow
Organizations on the left and the right. Delia goncalves is outside the Supreme Court now with the very latest. Delia . Reporter andrea, no doubt employers across the nation are paying close attention to this case because it could determine if they have to make accommodations for pregnant workers. The oral arguments just wrapped up in the Supreme Court and so did a spirited rally here outside the Supreme Court with supporters as you mentioned on both sides of the abortion issue and both sides of the aisle chanting in support saying stand with peggy. Of course peggy young is that lorton, virginia, mom at the center of this case. She says back in 2006 when she was a driver for ups, the company discriminated against her because they refused to give her light duty after she became pregnant. She was forced to go on unpaid leave, she says, and lost her benefits as a result. The suit claims ups violated the federal pregnancy discrimination act because it made accommodations for injured and di
To consideration of s. Res. 409. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk Senate Resolution 4 409, congratulating the Penn State University wrestling team for winning the 2014 National Collegiate Athletic Association wrestle championships. The presiding officer is there objection to proceeding to the measure . Without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, there be no intervening action or debate. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that when we complete our business tonight, we adjourn until 10 30 9 30 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. Following any leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of h. R. 3979. All time during adjournment count po
Time being president , i would have kicked them out but i didnt know what they were doing. Welcome to. The viewers and Linda Greenhouse, an old friend of mine. Im excited for her new book thats out. We are going to have a conversation for about 45 to 60 minutes. I wanted to start by saying ive known linda since the late 80s when i started covering the Supreme Court. For a long time we were friendly competitors, but competitors. I was working fulltime at the post and she was full times at the New York Times and we started on the respective book journey. And sometimes would be at the library of congress doing research together, but a lot of peoplem from the outside is stil new us and his competitors and i will never forget one day we decided to have lunch together and we were walking out and a group that might have seen us on that said there is Linda Greenhouse and john biskupic and they are together. I always think yes, here we are one more time together and its a privilege and pleasure