Good morning to you. Im richard lui. We start with double trouble in the skies. A smoking American Eagle plane with 48 people on board was forced to make an Emergency Landing in texas. This happened right after takeoff in dallas last night. A passenger on the illinois bound plane tweeted this saying, quote, im hearing the cockpit was full of smoke, captain and Flight Attendant cant say thank you enough for getting us on the ground safely. Nobody was injured there. Also, severe turbulence on a United Airlines flight bound for newark from west palm beach. A passenger says it was so bad that trays and drinks were flying all around. One Flight Attendant injured there. The plane landing safely late last night. A u. S. Army one star general facing a courtmartial on Sexual Assault charges is expected to enter a plea this morning. Jeffrey sinclair is accused of sexually assaulting a junior officer. He maintains his innocence on allegations he forced her to perform sex acts but his lawyer says
That makes it unlikely these fukushima flounder will be deemed safe enough to catch and sell anytime soon. Ifill and, a look at tainted waters here in the u. S. One of the countrys largest coal producers gets slapped with penalties in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and ordered to clean up waterways in five different states. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by 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 corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the push for a peaceful resolution in ukraine stalled again today. When all was said and done, it remained unclear if or when russia might reconsider
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in ukraine resume today. Secretary of state john kerry holds a second meeting with the Russian Foreign minister in rome, but efforts to get russian and ukrainian officials together have failed. The russians wont recognize ukraines new government. Susan mcginnis is in washington with more. Susan, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Today secretary kerry will try again in rome to diffuse the situation diplomatically. Here in Washington Congress will take action today. Secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart are expected to meet again today for a second round of talks surrounding russias invasion of ukraine. We are committed to working with russian together with ore friends and allies in an effort for a way through this entire situation to find a way for this entire situation to find the road to deescalation. The problem was there was diplomacy. Thats the progress. The u. S
Captioning funded by cbs is is the cbs morning news for thursday, april 17th this is the cbs morning news for thursday, april 17th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning the rescue teams are racing against the clock off the coast of south korea. More than 280 people are still missing after a ferry capsized on wednesday. At least nine people are confirmed dead and the rescue effort is being slowed by poor weather condition. Coast guard searchers were able to make a dramatic rescue of a 6yearold girl from a ship. She is hospitalized with no serious injuries, but her parents are still missing. And this morning a man identified as the ferrys captain apologized while being questioned at a coast guard office. The shift left off south koreas coast with hundreds of High School Students but sank before it could reach the Resort Island of jeju. Ter terry i okita has more as famil are waiting for more word. Reporter crews are looking for passengers missing afte
Made its way into the sediment. That makes it unlikely these fukushima flounder will be deemed safe enough to catch and sell anytime soon. Ifill and, a look at tainted waters here in the u. S. One of the countrys largest coal producers gets slapped with penalties in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and ordered to clean up waterways in five different states. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by 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 corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the push for a peaceful resolution in ukraine stalled again today. When all was said and done, it remained unclear if