Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan an arctic cold wave still dominates the nations weather tonight. Its blamed for several deaths, and its making life miserable for millions of people. That includes new york, where a dozen people died last night, in the citys worst residential fire in decades. John yang begins our coverage. Yang it was just 15 degrees when the bronx blaze erupted, forcing firefighters to battle both the fire and the cold. Residents escaping the flames had to brave the elements. All i see is a bunch of kids on the fire escape cold, and with no jacket, no pajamas, no nothing. Yang the citys fire commissioner s
Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan an arctic cold wave still dominates the nations weather tonight. Its blamed for several deaths, and its making life miserable for millions of people. That includes new york, where a dozen people died last night, in the citys worst residential fire in decades. John yang begins our coverage. Yang it was just 15 degrees when the bronx blaze erupted, forcing firefighters to battle both the fire and the cold. Residents escaping the flames had to brave the elements. All i see is a bunch of kids on the fire escape cold, and with no jacket, no pajamas, no nothing. Yang the citys fire commissioner s
Criminal suftis system more fair. They outlaw recommendations for them to consider. The Vice President of government studies at the Brookings Institution and i would like to welcome you to this forum on criminal Justice Reform. We are webcasting this event live so a warm welcome to all of our viewers from across the country and also those of you watching it live on cspan. We will be archiving video for this event so you will have an opportunity to view it later if you would like at brookings. Edu. We would also welcome any questions or comments that you have. Weve set up a twitter feed at cjreform. Thats cjreform. You are welcome to post any comments that you have during the forum. So the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities and we need to inform the criminal Justice System and develop alternatives to the existing policies. Today well be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach
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