Most acclaimed singers, the grammywinner Angelique Kidjo we transform africa, completely, by educating more women. Because we need new leadership. 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 with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. 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. Woodruff the sear for the missing malaysian airliner may be getting warmer nearly three weeks after the plane disappeared. The australian Maritime Safety authority, amsa, shifted its focus almost 700 miles to the northeast today, and planes quickly radioed in new discoveries. John sparks of independent television news, reports from perth, australia. Reporter the search for any sign of the missing malaysian aerials mh370 has been lifted 11 kilometers to the
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Independents 202 5853882 en. Send us a tweet. You can go to facebook. Com. The headline on the Washington Post abc news polls is that the economic political discontent makes for midterm double punch. The discontent is the latest from this poll, saying that its palpable, despite its gains seven in ten americans rate the nations economy negatively. And just 28 say its getting better. In a new result 68 say the country is seriously off on the wrong track. Well turn to our view this morning, is the economy impacting your vote . The september job numbers were good for the administration. The Unemployment Rates fell to 5. 9 . Job growth has been on the rise consistently over the months. Yet seven in ten of you, according to this poll, give the economy negative ratings. We shared with you yesterday this latest gallup poll showing that ebola has debuted on americans list of top u. S. Problems but still falls behind the economy, which ranks number one, 17 in the gallup poll said the economy is
M announcer and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. As schools all over america reopen for the fall, teachers, policymakers and administrators are caught in what seems like a neverending battle over how he educate our children, every decision from common core standards, generation equally passionate count argument. Joining us tonight dr. Diane ravitch profess at new york university, author of 25 books on education and advised both president george h. Bush and bill clinton on education policies. Diane ravitch, good have you back on this program from new york. Wonderful to be with you, tavis. Let me start by asking, i want to talk to dr. Deasy the head of the l. A. School district in just a second more than a second but later on this program. I want to start by asking you a question about teacher tenure, dr. Deasy, as you know, was a witness in that case. He spoke for the plaintiff in that case. And what this decision basically said is that were going t
Would like to engage in when learning of another countrys covert activities is long gone. The only thing left for to us do is pretend we had no idea it was happening. The Senate Intelligence committee senator Diane Feinstein a loyal defend are of the nsa broke ranks and said they have been kept in the dark of just what the nsa was up to demanding a total sur ray lance review. If only we had some way of secretly finding out what the Spy Organization was up oh, you know who could help us, the ns oh [bleep] its time for a good old us of a plausible deny ability scramble. Brought to you by, i dont recall if i had been specifically briefed on whether or not this is butter. laughter and arbies. Arbies, why not challenge your stomach to a fight. So post nsa revelation, the house Intelligence Committee hauled in our nations spy chiefs yesterday. Who came before the Congressional Committee hat in hand. This is a tough time for nsa where everybody says what are you doing or why are you doing. It