Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill Ipresident Obama said today gun control would be a central issue of his second term. He tapped Vice President biden to spear head the administrations effort. Good evening, im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight we look at the white houses stepped up response to the Newtown Elementary School shootings with illinois governor pat quinn among others. Ifill then, Jeffrey Brown examines a new report blaming the state department for systemic failures in security at the Diplomatic Mission in benghazi, libya, where four americans died. Woodruff from damascus, i. T. N. s alex thomson reports on the impact the rebel siege of the syrian capital is having on supporters of the assad regime. In this educational district and the one next door alone, in the past two weeks 35 small children and two teachers have been killed. Ifill we sit down with retiring connecticut senator Joe Lieberman, the democrat turned indepe
Like me is the most times they are not to. I said why isnt that exist . It is now the online publication and you can see what is current or upcoming and no way to see what is hot and what is not before you buy your voice felt that the Schomburg Center the author events. What is it . For research in black culture is probably the most preeminent Research Center for black culture in america. Were pleased to be a partner. We are so pleased, peter. Host were going to let max go because he has to introduce the first panel of the day. So i want to let you know, if you happen to be the in the area. We eave a booktv crew, were passing out booktv book bags. Come and stop by and say hi and grab a bag and a booktv pen. Live allday coverage begins right now with the fir panel of the day, and it is on science and health. This is live coverage on booktv. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon and welcome to the 15th annual harlem book fair. Thank
Order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of fiveminute er the rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules Committee Print 11319. That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those comminted in part b of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment. And shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of the whole. All points of order against such amendments are w
Long wait. The puck drops its about time. Let the season begin. Its finally here. I didnt think this day would come. This is one of the predictions im happy that i got wrong. Its about hockey. Were about an hour away from the capitals Season Opener against tampa bay. The new uptempo system will be on display under first year head coach adam oats. He only had a week to get this team used to the new style of play. Dont be surprised if the caps dont look very fluid tonight. The good news, however, the team is 63 the last nine years in Season Openers. Its the same for every team. You know, i think its maybe a little choppy throughout for a while and then but i mean thats just the way it s we just have to figure out as fast as possible. I think hes going to be a great game no matter what. I think everybodys going to be really excited. So its going to be a high tempo game. Its been hard to wait when its going to be over. But finally its over. So its going to be fun. Should be a good game. Pu
Captors killed. Defense secretary leon panetta said today the perpetrators will be hunted down. Just as we cannot accept terrorism attacks against our cities, we cannot accept attacks against our citizens and our interests abroad. Reporter these weapons were left behind by the militants, according to algerian sources. Their occupation of the gas plant deep in the Sahara Desert has cost many lives. This video broadcast on Algerian Television is said to have been shot on a cell phone by a hostage freed by the algerian army, walking to safety, past the bodies of those he once worked beside. Nbc news has not been able to verify its authenticity. Some hostages have talked of extreme brutality. Translator i told them that i was an algerian muslim and they said okay, okay, dont be scared. We havent come for you. We have come to exterminate the crusaders. Reporter Abdul Rahman Al najiri was their leader in some reports. Its thought theres 40 al qaeda links to the maghreb. The plant was a joint