Those that really have in some ways suffered the most are those that are the families, and thats the kids the wives, the husbands, the parents. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial. Youre in charge. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. Woodruff for the first time in 14 years, no american troops were involved in major Ground Combat on a memorial day. President obama took note of that in his appearance at Arlington National cemetery. He laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns, and said the site is more than a final resting place for fallen heroes. Each simple stone marker, arranged in perfect military precision, signifies the cost of our
Very destructiveness of those weapons that predicted the deterrence of great power war since 1945. Why . Great power landlords had been the scourge of eurasia for 34 years before the United States dropped atomic weapons. Wars that it can to have killed tens of millions on the battlefield and tens of millions more through disease and political upheaval. Seventy years ago most responsible people expected a third world war to follow the 1st and 2nd with consequences far worse. Thankfully that war never came and to misuse the title from a famous book it has led many people to proclaim thank god for the atom bomb. A Nuclear Weapons prevent world war iii and do these weapons have the intended effect of stabilizing World Politics but making great power war unthinkable . This powerful notion is that the foundation of what we have come to call deterrent. Our deterrent. Our whole way of thinking about Nuclear Weapons is centered around this concept much of policy has been driven by the fact that
Charged with concealing a homicide. A judge set bond at 2 million for the girl and half a Million Dollars for father. Friday police discovered the remains of the 30 yearold man buried in the backyard in south scottsdale. Prosecutors say she and her boyfriend lured him to her fathers home where they killed him now we can put his soul to rest police are searching for the boyfriend and believe he may be in new jersey Chicago Police are investigating a shooting in the roseland neighborhood that left one man dead and another badly wounded. Police say someone fired shots into a car near 110th and south vernon late last night. 46 yearold man died in the shooting. He lived less than two blocks away from where he was killed. A 21 yearold man who was in the car was also shot and is in Critical Condition Police Say Drugs and alcohol may have played roles in a deadly crash on chicagos south side overnight. 18 yearold was a passenger in a car that ran a red light early this morning. The driver hit
Doug mckelway starting coverage. What changes can we report, doug since this embarrassing report went public . Reporter lots and lots of changeses are headed our way bill. Whether or not they work or enagain der confidence remains to be seen. This is latest embarassment for long line of embarassments for tsa. A recent report hundreds of security badges weeks ago were loss at the Atlanta Airport and san diego airport. This is much more serious. This new internal report shows out of 67 out of 70 attempts to pass contraband material through tsa security, screeners did not detect the contraband. In the aftermath of this, dhs secretary, jeh johnson tried to put the best face on it with a Statement Last night which read in part, these numbers in this report never look good out of context but they are critical element in the continue evolution of our aviation security. We take these findings very seriously and efforts to enhance capabilities and techniques as threats evolve. In addition to th