Trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. Sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. Barbara hope zuckerberg. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. A man who tried to grab a military Assault Rifle from a soldier on patrol at the orly international airport, outside paris, today intended to shoot and kill travelers. Prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters tonight the wouldbe attacker held a handgun to the soldiers head and wrestled away her rifle before yelling that he wanted to die in the name of allah. The suspect allegedly said, whatever happens, there will be deaths. Other soldiers sh
Crimes against humanity. Violence erupt it six years ago that left more than 3000 dead. Also coming up this hour, when angola was booming when investors poured in. With the collapse in oil prices, many are struggling. Of aay be just side shy of 74, the Paul Mccartney still knows how to put on a show. First, our top story, live from paris. There are more headaches for travelers here in france today, and what could be several days to come. Most of the train and plane strikes are linked to the controversial labor reform the french government is trying to push through, and the timing could not be worse. Football hosting the tournament in 10 days time. Our correspondent has more a war of wills between the french Prime Minister and the head of the french labor union. Both are vowing they will not back down. The governments vowing to put in place what looks like a strategy it has been negotiating when in one oneonone with different sectors. On tuesday, the countrys petition minister described
Battle in a Northern City. After years of drilling through solid rock, the longest and deepest tunnel in the world opens today in the swiss alps. Also coming up this hour, the head of the economic think tank the oh ecb tells us why the french government needs to stay the course on its controversial labor law reform. The president of venezuela tells a Big International body to shove it. We will tell you who on the way. First our top story, live from paris. Genie close to half of frances rail network has ground to a halt this wednesday. Rail workers have started and openended strike in protest over pay, working conditions, and changes to the french labor rules. It will open up to include the paris metro tomorrow. Parisown is at one of main train stations. What is the situation at the moment . Luke the latest figures we are is that 17 of the workforce have gone on strike this wednesday. ,he 10 that went out last week clearly the strike action is continuing. The situation is relatively cal
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. Not since Alexander Graham bell invented the telephone has anyone received a call like this. A call from the federal government to stop using the phone, because it could explode. That warning went out today from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to 2. 5 million owners of the new samsung note 7. Heres don dahler. Ep since samsung released the galaxy note 7 phone, there haveh been at least 35 reports around the world of the lithiumion batteries exploding. It was very surprising to me how quick the dash caught on fire. Reporter nathan dornachers jeep caught fire, after he left his new phone inside it to charge. Thats the last thought in my head, is that a brand new device, something as simple as a phone, is going to burn down my car. Reporter earlier this week, some airlines urged passengers to avoid charging their galaxy and last friday, samsung issuedn a voluntary recall for all 2. 5 million phones.
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