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Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff two bleak appraisals of the stability of rias govement came today from aussi dipmat and a nato official, saying the assad regime may be near collapse. Good evening, im judy woodruff. Warner and im margaret warner. On the newshour tonight, we interview russias ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin about syria and about u. S. Ambassador susan rices decision to take her name out of consideration to be secretary of state. Woodruff then, we turn to the fiscal crisis here at home. Andrew kohut explains the latest poll numbers, showing strong support for the way president obama is handling the negotiations. Warner plus, ray suarez gets two views on proposals to raise the age of eligibility for medicare to 67, from 65. Woodruff its bottoms up tonight for miles obrien who reports on genetic links to alcoholism and other addictions. So far as i know, theres no law against reporting under the influence, so here goes something.
Out its commitments in the other party does not fulfil that part of the geneva agreements. But i dont know. The boy who at the same time the us at k state john kerry speaking of paris pulled a lot more work was needed to start going on that and deal the negotiations will be very difficult. But there are the best chance that we have to be able to resolve this Critical National security issue peacefully and currently we are very clear about what will be required in order to be able to guarantee to the International Community this is a peaceful program the deer made us not them but that request in paris and yvonne has just begin to bite into the two governments with its enforcement enron could receive the first instalment of love. Read the news on friday that fast. Thailands capital by nicole braced itself for complete shut down the speed test is on monday morning peak and grumpy major routes aiming to create traffic chaos. Its the latest chapter in an ongoing conflict in which Anti Gover
Tour of asia. In the include stops philippines and malaysia. Were american doctors killed by an Afghan Security guard who opened fire at a kabul hospital. One headline from the wall street journal. Troops truce with russia crumbles. You can send us a tweet at cspanwj. Facebook at us on facebook. Com cspan or you journal cspan. Org can send us an email at journal cspan. Org journal cspan. Org. The clemency shift is consistent with the white house effort to address the rising cost of prison overpopulation and what it sees as an unfair justice system, especially to those serving longer sentences because of tough criminal penalties put in place years ago. Theres is also this headline with a photograph of the Deputy Attorney general who made the announcement officially yesterday. With crime rates at historic lows, eric holder has urged the sentencing system be overhauled, portraying it as a civil rights issue. Here is more from the Deputy Attorney general yesterday. [video clip] looking to
Were looking at what the rain is doing now and whether its going to impact your labor day. A lot of families in our area in the dark tonight. Well show you some of the damage from this late summer storm, and while the wind, rain and lightning hampered the search for a hiker who couldnt be saved. First at 11 00, a rock climber has been killed in montgomery county, and we learn that the attempt to save him had to be suspended bougecause of severe storms. We start in bethesda. Reporter this was the staging area along the Potomac River to rescue a rock climber who was trapped under a huge boulder on offutt island. The rescue operation was suspended. The rock climber died of his injuries before he could be freed. Our crews had to seek shelter. We protected the victim. Eight rescue technicians remained on scene. Reporter the weather was a major obstacle for rescuers who had to reach the victim by boat. They couldnt explain how he got trapped or how he died. He may have been climbing rocks wi