State exchanges being set up under the Affordable Care act. Some quarter of a Million People now get insurance from nine private companies. Ifill plus, ray suarez sits down with entertainment legend rita moreno as she looks back at the challenge of her first days as a performer. I wore too much makeup, and i did all of that Conchita Lolita stuff. You know, i wore very tight dresses and then would be offended when. When men would make remarks about me. Woodruff those are just 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 b. N. S. F. , the engine that connects us. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers lik
Some quarter of a Million People now get insurance from nine private companies. Ifill plus, ray suarez sits down with entertainment legend rita moreno as she looks back at the challenge of her first days as a performer. I wore too much makeup, and i did all of that Conchita Lolita stuff. You know, i wore very tight dresses and then would be offended when. When men would make remarks about me. Woodruff those are just 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 b. N. S. F. , the engine that connects us. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. 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 our lead story tonight much of th
Political ping pong to free food. The shutdowns effects even reached the capitol, where some staffers were furloughed and hearings postponed. But lawmakers remained at loggerheads over how to break the stalemate. Overnight, House Republicans passed yet another funding bill with antiobamacare provisions and called for negotiations with the senate. That, too, went nowhere. On this, the ayes are 54 and the nays are 46. Reporter shortly after gaveling in this morning, the Democraticcontrolled Senate quickly rejected that measure on a straight partyline vote. Majority leader harry reid said blame for the shutdown rests entirely with House Republicans. The government is closed because of the irrationality of whats going on, on the other side of the capitol. Thats unfortunate, but thats the way it is. Reporter on the house floor, Speaker John Boehner pointed the finger at democrats, saying they were unwilling to negotiate. My goodness, they wont even sit down and have a discussion about this.
Whole outbreak is holding steady, thank goodness. That is giving the mayor of new york city confidence of reopening the schools. Whats the time table . Looking like its going to happen in the fall semester in september. Bill de blasio says schools will reopen at that point. Encouraging news to a number of parents who want soosee that happen. Schools will be given a maximum number of students allowed in the particular schools. So, reopening efforts happening while other parts of the country continue to stir up. Across the country numbers continue to surge. The u. S. Saw 50,203 newly confirmed covid cases wednesday. A new record for a single day. At least five states, arizona, tennessee, North Carolina and texas saw record high numbers of new cases and then today florida alone reported more than 10,000 new cases, which marks a new daily record high. The pandemic not stopping some from attending what one city counsel member describes as covid parties. City Officials Say tickets are sold a
We believe Prime Minister questions and Keir Starmers questions to borisjohnson and Keir Starmers questions to Boris Johnson focus on the and Keir Starmers questions to borisjohnson focus on the amount of money spent by the government to external Pr Consultants through the pandemic. We will catch up with the we are taking you straight to weather with said keith lucas. Downing street. This is the first of a weekly i pressure brings a mist and fog for session of scientists taking questions about coronavirus some of us, but we is about to take place are turning to something much more at downing street. Jonathan van tam is one of the u nsettled are turning to something much more unsettled through not just are turning to something much more unsettled through notjust today but into the remainder of the week as speakers. Lets begin. Well. A windy day ahead today with some rain around that is the traditional vaccine sequence particularly heavy across north and under velleman timeline for a wes