To take a chance once in awhile. Woodruff all that and more 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. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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 theres growing talk tonight that a bomb destroyed that Russian Airliner over egypts sinai peninsula. The metrojet plane broke up and crashed saturday, on a flight from Sharm Elsheikh to st. Petersburg, killing all 224 people on board. Now the Associated Press and others say u. S. Intelligence believes Islamic State militants may have planted the bomb. That follows similar reports out of cairo and london, as we hear
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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 in iraq, army units advanced deep into ramadi today, in a bid to recapture the key city from Islamic State control. Its the latest push in a slowmoving offensive. Isis captured ramadi last may, striking a blow at the baghdad government. The city is capital of anbar province, the countrys sunni heartland. Iraqi officials reported sporadic fighting today in the city center. In afghanistan, taliban fighters pressed beleaguered Afghan Forces in a crucial southern province. The government sent reinforcements, and britain sent military advisers. Alex thomson of independent Television News has the story. Reporter fighting, even around las
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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 in iraq, army units advanced deep into ramadi today, in a bid to recapture the key city from Islamic State control. Its the latest push in a slowmoving offensive. Isis captured ramadi last may, striking a blow at the baghdad government. The city is capital of anbar province, the countrys sunni heartland. Iraqi officials reported sporadic fighting today in the city center. In afghanistan, taliban fighters pressed beleaguered Afghan Forces in a crucial southern province. The government sent reinforcements, and britain sent military advisers. Alex thomson of independent Television News has the story. Reporter fighting, even around las
Texas officials discuss Border Security and unaccompanied immigrant children. On newsmakers, rajiv shah discusses ebola, and u. S. Foreign aid. Newsmakers on cspan. Next, a debate on what to do with undocumented immigrant children known as dreamers. It is the Texas Tribune festival in austin. This is an hour and 10 minutes. Good afternoon. Thank you for being here today. Im manny fernandez. Im the Houston Bureau chief for the new york times. And on behalf of the Texas Tribune, im very happy to welcome everyone to the Fourth Annual Texas Tribune festival and to our panel today, entitled what to do with the dreamers. Our panelists are george baldor, a dallas businessman who started a website supporting the texas d. R. E. A. M. Act, also known as hb 1403. The website is keephb1403. Com. Veronica escobar [applause] the county judge of el paso county. She become the top elected official in texas this sixth largest county in texass six largest county in 2011. We also have gabby pacheco, Prog
Officialed attributed to fatigue underestimated. There is no roadway test. Fatiguedness. We do not have a fatiguealyzer as we do a breathalyzer. State reporting practices are inconsistent and theres little or no Police Training in identifying drowsiness as a crash factor. Self reporting is unreliable. Do know. We any resulting loss of life is tragic, needless and preventible. A drowsy driver can be a deadly driver. Even one night losing two hours of sleep is sufficient to significantly impair our a little bit attention, reaction time, Decision Making can all be significantly reduced by 20 to 50 , and driving in this condition, that could mean not brake lights in front of us or not seeing the traffic light turning red. Fatigue alone can be deadly. It also multiplies the adverse effects of other forms of pairment that lead to crashes such as drugs, alcohol and distraction. Every other form of impairment may be exacerbated when the basic requirement for sleep is disrupted. Weve identified