Have staged a massive rally to protest spending on this years world cup soccer tournaments. Nearly 290 people are missing after a passenger ferry sank off the Southern Coast of south korea. At least three people have been confirmed dead. The ship was heading from incheon to the island of jeju. It sent out a distress signal about 20 kilometers off jindo island. It was carrying more than 450 people. More than 300 were High School Students from near seoul. Coast guard officials sent helicopters and ships for the rescue operation. They say theyve recovered three bodies. A male student, and a female crew member are among them. One male has not yet been identified. The toll of the missing was revised upward dramatically after confusion in the wake of the accident. Authorities say military personnel and special rescue teams including 160 divers are now in the area to search for the missing. Translator an announcement said we should stay where we were. But the ship was already sinking. Many st
For a long time. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. 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. Ifill grief settled over south korea today, after a ferry disaster at sea. Hundreds of High School Students were on board the vessel that capsized and sank. Officials confirmed six deaths, but 290 others were still missing, many hours later. We have a report narrated by Jonathan Miller of independent television news. Reporter in the yellow sea, a few miles off south koreas rocky coast, the 150 meter long, 6,000 ton ferry, the sewol, has capsized in 30 meters of water
Now military historian Victor Davis Hanson on his book the savior generals profiles of five military leaders he says saved wars that otherwise would have been lost. Over the next hour, that he is interviewed by Kimberly Kagan founder and president of the institute for the study of war. Host first of all congratulations professor hanson on another great look, the savior generals. Guest thank you for reading it. Im glad i wrote it. A little different than past books but im excited its finally done. Host tell me, how do you define a savior general . Guest you you know the words savior sort of ambiguous. They not only say things to Say Something that has to be lost to begin with and savior with the adjectival ending means it should these saved so great generals like modell or xerxes we are not sure they shouldve say the things they did so is trying to do two things. Describe generals who are put put in a position where things didnt look too good and they didnt start the war and their cause
Going to help me be independent for a long time. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. 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. Ifill grief settled over south korea today, after a ferry disaster at sea. Hundreds of High School Students were on board the vessel that capsized and sank. Officials confirmed six deaths, but 290 others were still missing, many hours later. We have a report narrated by Jonathan Miller of independent television news. Reporter in the yellow sea, a few miles off south koreas rocky coast, the 150 meter long, 6,000 ton ferry, the sewol, ha
Presence in asia is creating concern among its neighbors. We speak to an expert about whats behind the expansion. Families of the nearly 300 people missing in a ferry sinking off south korea are growing more anxious and more frustrated as time ticks on. The vessel capsized and sank more than a day ago leaving at least nine people dead. Rescue divers have been hampered by rough weather and rapid tide in the search area. They have found no survivors since this morning. 179 people were rescued on wednesday. The sewol sank after it began listing heavily and taking on water. It was on its way to jeju island from incheon. 475 people were onboard including 300 High School Students on a field trip. The captain told local media he apologized to passengers and their families. He said he was deeply ashamed and could not find any words. But he did not explain what happened to the ship. The operator of the ferry also apologized. Translator we deeply apologize to the families. We are very sorry. Our