Were covering 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. 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 the nation now has an official Ebola Response coordinator. He was named today in a bid to corral any spread of the virus and ease mounting public anxiety. Woodruff the appointment of ron klain came in a paper statement this morning and the explanation came this afternoon, from white house spokesman josh earnest. What we were looking for was not an ebola expert, but rather an implementation expert. And thats exactly what ron klain is. Woodruff klain has no Major Public Health background, but hes been chief of staff to Vice President s gore and biden. For the next five to six months, hell oversee the federal response to ebola. For now though, the white house is still ru
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. Brown battle lines were drawn at either end of pennsylvania avenue today over the National Debt and government spending. The opening shots came from president obama at his white house News Conference. I thought it might make sense to take some questions this week as my first term comes to an end. Brown the questions were dominated by the looming debt ceiling fight. The president sternly warned republicans not to balk at raising the nations borrowing limit. They will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the american economy. The financial well being of the American People is not leverage to be used. The full
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. Brown battle lines were drawn at either end of pennsylvania avenue today over the National Debt and government spending. The opening shots came from president obama at his white house News Conference. I thought it might make sense to take some questions this week as my first term comes to an end. Brown the questions were dominated by the looming debt ceiling fight. The president sternly warned republicans not to balk at raising the nations borrowing limit. They will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the american economy. The financial well being of the American People is not leverage to be used. The full
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. Brown algerias state news agency now says special forces have completed a mission to rescue dozens of foreign hostages, including some americans. Theyd been held by militants tied to alqaeda. But there are wildly varying accounts of how many got out alive, and how many were killed. Because of the fluidity and the fact that there is a lot of planning going on, i cannot give you any further details at this time about the Current Situation on the ground. Brown even this afternoon, as secretary of state Hillary Clinton suggested, the situation in algeria remained confused. The focus was this natural gas compound in the Sahara Desert seen here in footage from last month. The vast, natural gas fa
Afghanistan. Brown from india, fred de sam lazaro has the story of an unlikely solution to massive blackouts and powergrid problems, using the byproduct of a staple. The newly electrified homes stand out in the darkwith children clustered around the single light bulb doing home work. Just one, low power turbine is enough to make the enterprise viable. Suarez and we remember Pauline Phillips whose dear abby column offered straight talking but sympathetic advice about love and life to readers around the globe. Brown thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. 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