Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown john brennan, president obamas choice to head the c. I. A. Faced a volley of questions from senators today about counterterrorism policies, including waterboarding and drone strikes. Good evening, im jeffrey brown. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we excerpt todays testimony, which was interrupted from the start by protesters from the antiwar group, code pink. Brown then, we get the latest on the massive manhunt for a former Los Angeles Police office wanted for murder. Suarez we turn to iran as the u. S. Tightens sanctions but tehran shows no signs of halting its Nuclear Program or engaging in talks. Brown from our american graduate series, we have the story of a chicago nonprofit that aims to change the lives of wouldbe dropouts. Whats interesting about one goal is that it pinpoints and targets lowincome, underperforming students in non selective Chicago Public schools, students who are least likely to graduate
In talks. Brown from our american graduate series, we have the story of a chicago nonprofit that aims to change the lives of wouldbe dropouts. Whats interesting about one goal is that it pinpoints and targets lowincome, underperforming students in non selective Chicago Public schools, students who are least likely to graduate from high school, let alone college. Suarez we look at newly released documents showing leaders in the Catholic Church in los angeles shielded pedophile priests and failed to report allegations of child abuse. Brown and gwen ifill talks with biographer jeanne theo haris, who offers a complex portrait of the woman best known for refusing to give up her seat on an alabama bus in 1955. She is celebrated for one act and i think part of that celebration puts it all in the past, right, when the actual rosa parks keeps working on racial and social justice issues all the way up to the end of her life. Brown thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs n
With questions. Barely a few words in, the first interruption but not from politicians. I am honored to appear before you today as the president s nominee. Would you hold please . I will ask the police to please remove this woman. Four times, protesters interrupted at the hearing. There was a vocal opposition to the program and to john brennan becoming the next director. He was questioned over his past involvement in enhance interrogation techniques. Ive expressed my personal objections to my colleagues about certain of those situations such as water boarding, nudity, and others. Ive expressed my personal objections but i did not try to stop it because it was something that was being done in a different part of the agency under the authority of others. When asked about john strikes, he criticized the protesters. I think there is an impression on the part of some American People who believe that we take strikes to punish terrorists for past transgressions. Nothing could be further from
Whats interesting about one goal is that it pinpoints and targets lowincome, underperforming students in non selective Chicago Public schools, students who are least likely to graduate from high school, let alone college. Suarez we look at newly released documents showing leaders in the Catholic Church in los angeles shielded pedophile priests and failed to report allegations of child abuse. Brown and gwen ifill talks with biographer jeanne theo haris, who offers a complex ait of the woman best known for refusing to give up her seat on an alabama bus in 1955. She is celebrated for one act and i think part of that celebration puts it all in the past, right, when the actual rosa parks keeps working on racial and social justice issues all the way up to the end of her life. 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