organizers struggle with last- minute problems and the british government considers deploying more military forces to insure security. ifill: jeffrey brown examines a different boy scouts pledge: to stick with their ban on gay leaders and scouts. woodruff: from our series on coping with climate change, hari sreenivasan has the story of a native american tribe known as the salmon people, whose way of life is under siege. threatened by the loss of traditional resources, the swinomish are partnering with scientists to determine what changes future generations face. ifill: and we preview a documentary about a day in the life of a rge city public hospital struggling to care for its uninsured patients. it s almost like a video game where you have to place patients, move patients, keep the flow going and if you don t, it stacks up, it just keeps spinning more and more out of control. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newsh
hari sreenivasan has the story of a native american tribe known as the salmon people, whose way of life is under siege. threatened by the loss of traditional resources, the swinomish are partnering with scientists to determine what changes future generations face. ifill: and we preview a documentary about a day in the life of a large city public hospital struggling to care for its uninsured patients. it s almost like a video game where you have to place patients, move patients, keep the flow going and if you don t, it stacks up, it just keeps spinning more and more out of control. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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: syrian rebels dealt a stunning blow to the assad
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: syrian rebels dealt a stunning blow to the assad government today a bombing that wiped out part of the country s power elite. the attack in damascus raised new fears in washington and other capitals. the bomb exploded in a meeting of syrian cabinet and top security officers the most serious assault yet on the core of the regime. among the dead, the defense minister, dawoud rahja and president bashar al-assad s brother-in-law, asef shawkat, who was the widely-feared deputy defense minister. one other senior official was killed, too. state television confirmed the killings and blamed unspecified terrorists. ( translated ): the two field marshals today, the defense minister and deputy defense minister, are not the first of our martyrs, although
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: syrian rebels dealt a stunning blow to the assad government today a bombing that wiped out part of the country s power elite. the attack in damascus raised new fears in washington and other capitals. the bomb exploded in a meeting of syrian cabinet and top security officers the most serious assault yet on the core of the regime. among the dead, the defense minister, dawoud rahja and president bashar al-assad s brother-in-law, asef shawkat, who was the widely-feared deputy defense minister. one other senior official was killed, too. state television confirmed the killings and blamed unspecified terrorists. ( translated ): the two field marshals today, the defense minister and deputy defense minister, are not the first of our martyrs, although