Next tuesdays midterm elections. nr shake it off shake it off woodruff close to a million fans buy taylor swifts new album in its debut week. Why some pop stars still sell despite huge changes in the Music Industry. Those are some of the stories 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. 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 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 the space industry suffered a new catastrophe today. A Virgin Galactic Space Tourism rocket crashed during a test flight in southern california. The copilot was killed, and tho pilot was badly injured. The wreckag
Mexicos attorney general is fueling protesters anger after the disappearance of dozens of students. And warnings of a new cold what are as germany prepares to mark 25 years since the fall of the berlin wall. Hello, first to afghanistan where there has been an explosion inside the Police Headquarters in the calf tap kabul. That blast happened outside the office of the police chief. At least one person has been killed. We are hearing Jennifer Glasse joining us from kabul telling us how at the managed to get inside the headquarters, jennifer. Reporter well, that is the big question that clearly a huge breach of security here in the afghan capital. Not only did the explosion goal off inside Police Headquarters, it went off on the third floor of the Police Building by the police chief chiefs office, hid was killed. Seven people injured, including one child. Its a very busy time it was the height of the hush hour. Many people are coming in to get things signed. To get documents that they nee
Shes 17 years old. In 2012, she was shot in the head by a taliban gunman who boarded her school bus. She survived and continued to campaign for the rights of girls to go to school. She shares the award with Kailash Satyarthi, a leader in the International Movement against child slavery and the exploitation of child workers. Yousafzai is a pakistini muslim, satyarthi is a hindu from india. Then, as tens of thousands are expected to converge in ferguson, missouri, for a weekend of protests demanding justice for Michael Brown, we speak with three of protests lead organizers, including st. Louis rapper, tef poe. I told the Police Officer the other day but we were protesting, you have the guns and we dont. So the notion that you are afraid of us when you have all of the weapons in the world, is ridiculous. You can bring a tank, armored vehicles, tear gas, smoke bombs, you can bring assault rifles. All i have is this. It makes zero sense. And here in detroit, a judge has ruled the city can c
See a military solution to this conflict, but we have to put all our efforts into bringing about a diplomatic solution. Should the United States intervene by arming ukraine . We will host a debate between retired air force general charles wald, the formerdeputy commander of u. S. European command, and university of chicago Professor John mearsheimer. Then to ferguson, six months after the Police Shooting of Michael Brown, more than a dozen st. Louisarea residents have filed lawsuits accusing ferguson and a neighboring suburb of creating an illegal debtors prison scheme by targeting African Americans with arrests and fines. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama says he has not yet decided yet whether to send arms to the Ukrainian Military to fight russianbacked rebels. Obama criticized russias role in the conflict during a joint News Conference at the white house with german chancellor Angela
Southern mexico. The parents of the missing students continue to hold out hope that their loved ones are still alive. We will go to guerrero and mexico city for the latest. U. S. , attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch. If i have the honor of being confirmed by the senate, i will wake up every morning with the protection of the American People my first thought. As Senate Democrats consider putting off her confirmation hearing to the shock of many until next year am a when the republicans are in control. We will speak to her former law school classmate, kimberle crenshaw, of the africanamerican policy forum. We will also talk about crenshaws campaign to include girls and women of color in president obamas my brothers keeper initiative. Interesting meeting led by Valerie Jarrett yesterday. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Death toll from the Ebola Outbreak in west africa has topped 5000 with another 14,000 stricken with ebola. The W