Now i was doing it for free. Its not right, and you can do something about it if you want to. Ifill those are just 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. 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. Woodruff our lead story tonight neither side gave ground in washingtons war over preventing a Government Shutdown next week. The senate worked on a bill to Fund Government operations, while republicans in the house kept demanding an end to funding for president obamas Health Care Reform law. Newshour Congressional Corresponden
Exchanges to the uninsured next tuesday. It said Small Businesses and a latino Enrollment Service will not be able to enroll online for several weeks. Well have more on the spending fight and on obamacare later, but first, the other news of the day. The u. S. And russia reached agreement late today on the wording of a u. N. Resolution on disposing of syrias chemical arsenal. The u. S. Ambassador to the united nations, samantha power, said the measure would be legally obligating on damascus to surrender all chemical weapons. The full u. N. Security council is meeting tonight on the resolution. Also at the u. N. , the u. S. And the other permanent members of the Security Council resumed Nuclear Talks with iran. The session is aimed at setting up a new round of fullscale negotiations, probably next month. More on this, later in the program. The death toll from tuesdays massive earthquake in southwestern pakistan kept rising today to 355. People were still digging through the rubble of fla
Court had struck down. The law that blew up during the epic filibuster means as many as 13 of 36 clinics in the state that provide abortions will have to stop doing so immediately. Yesterdays Appellate Court ruling means millions of women in the state of texas will not have access to Reproductive Health services. But it wasnt the only big decision to come down yesterday. The federal court of appeals has now blocked changes to the nypds controversial stop and frisk program. In new york, a federal Appeals Court froze a lower courts ruling that had stopped stop and frisk practice. And that ruling means thousands of people of color in new york city will be stopped and will be frisked because the court said they could be. Both of these decisions came from the federal Appeals Court. The court presided over by judges who are appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate. The decision, these judges have massive impacts on all of our lives and no one understands how important those jud
You get to make new connections and really build your resume. I knew the work i was doing was exactly the same work that i had previously done, except that now i was doing it for free. Its not right, and you can do something about it if you want to. Ifill those are just 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. 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. Woodruff our lead story tonight neither side gave ground in washingtons war over preventing a Government Shutdown next week. The senate worked on a bill to Fund Government
To try to make sure that we implemented it properly. But obviously, we didnt do a good enough job. And i regret that. Were talking about 5 of the population who are in whats called the individual market. Theyre out there buying Health Insurance on their own. A lot of these plans are subpar plans. And we put in a clause in the law that said, if you have one of those plans, even if it was subpar when the law was passed, you could keep it. But theres enough churn in the market that folks since then have bought subpar plans and now that may be all they can afford. So even though it only affects a small amount of the population, you know, it means a lot to them, obviously, when they get this letter canceled. And i am deeply concerned about it and ive assigned my team to see what can we do to close some of the holes and gaps in the law because my intention is to lift up and make sure the insurance that people buy is effective. We are proud of the Consumer Protections weve put into place. On