Newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. United healthcare. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. 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 accusations again flew up and down pennsylvania avenue on the eighth day of the partial Government Shutdown. President obama did raise the prospect of a shortterm solution to address that and the coming debt limit, but republicans werent buying. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman has our report. I will sit down and work with any one of any party. Holman president obama came to the White House Briefing room this afternoon to rebut republican criticism that hes refused to negotiate. Ive
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. United healthcare. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. 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 accusations again flew up and down pennsylvania avenue on the eighth day of the partial Government Shutdown. President obama did raise the prospect of a shortterm solution to address that and the coming debt limit, but republicans werent buying. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman has our report. I will sit down and work with any one of any party. Holman president obama came to the White House Briefing room this afternoon to rebut republican criticism that hes
There was word today that power surges have repeatedly damaged a massive new data Storage Facility for the National Security agency. The wall street journal reported ten meltdowns over 13 months destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars of hardware at the utah site. The power problems have delayed the facilitys opening. The u. S. Commando raid that seized a top alqaeda suspect in libya is still making waves. Libyan jihadists vowed today to kidnap americans in retaliation for the capture of abu anas al liby. And the u. S. Military said its moving some 200 marines to a base in italy, just in case. In washington, president obama said the libya raid and another in somalia does not mean hes expanding the war on terror. Theres a difference between us going after terrorists who are plotting directly to do damage to the United States and us being involved in wars. But where youve got active plot and active networks, were going to go after them. Woodruff the president did not directly address
Im happy to do that. I know we are still a very fluid situation, but we reached out and asked we were talking about pts and whether they could get health provided their City Employees of the Indian Health service would provide direct Health Service to travel citizens and would largely be unaffected by the shutdown and that they would continue to provide correct Clinical Health Care Services as well as referrals for Contract Services that cannot be provided through their clinic. So, again, we just are somewhat confused as to the comment that was made in regard to posttraumatic stress, which i think everybody on the committee is very concerned with pity and i get a. Your statement that you can hear it today paints the worst possible picture thats out there. But in your statement it does not talk about the hundreds of thousands of employees that are still working in the health care that is provided so we just want to be honest with the questions and comments are provided. Im not saying th
Pacific storms. Many people worried about mudslides. Water comes over, it looks like niagra falls. Dropping temperatures from the midwest to the east, 20 to 30 degrees below normal. Adding to the coldweather problems, ice jams. You look at it and its mass destruction. Cant stop the ice. Jan brewer wont say if shell veto a controversial bill that allows arizona businesses to deny service to gays and lesbians. Theres a lot of things we can bring into the state, and this just doesnt help at all in any of those. General motors links more deaths to a faulty ignition switch, and it nearly doubled the number of cars its recalling. Federal Safety Advocates insist gm knew about the defect for years and did not issue a recall. Talk about a backyard bonanza for a Northern California couple. They found a cache of gold coins worth millions of dollars. Its the biggest stash of coins found since oprah had her couch cleaned. Mo more security deals, no more troops hamid karzai heard that directly from