Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill there were calls for peace around the world today, as millions celebrated christmas. Good evening. Im gwen ifill on the newshour tonight. From remembrances of young lives lost in newtown, connecticut, to Church Services in bethlehem, we wrap up the news of this holiday. Then, part two of our conversation about upcomingin elections house races in illinois and south carolina, an highprofile politics in new jersey. We have two Health Stories. First, are annual mammogramswn necessary . Betty ann bowser examines theil conflicting answers. Or its going to result in an excessive treatment required for people that delay getting their cancer detected. Re ifill plus, 2013 will be am pivotal year for the new Health Care Reform law. Ray suarez gets an update from julie rovner of npr. From the island of mindanao in the philippines, fred de sam lazaro profiles a group of peacekeepers struggling to maintain a fragile ceasefire between governmen
Many people expose and no levees and no protection at all, that was astonishing to me. 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. United healthcare online at uhc. Com. 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 members of Congress Took fresh aim at the new Health Care Law today. The house ways and Means Committee called in the head of the centers for medicare and medicaid services, who accepted responsibility for some of the problems with the Health Care Web site. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman begins
I was able to live for 35 years and slowly reacted and very normal. Some people say abnormal but able to function at a high level inspite of the disease. 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. 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 the president of the philippines announced today the typhoon death toll may end up between 2,000 and 2,500, far below earlier estimates. But it was little comfort to thousands of survivors, especially in tacloban, the city virtually destroyed by the storm. They grew ever more desperat
The acceptable limit shut down a city of 11 Million People. People walked out of their houses today, and thought that there was a blizzard. But in fact it wasnt snowinging this is how intense the air pollution was. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by 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, the president today joined the wave of criticism that has greeted the rocky rollout of online efforts to get people to sign up for health insurance. He conceded the federal web site central to the process has failed to deliver. From the out
Test test test for newshour. Testing testing. You are quite surprised to see a city like new york, so many people expose and no levees and no protection at all, that was astonishing to me. 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. United healthcare online at uhc. Com. 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 members of Congress Took fresh aim at the new Health Care Law today. The house ways and Means Committee called in the head of the centers for medicare and medicaid services, who accepted responsibility for some o