But the grand feeling that we are not even wanted. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. 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. Ifill our lead story tonight, it was a long day of waitandsee, as the federal government headed toward potential shutdown. It remained unclear whether congress would pull back from the brink. House Speaker Boehner did speak tonight. Democrats still insisted on the straightforward bill bill to fund the government. Republicans kept demanding that any bill also target the president S Health Care law. The house will be in o
But the grand feeling that we are not even wanted. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. 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. Ifill our lead story tonight, it was a long day of waitandsee, as the federal government headed toward potential shutdown. It remained unclear whether congress would pull back from the brink. House Speaker Boehner did speak tonight. Democrats still insisted on the straightforward bill bill to fund the government. Republicans kept demanding that any bill also target the president S Health Care law. The house will be in o
House will not yield, asked they would have a clean funding bill one with no additions he said thats not going to ifill well have more on the shutdown showdown, after the news summary. The brinksmanship in washington did little to reassure wall street today. Stocks fell amid fears the government might shut down, and that Congress Might also fail to raise the debt limit next month, triggering a national default. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 128 points to close at 15,129. The nasdaq fell 10 points to close at 3771. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned president obama today to keep sanctions in place against iran, despite a potential diplomatic warming. The two men met at the white house. The Prime Minister said it will take more than words to resolve his concerns over Irans Nuclear ambitions. More on this, later in the program. The Justice Department has filed suit against the state of North Carolina over alleged Racial Discrimination in voting rules. A new state law
That different can take from it. I think what it means is that, yes, the conventional wisdom that theres a relationship between the money campaigns have and the likelihood of victory, which people have assumed and political scientists have said yes this relationship exists, that is confirmed. Even when turnout is higher and more instability is expected, it exithses. But this doesnt take into account other factors. Its how much campaigns thems raised, doesnt include super p. A. C. S or any of the external independent expenditures that go into Political Campaigns. And there are a slew of other factors at play in any particular race. If the candidate has some terrible gaffe, a scandal that emerges, none of that stuff is accounted for in this calculation. This is purely what the campaign raised versus the vote total. Lets talk about outside spending and the Election Results from this offyear election. Look at Michael Bloomberg, liberal causes spent 2. 3 . Ion, thomas steye; million for lib
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