Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown joined by children and families of those killed in the newtown massacre, president obama today unveiled the most ambitious effort to stem gun violence in at least two decades. Good evening, im jeffrey brown. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we detail the president s proposals, including bans on assault weapons and high capacity magazines, and offer some perspective in a wide ranging roundtable discussion. Brown then, Margaret Warner talks with retired u. S. General Stanley Mcchrystal about his command of the war in afghanistan and his new book my share of the task. The Afghan People are terrified. Theyre scared theyre going to have their allies leave, their government is weak and that theres a chance they will slide back into not just taliban control but potentially civil war. Suarez on tonights daily download, we look back at the 2012 election and ahead to the inauguration with the obama campaigns internet guru
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. Suarez president obama called today for what amounts to a National Awakening to stop gun deaths in america. He detailed an action plan, all the while acknowledging that the most farreaching measures face tough going in congress. We cant put this off any longer. Suarez with that, the president laid out his strategy, before an audience of congress members, cabinet advisors, and the families of those killed in the School Shootings in newtown, connecticut. In the month since 20 precious children and six brave adults were violently taken from us at sandy hook elementary, more than 900 of our fellow americans have reportedly died at the end of a gun 900 in the past month. And every day we wait, that number will keep growing. So im putting forward a specific set of proposals based on the work of joes task force. And in the days ahead i inte
The Afghan People are terrified. Theyre scared theyre going to have their allies leave, their government is weak and that theres a chance they will slide back into not just taliban control but potentially civil war. Suarez on tonights daily download, we look back at the 2012 election and ahead to the inauguration with the obama campaigns internet guru, harper reed. We basically built what amounted to an adtech company, but instead of targeting ads on the internet, of course we did that, we really maximized the targeting thats physical. What that means is were not wasting anyones time. Brown and we examine the fallout from Tour De France champion Lance Armstrongs admission that he used performance enhancing drugs. Brown thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting.