Maybe we will see an opportunity to see the new president of iran. We have to explore awful those things and work for the best to prepare for the worst. Ifill plus, paul solman looks at how employers are reacting to the mandate to provide insurance under the Health Care Reform law. Its something that Companies Across the country are now weighing keep employees below 30 hours a week, and thus avoid paying for their Health Insurance entirely. 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,
Rose we continue with a look at al schbab with eli lake. I would say al shabaab they have prochbruese mass casualty attack from al shabaab in in 2010 in a proge they could participate nay Coalition Government or even conclude withwn territoryse Dexter Filkins without has a story about an iranian general called the most powerful op rattive in the middle east. What made you want to do the piece. His name kept coming up everywhere. And i didnt know who it was. And so i was if beirut and hi dinner with a politician there. And he was expressing frustration with hezbollah, an armed group, also political party. And he said hezbollah doesnt decide, Gassim Suleimani decides. And i thought whos that. And then and then earlier this year when i was report a piece on syria somebody in the pentagon said to me this is the guy whoses running the war in syria. Hes got a command post in damascus. Hes got, you know, hezbollah at his disposal. Rose the president of colombia, looking at al shabaab and Dext
Have prochb gruesome in the ability to cause mass casualty attacks. We saw similar things from al shabaab in uganda in 2010 but they failed to translate that into a program where they could participate nay Coalition Government or even govern their own territory particularly well. Rose we conclude with Dexter Filkins without has a story about an iranian general called the most powerful op rattive in the middle east. What made you want to do the piece. His name kept coming up everywhere. And i didnt know who it was. And so i was if beirut and hi dinner with a politician there. And he was expressing frustration with hezbollah an armed group also political party. And he said hezbollah doesnt decide Gassim Suleimani decides. And i thought whos that. And then and then earlier this year when i was report a piece on syria somebody in the pentagon said to me this is the guy whoses running the war in syria. Hes got a command post in damascus. Hes got you know hezbollah at his disposal. Rose the
Many mass shootings. When people knew they had problems but they had nowhere to turn. That is one area we should look into. We should look into how we approve people who are trying to buy guns. This is still what happens. People kill people with guns. We do not have enough control over the guns that are bought by people. Not going to be an easy thing to do. Very controversial. Passed background checks to buy the shotgun. We will get type that in a moment. All points bulletin. The mass shooting in the capital of the United States was front page news around the world. Massacre in d. C. 12 dead in washington. Germany, front page, blood bath at u. S. Military base. Question is, does it have its own similar horrors . They have it in europe as well. Occasionally, though. Not an every day occurrence. Not here either. Almost. We have too many murders with guns. This is something that has been a part of our society to a degree that hasnt happened in europe [ talking at the same time ] cant make
Have prochb gruesome in the ability to cause mass casualty attacks. We saw similar things from al shabaab in uganda in 2010 but they failed to translate that into a program where they could participate nay Coalition Government or even govern their own territory particularly well. Rose we conclude with Dexter Filkins without has a story about an iranian general called the most powerful op rattive in the middle east. What made you want to do the piece. His name kept coming up everywhere. And i didnt know who it was. And so i was if beirut and hi dinner with a politician there. And he was expressing frustration with hezbollah, an armed group, also political party. And he said hezbollah doesnt decide, Gassim Suleimani decides. And i thought whos that. And then and then earlier this year when i was report a piece on syria somebody in the pentagon said to me this is the guy whoses running the war in syria. Hes got a command post in damascus. Hes got, you know, hezbollah at his disposal. Rose