Jansing into the future decades ne o one electronic superhighway long before many even knew he was being built. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and elsewhere around the globe. Four days after the Mass Shootings in newtown, conn. , the funerals continue for the 22 becomes lost their lives. And while the town mourns, the white house issued its strongest indication yet it will be pushing for tighter gun controls, including reinstating the assault weapons ban. From newtown, we begin our coverage. She loved or go wales and horses. A beautiful girl, her parents said. 6yearold jessica was buried. Another victim in america. That terrible friday as parents waited to hear what happened in the school, their pastor was with them. One parent, one mother in desperation cried out are there any survivors . There was violence. There were officials looking at one another and then they said, no, there are no survivors. I do not know that i will ever forget the noise as people wept,
And major corporations. What can we do for you . And now, bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, im kathy kaye. The white house says it will push from for tighter gun control days after the School Shooting shattered new town. They tried to help children and five women are shot dead in pakistan simply for distributing polio vaccines. Jansing into the future decades ago, one electronic superhighway long before many even knew he was being built. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and elsewhere around the globe. Four days after the Mass Shootings in newtown, conn. , the funerals continue for the 22 becomes lost their lives. And while the town mourns, the white house issued its strongest indication yet it will be pushing for tighter gun controls, including reinstating the assault weapons ban. From newtown, we begin our coverage. She loved or go wales and horses. A beautiful girl, her parents said. 6yearold jessica was buried. A
Badly injured. Questions are being asked about whether his company could have done more to prevent the accident. This balloon three days ago, it was flying. Not shiping, it did well. Three tourists from the u. K. Were among those shipped to the hospital. There was one other passengers who survived. One from scotland was visited by britains ambassador to egypt. He is said to be in stable condition. But his wife, yvonne, who was accompanying him, was killed. Neighbors at home reacted to the news. They were a really nice couple. There have been concerned about the safety on board these balloon rides in the past. They were suspended for a time in 2009 following a string of accidents. Recent passengers have also expressed concerns. Alex gibbons was on a balloon ride with the same company in 2011 when his balloon just missed the top of a highrise motel and then crashed into the nile. We were lucky not to have been killed. It was a miracle that we were not killed. They were suspended for a ti
Within the vatican and wider church. We begin with our coverage with this report from james mates of independent television news. Reporter looking a little frail, weary almost under the burdens of a tumultuous eight years in the holy see, Pope Benedict met his cardinals for a final time. In the magnificent surroundings of the vaticans clementine room, he thanked them and recognized that one of those now applauding will soon be in his place. Among you, he said, there is the future pope to whom already today and i promise my unconditional reverence and obedience. He said a personal farewell to each cardinal, among them peter turksen of ghana who many believe may be the first black pope in more than a thousand years. But Pope Benedicts speech yesterday shows hints of trouble within the vatican itself has spelled out the task faced by his successor. It was a very unpapal address. I would think it was one of the most remarkable papal addresses ever given, certainly that i have ever heard. W
Thank you. Ifill the federal government moved another day closer today to 85 billion in automatic spending cuts. And as political charges and countercharges flew, Federal Reserve chief ben bernanke raised new fears about the potential economic fallout. The fed chairman told a Senate Committee that forcing acrosstheboard spending cuts could slice half a percentage point off economic growth. I think an appropriate balance would be to introduce these cuts more gradually and to compensate with larger and more sustained cuts in the longer run to address our longrun fiscal issues. Ifill bernanke said the sequester was supposed to be a doomsday weapon designed to spur compromise. It was done to be sort of like dr. Strangelove, you know, the bomb that goes off. So obviously if you can find a way to, you know, in a bipartisan way to make it more effective and better prioritized, that would be a good thing. Ifill instead the spending cuts could begin to take effect at weeks end. President obama,