Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided b babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. Babbels 1015 minute lessons a are availaban app, or online. More information on babbel. Com. Bnsf railway. Consumer cellular. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributionto your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Yang they are breathing just a little easier on wall street t, onigter another dizzying day. The Dow Jones Industrial average plunged 500 points in the opening minutes, th rallied to ecover nearly half of mondays huge loss. In the end, the dow closed up 567 points, 2 , to finish at 24,912. The nasdaq rose 148 points, and the s p 500 added 46. At a house hearing today, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin played down the market volatility. The stock market is up significantly, over 30 , since
Reader questions and talks about the significance of the osage indian murders. Dont think you can s derstand our country unless you understand trt of our history. This is one of the worst racial injustices and cminal conspiracies in American History and it was never taught in school. Woodruff at and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major fundi for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions thiprogram was made ssible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff its been nearly two weeks since a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in parkland, florida. Now, Congress Faces the question nof what to do about guns america. The aner is anything but clear. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage desjardins wking the halls of congress today, students turned activists from Marjory Stoneman douglas high, pressing for more gun control. Their supporincluding democratic con
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. Babbels 1015 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. More information on babbel. Com. Bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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 for the first time, a member of President Trumps cabinet has talked to the special counsels Office Investigating russia and the trump campaign. The Justice Department confirms that attorney general Jeff Sessions was interviewed last week for several hours. President trump said today that he is not at all concerned. We will explore this and related developments right after the news summary. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees went back to work today, after congress ended a threeday gov
That have had a tremendous impact on what we can detect. Equal times Matthew Dziak begins our coverage, about what is known in our universe. Youre outside late one night, look up and you see the endless stars shimmering in the sky. Our universe is a vast infinite space with much that is still left undiscovered. Despite dedicated space centers. I think among the sciences, astronomy is one of the more beautiful sciences. I would say. Just the pictures you can get from the telescope are just stunning. The colors and the shapes you can see and things out in space. But the magnitude of the things youre looking at are so big and far away and old. Its just a mindboggling. One of the things theyre studying is what makes the atmosphere of the sun so hot. Because it gets up to a million degrees in some places. Very sparse plasma but very hot. And the way i look at it is like heating coils extending out of the atmosphere and heating it up like an electric blanket. [laughs] were in a heliocentric
Eyewitness news. A statewide flood emergency. New evacuations. And the race to stabilize dams under pressure. Were live from one of the hardest hit areas. Plus. Chopper 11 hd. Goes above the flood zone in Sampson County. What you wont see from the ground. And the race for governor heats up. The candidates faceoff on the toughest issues facing the state. Where they stand. Eyewitness news starts right now. Matthews aftermath in North Carolina. Water relentlessly rising and communities facing catastrophic flooding. The death toll in the state now stands at 18. And there are fears tonight that number could still rise. Good evening everyone. Im tisha powell. And im steve daniels. Heres the latest from the flood zone. four additional deaths were confirmed today. one in Columbus Robeson county. One person is still missing. A 15mile stretch of interstate 95 in harnett and cumberland counties has now reopened. But a section of i95 near lumberton between exits 13 and 31 remains closed. And. The