And im judy woodruff. Also ahead this thursday, hbo decides to cut the cord and let consumers pay for streaming content without a cable subscription. Ifill with record numbers of homeless teens enrolled in americas Public Schools, one student defies the odds to become High School Valedictorian and enroll at tone of the most prestigious universities in the country. I still see that picture in my head of me having my own house and you know having my degrees on the wall, having a job to go to from 9 00 to 5 00, having a consistent paycheck, paying my own bills and just being the woman that i always wanted to be. Woodruff plus, fifty years after the Free Speech Movement began in berkeley, california, activists and students try to keep the past alive and relate it to the present. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to bu
Good evening, im gwen ifill. And im judy woodruff. Also ahead this thursday, hbo decides to cut the cord and let consumers pay for streaming content without a cable subscription. Ifill with record numbers of homeless teens enrolled in americas Public Schools, one student defies the odds to become High School Valedictorian and enroll at tone of the most prestigious universities in the country. I still see that picture in my head of me having my own house and you know having my degrees on the wall, having a job to go to from 9 00 to 5 00, having a consistent paycheck, paying my own bills and just being the woman that i always wanted to be. Woodruff plus, fifty years after the Free Speech Movement began in berkeley, california, activists and students try to keep the past alive and relate it to the present. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthu
System. The Standing Committee of Chinas Parliament decided in august to allow hong kongs residents to choose their next chief executive in a direct election in 2017. But, they also decided that the candidates must be approved by a probeijing panel. Analysts say this effectively rules out participation by prodemocracy candidates. Protesters say theyre demanding a system that allows whoever is backed by residents to run in the election. But, chief executive Leung Chunying maintains authorities in beijing will not retract their decision. Tens of thousands of students and other citizens have been occupying sections of three major roads. People in and out of hong kong are watching whether both sides can take a step closer to ending their standoff. Year watching the developments closely and will bring you update as they come in. In other news, Health Care Workers in the United States now have new guidelines designed to further protect them from being exposed to ebola. Officials with the cen
Leone contracting the disease. Would you leave liberia . The u. S. Has sent 3,000 u. S. Forces over to liberia to help. Our doctors, scientists. What happens if it mutates and becomes like the flu. You cannot get it casually and you must come into contact with bodily fluids. All eyes are on texas today where just in the last hour officials from the Dallas County Health Department as well as the city and its schools briefed reporters on the ebola patient currently being treated at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital. Giving an update on the situation and the contact tracing, officials ryed to reassure texas residents that the ebola virus is not something that is easy to contract. This is not like the flu. Its not something where it spreads broadly through the community. You cant contract this unless you have contact with somebody that has shown signs of having this. Officials are now assessing about 100 people who may have come into contact with mr. Curvi duncan, but only a handful are b