All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the enginthat connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org 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 less than two weeks after the attacks in paris and with a Worldwide Travel alert in place, president obama told americans today theres no credible threat to the u. S. This holiday weekend. He urged people to go about their normal activities this thanksgiving. At the white house, flanked by his top counterterrorism and National Security advisers, he said the u. S. Is working overtime to protect the homeland. The combined resources of our military, our intelli
Her remarkable career. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org 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 less than two weeks after the attacks in paris and with a Worldwide Travel alert in place, president obama told americans today theres no credible threat to the u. S. This holiday weekend. He urged people to go about their normal activities this thanksgiving. At the white house, flanked by his top counterterrorism and National Security advisers, he said the u. S. Is working overtime to protect the homeland. The combined resources of
Narrator the use of illicit drugs is increasing in many parts of the world, especially in urban areas. And arising from this increase are a host of social and health relatedroblems connected with drug abuse. One is, of course, the risk associated with the abuse aspect, especially of injecting drugs and risk of infection; the criminality which is associated, and the violence which is associated with e of drugs; and then, of course the Mental Illness that appears to result also from prolonged drug use or even sometimes shortterm drug use. The populations that are most affected are poor populations and nority populations. Narrator the specter of poverty hovers in the background of the drug world, but it is far from its only setting. Drug use is as familiar to suburbia and the corridors of big business as it is on threets. The reality is drug addiction infiltrates all segments of humanity. The main common feature that we see across different types of addiction is really a commonality in ch
Narrator the use of illicit drugs is increasing in many parts of the world, especially in urban areas. And arising from this increase are a host of social and Health Related pblems connected with drug abuse. One is, of course, the risk associated with the abuse aspect, especially of injecting drugs and risk of infection; the criminality which is associated, and the violence which is associated with use of drugs; and then, of course the Mental Illness that appears to result also from prolonged drug use or even sometimes shortterm drug use. The populations that are most affected are poor populations and minority populations. Narrator the specter of poverty hovers in the background of the drug world, but it is far from its only setting. Drug use is as familiar to suburbia and the corridors of big business as it is on threets. The reality is drug addiction infiltrates all segments of humanity. The main common feature that we see across different types of addiction is really a commonality i
Narrator the use of illicit drugs is increasing in many parts of the world, especially in urban areas. And arising from this increase are a host of social and Health Related problems connected with drug abuse. One is, of course, the risk associated with the abuse aspect, especially of injecting drugs and risk of infection; the criminality which is associated, and the violence which is associated with use of drugs; and then, of course the Mental Illness that appears to result also from prolonged drug use or even sometimes shortterm drug use. The populations that are most affected are poor populations and minority populations. Narrator the specter of poverty hovers in the background of the drug world, but it is far from its only setting. Drug use is as familiar to suburbia and the corridors of big business as it is othreets. The reality is drug addiction infiltrates all segments of humanity. The main common feature that we see across different types of addiction is really a commonality i