Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. A Small Town Church about 30 miles east of san antonio has become the site of americas latest mass shooting. Today, a lone armed man walked into sunday services at the First Baptist church in sutherland springs, texas, a community of about 700 people, and began shooting parishioners, and then he fled the scene. Eyewitnesses say the incident began during the 11 00 a. M. Service, when they heard the sound of semiautomatic gunfire. Police who responded to 911 calls chased the shooter and, in the words of the local sheriff, he was taken down. But it wa
The poorly educated. I love the poorly educated and. Hes pulling in the indepedent voters. New hampshire allows non partisans to vote in their caucuses. And herzik says. They made quite a statement there. Eric they voted disproportionately in the republican party. And for donald trump. He won that demographic. In nevada that demographic is growing. Comparing last months registration to january of our last president ial election. Registration has grown equally for both main parties. But the nonpartisan registration has outpaced the parties. By three times. And check this out. The difference between republican and democratic registration right now is 18 thousand. The 234 thousand nonpartisans currently registered are expected to make themselves heard. Eric one reason so many independents. Or nonpartisans. Especially those who have registered recently. Are just im fed up with washington. Im fed up with you guys. Thats the capturing it. Now whether that trend will continue is still a quest
Widespread corruption threatens the president ial and the provincial elections that are set for next april. Free and Fair Elections are essential to establishing a stable government. A repeat of the widespread Election Fraud that we saw in 2009 would undermine afghans faith in their government, setting back the country. Corruption hinders afghanistans economy. The Mining Sector could tap the posits of Industrial Metals by attracting foreign investment, but that will not happen with the corruption in afghanistan. On the security front, pakistans military and Security Service continues to complicate matters by supporting the taliban. They are a double dealer. They undermine our primary objective of bringing afghanistan under the troll of a democratically elected government. Iran continues to support the taliban and using the Banking System to circumvent sanctions. Just yesterday, it was announced president karzai had agreed to a longterm friendship and cooperation pact with iran. We need
Its believed that this will be the deadliest shooting at a house of worship in americas history a warning some of the details are gruesome. Brian ynez joins us with the latest. Attorney general said that at least 25 people are dead but the number could be as high as 27. Between 10 to 30 reportedly have been wounded. Unidentified lone gunman fled in a vehicle and was killed either by selfinflicted gunshot wound or shot by police. At about 11 30 this morning, local time, the shooter walked into the First Baptist church and started firing the south is in Sutherland Springs, texas, a Small Community of about 400 people. Neighbors say typically 50 people attend church services. Among the victims killed, the 14yearold daughter of the churchs pastor, frank pomeroy. Annabelle pomeroy, the daughters name. Listen as witnesses describe the scene. Ive been going to this church since i was knee high to a duck. Its tragic. Im in the dark, because i changed my mind about going to church today and so
Syndicated radio host and former cia analyst buck sexton. He is a outnumbered. We are happy to hear have you with international topics. Melissa it could be useful. Lets get to it north media hailing President Trump historic meeting with North Korean Kim jong un as a victory for peace. The two spoke for nearly an hour yesterday at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone which divides the north korean peninsula. They agreed to restart Nuclear Talks which broke down earlier this year. The president also says hes open to the possibility of kim jong un visiting the white house. Watch this. Just asked him outside, you know what, we will go over the there. We will see. But i would certainly extend the invite, but i actually mentioned out there, anytime he wants to do it. Melissa life at the white house with the latest, rich. President trump after Historic Events this weekend expressing gratitude for the south korean government. The government including thank you to president for the delegati