Recess, the next chance to confirm hagel will be the last week of february. In the meantime, republicans continued to find new reasons to justify they are obstruction. Senator john mccains latest gripe is personal. Theres a lot of ill will towards senator hagel because when he was republican, he attacked president bush mercilessly. At one point said he was the worst president since herbert hoover, said that the surge was the worst blunder since the vietnam war, which is nonsense. And was very amti his own party and his own people. People dont forget that. People also dont forget that years after hagels republican herecy, john mccane said this of the man in 2006. I would be honored to have chuck with me in any capacity. Hed make a great secretary of state. People have also not forgotten that this filibuster has nothing to do with chuck hagel and everything to do with a republican vendetta against the white house. All three of us said were not going to go forward on the hagel nomination
This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. After aurora, after virginia tech, after columbine, the question of gun violence becomes a recurring national conversation. This evening, newshour joins pbs in a week of special coverage on the topic of gun violence after newtown. The waves of reaction since decembers Connecticut School shooting continue to reverberate from coast to coast. Now ifill as guncontrol activists push for stricter laws. And gun owners chafe against the prospect of new regulation, crossing for. Causing for now an increase in sale in firearms and attendance at gun shows. That dpebt is now spreading well beyond washington as cities and states take steps to distance themselves from gun manufacturers. In new york last week, the city School Teachers pension fund sold off 13. 5 million it held in stock with five gun makers. That followed action in california where the
Charismatic example of the potential that lies in the rainforest. And it could serve as a launching point for providing an economic incentive for preserving the amazon. Michael imim Michael Shure in the war room. Tonight republicans finally show some backbone. They stand as one in opposition to a war hero, and i thought the grand ol party was in trouble. [ theme music ] michael the senate is still wrangling over chuck hagels confirmation for defense secretary, but this morning harry reid does in the have the 60 votes to overcome a republican filibuster. He needs five republican votes but so far he only has two, mike johanns of nebraska and Thad Cochrane of mississippi. So he took his colleagues to task in his own softspoken way. Its tragic that theyve decided to filibuster this qualified nominee. It is really unfortunate. Michael you know, reid is of course not totally off the hook. He didnt push filibuster reform through earlier this year even though it looked like he had the chance t
Investigating the traffic problems in ft. Lee. In short, the answer to that question is, a lot of adjecti s adjectives. Strange, unnecessary and idiotic, abuse, shocking and disorienting. Cavalier, reckless and perplexing episode. That was just in his opening statement. He asserts he nor the governor had any involvement what so ever in this whole, strange, idiotic perplexing episode. He got the first press inquiry on bridgegate on september 17th of last year, days after the lane closures ended. He detailed the response when he went to the key players in the saga starting the deputy chief of staff, Bridgette Kelly. She was kind of just back of the hand, dismissive, oh, its nothing, you know, its Port Authority stuff. Its, you know, ahh, Port Authority stuff. And what Port Authority point man, David Wildstein . He was very matter of fact, this is about traffic study. We have conducted a traffic study, no big deal. Its going to be short lived. If there is anything this has proved not to b
Tornadoes, heavy rain and high winds assaulted the Midlands — in particular pounding southeast Nebraska — on May 22, 2004, prompting Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns to declare a state of