Plus man on the wire, Philippe Petit, how the walk between the twin towers changed his life forever. It has been 42 days since more than 300 girls were an deducted from their school in nigeria. U. S. Troops and drones have joined in the search. So far no signs of them. Tonight that may have changed. Nigerias defense chief today said he knows where the girls are but that the military wont use force to rescue them. Yvonne ndege has more. This information comes from nigerias chief of defense staff. And he gave an interview to the state news agency in which he basically said, let me quote, the good news for the parents of the missing girls, we know where they are but he also added we cannot tell you, we cant go into the area where the girls are kept with any kind of military force. We cant kill our girls with the reason for getting them back. Leave us alone. We are working, we will get the girls back. Obviously this will comfort the parents of the missing girls and the millions of concerne
Im phil torres, im an entomologist. But tonight, ive got the story that will have you shaking your heads. Why bugs should be a part of your next meal. Thats the story, now lets do some science. Are welcome to techknow. Im phil torres and today im here with kyle, lindsay and rachelle. Were going to start with a story of how we can use our dna in medicine. Rachelle, what do you have . I submitted my dna for a Company Called 23andme. Lets find out. Simple test, nothing complicated. The first thing i have to do is take the tune and i get to fill it with slief hav splie saliva. You can watch me spit. Thats done. I joined 23 Million People who sent their saliva to 23andme. To conduct a personal dna test. They begin with our 46 chromosomes, 23 from each parent, filled with youre dna. Dna is a double helix with base pairs of nucleotides. As paired with cs. Katy , g s. Over and over. So that a sequencing machine has enough material to determine the exact order of those as ts gs and cs. Thats th
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff resistance from House Republicans delayed action on a fiscal cliff compromise passed overwhelmingly by the senate in the wee hours of this new years day. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the stalemate plus we hear from republican tom cole of oklahoma and democrat Chris Van Hollen of maryland. Woodruff Jeffrey Brown has an update on some of the areas hit hardest by superstorm sandy, where recovery continues at a slow pace. Suarez badly damaged by sandy in new jersey, of the communitys 520 homes 60 were washed away and 139 remain uninhabitable. Still without electricity, gas, sewers or water. Suarez we continue our conversations with new members of the 113th congress. Tonight the senatorelect from nebraska, republican deb fischer. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160
Suarez badly damaged by sandy in new jersey, of the communitys 520 homes 60 were washed away and 139 remain uninhabitable. Still without electricity, gas, sewers or water. Suarez we continue our conversations with new members of the 113th congress. Tonight the senatorelect from nebraska, republican deb fiscr. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. But that was after the measure ran into initial republican resistance with demands for more spending cuts. Congress began the new year having missed its deadline to keep tax cuts from rising back to 1990s levels for most americans. And to prevent acrosstheboard spending cuts. Instead, House Republicans a
Suarez we talk with journalist and author Claudia Kolker about her research into the immigrant advantage. Its still without electricity, gas, sewers or water. And we continue our conversations with new members of the 113th congress. Tonight the senatorelect from nebraska, republican deb fischer. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. 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 this turned out to be a long day of waiting for final action on the fiscal cliff bill that cleared the senate early today. In the house, the measure ran into re