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
That will light up las vegas, a unique plant that stores light during the kay, to light up the night. 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
Voters. We go to a place where teenagers are casting their own ballots. Election day 2013 still not over, but that isnt stopping the speculation about the future. Polls are closing at this hour in several western states. In the east the most closely watched races have been decided. Republican chris ychristie has been reelected by a wide margin. Terry mcauliffe wins the governors race in virginia. Hes speaking to supporters in virginia right now. Voters in new york city have chosen a democrat to succeed michael bloomberg, bill de blasio. Voters have made decisions about gun control, higher taxes and the minimum wage. We have reporters covering all the major races tonight. We begin in new jersey. The issue really wasnt who would win, it was by how much. Would Chris Christie get a big enough mandate to propel him into a strong position for the 2016 race for president . The republican won by a landslide over democratic challenger barbara buono. A few minutes ago he spoke to his supporters.
Typically lecture. I do really bad in lecture halls. And putting a spin on the megaclassroom artist setting his collaboration with beyonce . Good evening, thanks for being with us. Im joie chen. What if you were to host one of the worlds biggest sporting parties, and it just wasnt ready . Were not talking about the winter olympics, but soccer. Soccer has become the second biggest sport among 12 to 24yearolds. Only baseball has more fans. And u. S. Soccer has put the strict rationing in place because the world cup is the hot ticket right now. But brazil is up against a tight deadline and at the moment, things are not going good. Gabriel elizondo brings us up to date. The city is still one giant construction zone. A flurry of vehicles and construction. So far behind schedule that fifa secretary generally gave ad the line or have the venue pulled for the world cup. We meaning the local organizing committee, the development, the city of s se between now and the 18th of february give us the
Night. 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 splief 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 , gss. Over and over. So that a sequencing machine has enough material to determine the exact order of those as ts gs and cs.