About their training. Were going to be looking to correlate all that info with what were finding on the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorders. Reporter investigators are focusing partly on the pilot, who had logged just 43 hours on the boeing 777. It was lee gangguks first time landing a 777 at San Franciscos airport, though he had landed other craft there many times, an Airline Spokesman said. He did have nearly 10,000 flight hours on other aircraft. But whatever caused the crash, remarkably, 305 of the 307 passengers and crew members survived. When i stand up i saw the tail, where the kitchen located, is all missing. There was a big hole there, and i can see through the hole to the runway, the ground, and there was a lot of dust in the cabin. Reporter some of the survivors quickly tweeted accounts of their harrowing escape, even as the rescue operation was still under way. Today, lieutenant crissy emmons of the San Francisco Fire Department described what she saw inside th
Judy woodruff talks with virginia democrat tim kaine. I intend to hit the ground on january 3 very much running. Running. We can make progress quickly if we listen to each other and find those points of Common Ground they think do exist. Brown mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Suarez Spencer Michels has the story of a growing crackdown on dissidents and journalists in iran. Brown and we close with poet Jennifer Fitzgerald on hurricane sandys destructive path through her home town of Staten Island. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 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. A
Hundreds of newly identified victims are brought to a new burial site. Egypts new president appears to have a way to end the violence that has been raging across the country for more than one week. Mansour calls for them to meet during the first week of ramadan to help end the bloodshed. Former finance minister will take up the post of interim Prime Minister. He is one of the founders of the liberal social democratic baradei is mohamed el a former head of the Atomic Energy agency. Cairo now. E from the new controversy mentioned in the last couple of days. He has come out to speak, saying he is trying to form a cabinet, although it might take time. He is not so controversial himself because he is not as outspoken if you compare him to and he didbaradei, hold office, a deputy minister back in 2011. He has a very daunting task ahead of him. Of course, there is the constitutional declaration, a road map, if you will, and there was a rebel campaign, calling for protests, and they say they h
Her home town of Staten Island. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 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. Brown demonstrations, clashes with the police, and tear gas in Tahrir Square familiar scenes in egypt nearly two years ago that led to the fall of longtime leader hosni mubark. But today, they were aimed at egypts new leader. In the coastal city of alexandria, opponents set fire to the offices of president Mohammed Morsis political party, the muslim brotherhood. There and elsewhere in egypt today, the president s
Sandys destructive path through her home town of Staten Island. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 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. Brown demonstrations, clashes with the police, and tear gas in Tahrir Square familiar scenes in egypt nearly two years ago that led to the fall of longtime leader hosni mubark. But today, they were aimed at egypts new leader. In the coastal city of alexandria, opponents set fire to the offices of president Mohammed Morsis political party, the muslim brotherhood. There and elsewhere