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. Warner five days and counting with plenty of titfor tat charges, but no agreement in sight. That, in short, summed up the state of affairs in washington today as the fiscal cliff deadline loomed, january first. It would mean more than 600 billion in acrosstheboard tax increases and automatic spending cuts. Come the first of this year, americans will have less income than they have today. If we go over the cliff, and it looks like thats where were headed. Warner this morning, the senates democratic majority leader, harry reid, was blunt about chances for a deal. And he blamed House Speaker john boehner. Just before christmas, boehner floated his socalled plan b letting taxes rise on millionaires. But faced with opposition in republican ranks, he pulled it, and sent th
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. Warner five days and counting with plenty of titfor tat charges, but no agreement in sight. That, in short, summed up the state of affairs in washington today as the fiscal cliff deadline loomed, january first. It would mean more than 600 billion in acrosstheboard tax increases and automatic spending cuts. Come the first of this year, americans will have less income than they have today. If we go over the cliff, and it looks like thats where were headed. Warner this morning, the senates democratic majority leader, harry reid, was blunt about chances for a deal. And he blamed House Speaker john boehner. Just before christmas, boehner floated his socalled plan b letting taxes rise on millionaires. But faced with opposition in republican ranks, he pulled it, and sent th
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. Ifill a major winter storm surged into the midwest and northeast, fouling flight schedules and ruining Road Conditions on this day after christmas. The huge weather system left a trail of destruction in the Gulf Coast Region and at least six people dead. Oh, wow, oh jesus, look at that tornado. Ifill the calm of christmas night was shattered by tornadoes dropping from the sky across much of the deep south. This one hit near downtown mobile, alabama, ripping apart a church, a high school and a number of homes. At least 34 twisters struck in texas, louisiana, mississippi and alabama, tearing walls from homes and tossing cars onto one another. By this morning, heaps of debris dotted the gulf region. This use to be a really big, as you can tell by the size of the slab, use to be a huge feed store, metal. It wasnt a weak building at all.
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. Ifill a major winter storm surged into the midwest and northeast, fouling flight schedules and ruining Road Conditions on this day after christmas. The huge weather system left a trail of destruction in the Gulf Coast Region and at least six people dead. Oh, wow, oh jesus, look at that tornado. Ifill the calm of christmas night was shattered by tornadoes dropping from the sky across much of the deep south. This one hit near downtown mobile, alabama, ripping apart a church, a high school and a number of homes. At least 34 twisters struck in texas, louisiana, mississippi and alabama, tearing walls from homes and tossing cars onto one another. By this morning, heaps of debris dotted the gulf region. This use to be a really big, as you can tell by the size of the slab, use to be a huge feed store, m
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill a massive winter storm disrupted travel today for tens of thousands of americans across the country. Good evening, im gwen ifill. Warner and im margaret warner. On the neho tonight, we t the latest on the snow sleet and rain that have snarled roads, knocked out power and delayed flights. Ifill then, with images from the connecticut massacre still raw, Spencer Michels looks at a California Law that aims to head off such violence. Reporter though no one knows the diagnosis of the perpetrator of the shootings in newtown, the killings have raised once again the issue of forcing the mentally ill into treatment. Warner as Congress Comes back to washington to resume fiscal cliff negotiations, we ask, what happens if they dont reach a deal . Ifill we talk with a repsentative of egypts Muslim Brotherhood about the new brotherhoodbacked constitution signed into law today. Warner and we have another of our conversations with retiring member