Voters across the country are heading to the polls from coast to coast, al jazeera is tracking the big races. On the east coast two state houses are up for grabs in detroit and new york, were tracking races and were keeping an eye on the race in new jersey. The first stop is new jersey where the nasty governors race is coming to an end. Mike viqueira just outside of washington, d. C. Mike, good to see you again. If you live in that media market, im talking about virginia, parts of maryland and the district you have been treated to a particularly nasty race. Well, thats right, and polls close in about an hour. In large part the race is about the future of the Republican Party. It is changing every year now, becoming bluer and bluer when was once solid read. You have a social conservative, ken cuccenelli, of course and friend of president clinton, Terry Mcauliffe. Mcauliffe has outraised his republican counterpart, and hes outspent him on television. By a factor of 101, and it has been v
Took his own life earlier this week. Twitter says it will not tolerate abuse of this nature. And the ice bucket challenge has been spreading like crazy across social media. Zuckerberg isk the latest. He dumps a bucket of icy water over the over his head and he todaring other tech titans do the same. We just heard president obama speaking from Marthas Vineyard. He just addressed a rock, and the protests unfolding in ferguson he just addressed iraq, and the protests unfolding in ferguson. The first, to our lead story of the day. It didnt have the usual fanfare of a samsung launch, but revealing its newest smartphone ahead of apples new iphone coming out in early september. And this new samsung is a departure from the older phones. Its called the galaxy out for. Its got a metal casing into the plastic. Its got a 4. 7 inch screen and comes in five colors. The alpha will be available in september. The smartphone maker has seen its Worldwide Market share the klein to 25 in the most recent qu
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff what could be the biggest blizzard in decades blanketed the northeast today with up to three feet of snow expected in some areas. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the monster storm from bernie rayno of accuweather. Woodruff then, should the u. S. Arm the rebels in syria . Ray suarez examines a growing rift between the white house and key members of the president s cabinet. Brown Spencer Michels has the story of new discoveries about mars coming from the rover vehicle known as curiosity, the product of nasas jet Propulsion Lab. It may sound familiar but what scientists here at jpl are actually looking for are signs of life past and present on the red planet woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Brown and we close with a conversation with Pulitzer Prizewinning humorist dave barry about miami, the insane city thats the focus of his n
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff what could be the biggest blizzard in decades blanketed the northeast today with up to three feet of snow expected in some areas. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the monster storm from bernie rayno of accuweather. Woodruff then, should the u. S. Arm the rebels in syria . Ray suarez examines a growing rift between the white house and key members of the president s cabinet. Brown Spencer Michels has the story of new discoveries about mars coming from the rover vehicle known as curiosity, the product of nasas jet Propulsion Lab. It may sound familiar but what scientists here at jpl are actually looking for are signof lfeast and present on the red planet woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Brown and we close with a conversation with Pulitzer Prizewinning humorist dave barry about miami, the insane city thats the focus of his new no
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