Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. 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 the storm that was once Hurricane Irma is churning into the deep south tonight, after moving up the entire peninsula of florida. It lost more of its punch today, but not before it left at least 34 dead across the caribbean and five more in florida and georgia, more than 7 million power customers in the dark, across florida, and a growing tally of damage, including in some cities like jacksonville where flood waters have been surging. P. J. Tobia begins our coverage of whats happening statewide. Reporter the sun rose on vast stretches of coastal flo
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. 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 the storm that was once Hurricane Irma is churning into the deep south tonight, after moving up the entire peninsula of florida. It lost more of its punch today, but not before it left at least 34 dead across the caribbean and five more in florida and georgia, more than 7 million power customers in the dark, across florida, and a growing tally of damage, including in some cities like jacksonville where flood waters have been surging. P. J. Tobia begins our coverage of whats happening statewide. Reporter the sun rose on vast stretches of coastal flo
Filed with senator gillibrand about three years ago. This just simply provides more flexibility for our military families. The strength of the military is in the military family structure, and what this does is allow the family to either move early or stay longer at these assignments. Normally they are two to threeyear assignments. Lots can happen in two or three years, but not Everything Else just perfectly works out in two or three years. So for employment reasons or for education reasons, if a family decides it is to their advantage to use the Family Support that the military provides, housing and other, and let the families stay another two months to finish school for a teaching contract to end or some other spouse activity to come to a reasonable conclusion or frankly to do just the opposite, to go to the new assignment that you know you already have, but to do that just a little bit earlier so that it works better for the family, to start school on time, to start a job on time th
Growth incentives as mediocre First Quarter growth number gives a little more credence to the president s call for a major tax cut now. President trump warning a quote, major conflict is possible with north korea. The white house says all options are on the table. America is weighing in. The results of a new fox poll. The president is speaking to the nra this afternoon, the first president to do so since Ronald Reagan in 1983, telling the crowd the eightyear assault on the Second Amendment is over. Nras dana loesch among our guests this hour lauren lets go to the lori rothman at new york stock exchange. We have no audio from lori. In april all three stock market averages up at least 1 . Tech putting in amazing performance. Very strong corporate earnings. David that was helping dilute what we saw from the First Quarter gdp. David that was brilliant adlib, considering her mic went down. Terrific work. First quarter gdp number he released today shows exactly how much this economy needs a
The suffering still continues. Now that i know it is not a civil matter anymore, it is a human matter. Alton is no longer here, but his voice will still be heard through us. We love alton and we do not want this to end. Remember his name. Family ofis the alton sterling who was killed by police in 2016, calling for louisianas states attorney general to bring criminal killersagainst his after the Trump Justice Department declined to bring federal charges against them. We will also go to france where voters head to the polls sunday to pick between former investment banker Emmanuel Macron and farright politician Marine Le Pen. And him repress or Carol Anderson and emory professor Carol Anderson. Part of what happens when africanamericans advance, when they gain access to the citizenship rights, you see a out of policies emanate congress, out of the white house to knock back those advancements. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace