Investigation. Russian Authorities Say they will confirm the details. Foreign Ministry Spokespersons say this is the first time in five years russian aircraft have violated japanese air space. The head of the alljapan Judo Federation wants to clear the air. He will brief officials on a scandal thats tarnished a sport that started in japan. Coaches physically abused members of the Womens National team. 15 team members filed a complaint with the japanese Olympic Committee. They said coaches engaged in violent behavior in training, such as slapping wrestlers in the face. The head coach and the director of Technical Development have resigned. Uemura headed to paris, where hell appear before the international Judo Federation. Translator it is my responsibility to explain what happened, because we have inconvenienced everyone in judo around the world. Uemura says he wants to prevent the scandal from affecting tokyos bid to host the 2020 olympics. Judo has deep roots in japan and fans expect
In tokyo. They are calling for an investigation. Russian Authorities Say they will confirm the details. Foreign Ministry Spokespersons say this is the first time in five years russian aircraft have violated japanese air space. February 7th is significant because thats the date in 1855 japanese and russian leaders signed a treaty recognizing the islands as part of japan. People in tokyo held an annual rally on thursday to call on russia to honor that agreement and return the territory. Prime minnesout minister abe vop working. He told Vladimir Putin that he wants to find a solution. A swift solution is needed. Translator the japanese government will press ahead with its basic policy of settling the territorial dispute and pushing to sign a peace treaty with russia. We will continue our efforts to make progress in negotiations. The Prime Minister said the japanese government and public must be united in dealing with this issue. The head of the alljapan Judo Federation wants to clear the
Captioning sponsed by Macneil Lehrer proctions woodruff a meteor exploded in the skies over russia today with the power of an atomic bomb, shattering windows and injuring more than 1,000 people. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the spectacle, and todays other cosmic event a Close Encounter with a large asteroid. This thing is pretty big. Its about half the size of a football field, although there are larger ones out there that were tracking. Woodruff then, Margaret Warner updates the president s push to curb gun violence as he takes his case to his hometown of chicago. Brown mark shields and Michael Gerson analyze the weeks news. Woodruff and ray suarez talks with Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano about combating the growing threat of cyber attacks. To the extent that some are seeking to infiltrate our network, steal that information, not have to invest in the research and development that goes into inn
Paul davies of independent Television News begins our coverage. Reporter emerging from the russian sky, a giant ball of flame, a meteorite providing a spectacular show until it suddenly explodes 30 miles above the earth. The city of chelyabinsk was unlucky to be beneath the meteorites flight path and was showered with debris dropping from the sky. Thousands of windows were smashed, shocked workers evacuated their offices. This school class is about to be interrupted by the shock wave. Here the windows come crashing in, and a National Judo squad runs for cover. Canadian ice hockey star Michael Garnett plays for the chelyabinsk team and lives in the city. I was awakened by this loud bang, crash and shaking in my apartment that, you know, literally shook me out of bed. I kind of gathered myself and looked out the window and i saw this giant streak across the sky that was the tail of the meteor. Reporter the last minutes of the meteorites journey were captured by hundreds of cameras as it
Woodruff then, Margaret Warner updates the president s push to curb gun violence as he takes his case to his hometown of chicago. Brown mark shields and Michael Gerson analyze the weeks news. Woodruff and ray suarez talks with Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano about combating the growing threat of cyber attacks. To the extent that some are seeking to infiltrate our network, steal that information, not have to invest in the research and development that goes into innovation, thats a really big deal. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastin