State exchanges being set up under the Affordable Care act. Some quarter of a Million People now get insurance from nine private companies. Ifill plus, ray suarez sits down with entertainment legend rita moreno as she looks back at the challenge of her first days as a performer. I wore too much makeup, and i did all of that Conchita Lolita stuff. You know, i wore very tight dresses and then would be offended when. When men would make remarks about me. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years b. N. S. F. , the engine that connects us. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. 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 lik
Some quarter of a Million People now get insurance from nine private companies. Ifill plus, ray suarez sits down with entertainment legend rita moreno as she looks back at the challenge of her first days as a performer. I wore too much makeup, and i did all of that Conchita Lolita stuff. You know, i wore very tight dresses and then would be offended when. When men would make remarks about me. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years b. N. S. F. , the engine that connects us. The william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. 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. Woodruff our lead story tonight much of th
May be doing, there are worries about the crisis around the corner. What happens if the Congress Wont raise the debt ceiling. If we get to october 17 and we dont have a deal, that is economic armageddon. There is no policy response to it. There is no saying when the monuments will be open again but this latest crisis can only increase the nations contempt for congress and its failure to function. More on the paralysis here in washington, i spoke a brief time ago with a man who served in 18 years in congress before the coming the agriculture secretary, a post he held during the last government shutdown. Anybody looking at this from outside of washington wants to know why cant Congress Make a deal . From inside of washington, it has got the same impression. Sometimes it feels like we are greece or italy right now. We are the government that advertises that we are the bastion of democracy and this political system is having some difficulty. There are a lot of reasons for it. Our political
Least able to do without it. In north dakota the average farm is markedly different than the farm in wisconsin. North dakota family farms are thousands of acres involving multiple generations. The proposed a. G. I. Limits ignore this reality. They not only include income from farm operations but other wholly unrelated earnings. Usda Research Shows average offfarm income greatly exceeds onfarm income making the targets of this provision more collateral than actual. American farmers largely support the major policy shift that eliminates direct payments relying solely on this cost sharing arrangement with the federal government resulting in 10 taxpayer savings. Unlike previous subsidies, farmers pay for this by contributing 40 of the premium and the other 60 is not expended by the government unless a claim is made. The increaseing role of federal Crop Insurance as the family farm safety net has diminished the need for crisis appropriations. Absent the stability of an actuarially sound pro
The deaths are prompting the European Union to better patrol the southern mediterranean. Back to the bargaining table for bart and its unions. Right now both sides are continuing negotiations. They say they will meet throughout the weekend to try to hammer out a deal, but if no deal is reached by 12 01 monday morning, workers say they will strike. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith is live in oakland. Reporter good morning to you. We moved over to the cal tran building because this is where negotiations pick up at 10 00 this morning, and i have to tell you walking in this morning both sides seem to agree on two things. That is, theyre glad that the trains are rolling this morning, and they would like to see a deal reached before this next deadline sunday at midnight, but thats where their agreements seem to end. Union leaders say that they are glad that barts gm is come to the table. They think she can help speed the process along. The union have said elected leaders will be involved too, bu