Newshour has been provided by 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 violence continued across syria today as the United States welcomed a russian admission that syrias rebels may succeed in overthrowing president bashar alassad. Syrian state television showed woodruff for more on all of this we turn to vitaly churkin, russias ambassador to the United Nations. Thank you for joining us. Let me begin by asking you about the comment today made by your Deputy Foreign minister mr. Bog don november. He said today it is impossible to exclude a victory of the syrian opposition. How would you describe the situation in syria . Well, you know i think he went on saying that the Syrian Government seems to be losing ground in the fighting with the opposition and i think this is obvious. But i dont think there
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff two bleak appraisals of the stability of rias govement came today from aussi dipmat and a nato official, saying the assad regime may be near collapse. Good evening, im judy woodruff. Warner and im margaret warner. On the newshour tonight, we interview russias ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin about syria and about u. S. Ambassador susan rices decision to take her name out of consideration to be secretary of state. Woodruff then, we turn to the fiscal crisis here at home. Andrew kohut explains the latest poll numbers, showing strong support for the way president obama is handling the negotiations. Warner plus, ray suarez gets two views on proposals to raise the age of eligibility for medicare to 67, from 65. Woodruff its bottoms up tonight for miles obrien who reports on genetic links to alcoholism and other addictions. So far as i know, theres no law against reporting under the influence, so here goes something.