Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by my customers can shop around; see who does good work and compare costs. It can also work that way with healthcare. With united healthcare, i get information on quality ratings of doctors, Treatment Options and estimates for how much ill pay. That helps me and my guys make informed decisions. I dont like guesses with my business and definitely not with our health. Thats health in numbers. United healthcare. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org 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 a new head for the Federal Reserve
Across 18 states. And, the federal Aviation Administration called back hundreds of safety inspectors and others, allowing a boeing plant in South Carolina to resume delivering its 787 dreamliner planes. Woodruff there was word later that the Labor Department will not issue its september Inflation Report next week, due to the shutdown. That, in turn, will delay the calculation of next years costofliving adjustment for Social Security recipients. On wall street, bluechip stocks eked out small gains, despite ongoing jitters over the impasse in washington. The Dow Jones Industrial average added 26 points to close at nearly 14,803. The nasdaq fell 17 points to close at 3,677. The United States is cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to egypt over the ouster of president Mohammed Morsi, and the militarys violent crackdown. The state department announced the move late today. It gave no dollar figure, but said the u. S. Is halting shipments of major weapons and some cash assistance.
Newshour has been provided by my customers can shop around; see who does good work and compare costs. It can also work that way with healthcare. With united healthcare, i get information on quality ratings of doctors, Treatment Options and estimates for how much ill pay. That helps me and my guys make informed decisions. I dont like guesses with my business and definitely not with our health. Thats health in numbers. United healthcare. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org 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 a new head for the Federal Reserve, and for the first time, its a woman. The president nominated the vicechair of the fed janet yellen to take o
This is early today for tuesday, october 22. Good morning. Im richard lui. Questions and the search for a motive after yet another school shooting. This time in nevada, leaving two dead, including the shooter and a math teacher being hailed as a hero. The scene unfolded at Sparks Middle School before classes started monday when a 12yearold boy opened fire. The chaos is clear from the 911 calls. This is a student at Sparks Middle School. Can you please send police out here . Theres a kid with a gun. Theres an armed gunman at Sparks Middle School. By the basketball courts . Yes. Somebody brought a gun to school that shot a teacher. The teachers down . Yes. That teacher was 45yearold former marine mike lansbury, who served two tours in afghanistan with the Nevada National guard. He put himself between the gunman and several students. He just celebrated his wedding anniversary last friday. Two students were also injured. One is listed in serious condition. The shooter ultimately turning th
Developers will want to build for microsoft because they will be innovating in every dimension. Speaking at the microsoft build conference, they now have a challenger mindset. We will have more on that later on in the show. Alibaba is investing in lyft intruding to this round of funding. This comes to the weeks after they invested in and another u. S. Company. Theyre trying to build up their u. S. Profile ahead of an ipo in the united states. Blackberry will stop selling its phones in tmobile stores when the contract ends. The ceo says, our strategies are not complementary. He criticized tmobile for encouraging customers to switch to the iphone. First to our lead story, a special show about amazons big unveiling of the fire tv. They had to get the word fire and there. This is significant. I hate covering product announcements but i really feel like this is an interesting position for amazon to be in because they are using hardware to get with their software has not been able to get. It