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7 00 p. M. Tomorrow night, 7 00 p. M. Friday. That makes tonight the last night of early voting in texas, and thats why harris county, texas, has some voting locations open overnight, 24 hours tonight. Theyre open 24 hours so they can stay open every minute until early voting is done tomorrow night at 7 00 p. M. In texas. Were keeping an eye on those overnights tonight in texas this evening. Up in minnesota, a new court ruling tonight says the state will not be allowed to count any ballots that arrive in the mail after election day, even if they are postmarked before election day. Now, that is a lastminute really consequential rule change. Minnesotans had previously been told that their votes would count if they were received up to a week after election day. But now at the very last minute, this Appeals Court ruling tonight has changed that, and you can limit what that means in terms of this court decision. But bottom line, what it means for you if you are in minnesota and you have you
Bill that theyre about to pass in congress. This, of course, is a super consequential issue for the economy as a whole, but more importantly, for millions and millions and millions of americans who would be affected by this. Were going to talk with congresswoman jayapal about that in just a moment. You may also have seen tonight this developing story about sort of a nightmare scenario cyber attack on a Water Treatment plant at a Small Community in florida, in the tampa bay area. Its a town in florida thats literally like 12 miles from the stadium where the super bowl was held this weekend. And in advance of this weekend, on friday, somebody hacked into a computer at this towns local Water Treatment facility and then used that computer theyd hacked into to try to poison the towns water supply. They actually did change the level of one chemical thats supposed to be at like 100 parts per million or less. They changed it in the Computer System so it would instead be added to the water at m
Heres whats going on now. Tensions sky high right now on the last frontier of the cold war. North korea now threatening to get physical with south korea. Promises to go forward with underground nuclear tests. And hacked the New York Times falling victim to a fourmonthlong computer atck. They say the source was china. First a dangerous stand off in the middle east that has to do with one of our most important allies. Syria and iran are fear use over an israeli airstrike inside the syrian border. They are now warning of retaliation. The details are sketchy. Syrians say the israeli strike hit a Research Facility near damascus killing two workers. A senior u. S. Official say the jets struck a convoy suspected of transporting weapons to hezbollah in lebanon. Sara sidener joins us as well as Fran Townsend from new york. We have reports from the United States and reports from syria. Is this the same or separate attacks . Reporter thats the thing that needed to be sorted today. We have heard f
One Nuclear Device to me is clearly a redline. Brown former Vice President al gore joins us to talk about his new book as well as Money Politics and the future of democracy. The congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests. Woodruff do Americans Trust the federal government . Andrew kohut says a new pew poll shows the majority do not. Brown and ray suarez gets the latest on the chinese hackers who allegedly mounted a fourmonth cyberattack against the New York Times. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broa