Well hock the person to buy our bread. If you believe the headlines, then were sunk. Greece downgraded deeper into junk. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. N 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 bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. 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. Ifill much of the world paused today to observe christmas. The day brought all the traditional rites of faith for christians and a new urgency to calls for calm in the troubled corners of the globe. Thousands of the faithful greeted Pope Benedict xvi today at his cal bony overlooking st. Peters square. In that timeless setting, the pontiff issu
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill there were calls for peace around the world today, as millions celebrated christmas. Good evening. Im gwen ifill on the newshour tonight. From remembrances of young lives lost in newtown, connecticut, to Church Services in bethlehem, we wrap up the news of this holiday. Then, part two of our conversation about upcomingin elections house races in illinois and south carolina, an highprofile politics in new jersey. We have two Health Stories. First, are annual mammogramswn necessary . Betty ann bowser examines theil conflicting answers. Or its going to result in an excessive treatment required for people that delay getting their cancer detected. Re ifill plus, 2013 will be am pivotal year for the new Health Care Reform law. Ray suarez gets an update from julie rovner of npr. From the island of mindanao in the philippines, fred de sam lazaro profiles a group of peacekeepers struggling to maintain a fragile ceasefire between governmen
Blowout number out of manufacturing out of germany this morning. Twitter set to price tonight, begin trading tomorrow. Right behind us here at post nine. Tesla shares, theyre skidding today after vehicles delivered missed expectations. Earnings and revenues did come in ahead of consensus. Abercrombie and finch posting a seventh consecutive quarterly drop in guidance. Our guest says he knows who the next microsoft ceo will be. And twitter will expect it sell 70 million shares between 23 and 25 each. Tune in tomorrow for our special coverage of the wall street debut on twitter. It is above the fold today for usa today, retailers talking about going from 45 to 48. May i just say their coverage has been exemplary. Every article they have yesterday was terrific, today was terrific. You have to read usa today. Heres what worries me. A few weeks ago i sat here and i said this could be 20 billion. At that point it was 10, 12. People said youre crazy. When i went from being the high man to the
Cobra at my time he feels the country is on the verge of an emergency. What are they reporting there. Reporter this meeting has yet to begin julie. Weve just seen David Cameron, the british Prime Minister return after midnight. He typically spend the weekend outside of london at a country estimate. He has returned baecause this i clearly a national emergency. He will be sharing this government Emergency Response meeting tomorrow. This after7wi isis released th video reported to show the beheading of davis haynes after he was kidnapped in 2013. This video which i have not seen is the same gruesome formula of the beheading of the u. S. Journalists. This video hasnt been officially authenticated by anyone yet julie but obviously with David Cameron making the comments that this is an act of pure evil. It is pretty clear that everyone is taking this quite seriously. It is pretty clear that the Prime Minister David Cameron takes isis and the threat quite seriously. You reported as you remem
Now, more questions than answers on the sid no attack. And why was the armed extremist with a violent criminal record able to walk the streets . And . Oh, my god. It is coming in. It is getting higher. A woman trapped in her car in what could have turned out to be a watery grave. People need to get out. The heroic rescue that saved her life. It is all happening now. First, begin with the release of allen gross after five years in a cuban prison and a huge historic change with the policy change of United States toward cuba. President obama announced normalizing relations with the castro government. I. Eric shaun in for jon scott. And allen gross is now free and back on u. S. Soil. He is dow to speak in about a half an hour or so from now. We want to hear from him and what his experience was like there. His freedom part of an agreement to release three cubans. That setting a huge shift in our policy toward the communist nation. Hi, there, ed. It is not a full lifting of the u. S. Embargo