We decided that we really needed to celebrate america and not let this incident destroy us but help us come together. We wanted to choose love over hate and courage over fear. Ifill endangered waterways, a new report finds development threatens the Colorado River and the ecosystem of the grand canyon. A grand challenge to build a better suit for Health Workers fighting ebola. How can a group of novices address a problem and come up with solutions that are better than what the establishment has come up with . We decided to just give it a try. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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
We decided that we really needed to celebrate america and not let this incident destroy us but help us come together. We wanted to choose love over hate and courage over fear. Ifill endangered waterways, a new report finds development threatens the Colorado River and the ecosystem of the grand canyon. A grand challenge to build a better suit for Health Workers fighting ebola. How can a group of novices address a problem and come up with solutions that are better than what the establishment has come up with . We decided to just give it a try. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And with the ongoing support of these institutions 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
First we start in pakistan, and the first meetings between representatives of the taliban and the government. So just who is meant to be taking part in these talks. Representatives for the government include two veteran journalists, a diplomat and a retired major from the pakistani intelligence services. The Taliban Group consists of religious leaders, including the man known as the father of taliban. Imran khan was invited to represent the taliban. He declined. Theres a suggestion that maybe both sides are not ready to stit and talk just yet. Indeed the two are meeting in islamabad, separately, of course. It will be decided in an hour whether therell be a formal meeting between the two committees, the committee from the government and the Committee Formed by the delicate pakistan taliban. We were told by a member of the Government Committee that there were question marks to the mandate of the Committee Appointed bit the taliban pakistan and an informal meeting. That will become clear
Package to lessen the impact, growth. He will inject 50 billion into the economy to help corporations, small and mediumsized manufacturers and low cash income residents among others. Lawmakers with his ruling liberal democratic party, and Coalition Partner have endorsed his plan. It includes a proposal to scrap a Corporate Tax imposed after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami to help fund the rebuilding effort. The levy was scheduled to expire in march of 2015 but Prime Minister shinzo abe wants to end it a year earlier. They are forced to look at other sources of revenue. Theyll also start discussions on setting new Corporate Tax rates. In addition, they were all proposing a twoyear extension of a tax break for companies that increase their employees salaries. People in the United States are bracing for what could be the first Government Shutdown in almost 18 years. Members of congress have just hours to agree on a budget bill before the next fiscal year begins. The democratled senate vot
America is facing the threat of a Government Shutdown that would keep federal workers at home and affect millions of people dependent on federal services and payments. There does not seem to be all that much hope right now. We will have more on that from our correspondent in just a moment. U. S. Government offices not considered as essential to National Security might be going dark in just about nine hours. Deadlock in the u. S. Capital of washington. Neither party shows any sign of giving ground ahead of a looming Government Shutdown. Most americans say they are tired of the political quarreling. 800,000 government jobs are on the line. We are here. A lot of us live paycheck to paycheck. We are concerned about it. What can you do . It is really scary. I am sorry for the federal worker to be penalized by people who cannot make up their minds in congress. Publicans say they will not sign off on a spending bill unless republicans say they will not sign off on a spending bill unless democ