Pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. 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 christmas day, 2015, brought fresh appeals for an end to terror, and a new focus on peace. The theme dominated annual messages from various World Leaders, starting at the vatican. Cheers erupted from the thousands in sunny saint peters square, as the pope emerged to deliver his christmas message. In it, he spoke out against atrocities by r
Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. 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 the siege today in the capital city of mali lasted all day before ending this evening. Islamist gunmen burst into a hotel and seized up to 170 hostages, many of them foreigners. In the end, scores of hostages were rescued or escaped, but estimates of the dead ranged from 19 to at least 27, plus two attackers. The state Department Said one american was among those killed. The at
The Eastern Shore mouth were coming in at thirty four degrees the rock a little bit warmer start and then yesterday morning and temperatures will be a little bit warmer this afternoon then yesterday afternoon so will climb to the upper forties but boy ive got a big warm up coming your way will talk about that in the seventy forecast coming up and just a few minutes ashley hopefully the roads are pretty quite in norfolk this morning right now all very calm very quiet even headed to the base now that could change at the drop of a dime to stick with me the five sixty four for right now i wanna take a look at sixty four by the hr bt so heres a live look at traffic sixty four west just a few cars this morning passing for the new head to the hr bt bt bt about four miles away from this point you can see no issues no brake lights no delays also nice if youre headed eastbound making your st. Maybe eventually up to five sixty four now on the outside network map we do have some alerts for you for
And a gunman opens fire at a military academy in afghanistan, killing a highranking american officer. Every year people from all walks of life gathered in hiroshima to remember and reflect. They attend a memorial marking the day an atomic bomb left the city in ruin. More than 290,000 people died either in 1945 or the years since. Nhk worlds takafumi terui shows us how their legacy are being honored. Reporter rain poured down on hiroshima Peace Memorial park. Still, people came. The survivors were among them. Translator when i look back at what happened, i just cant hold back my tears. I keep thinking, why, why . Translator i came here to pass on the horrors of war and memories of the bombing to my childrens generation. Reporter and thats why many others gathered here too. By the time the ceremony started, about 45,000 people had packed into the park. U. S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy was among the representatives from 68 countries. At 8 15 a. M. , participants observed a moment of sile
And while were dealing with cold and wind it looks like parts of the midwest and northeast take in yet another Winter Weather pounding. The strong winter storm covering the nation from nebraska to maine is putting another foot of snow on the ground in those same spots where two to three feet of snow fell just a week ago. That has translated into more than 5300 Flights Canceled since yesterday. More than 1,000 of those in chicago alone with where more than a foot of snow has fallen. And our luck is holding up for another week. Exactly. A second conviction tonight in a bizarre case of a woman taking over a home that went hers. But prosecutors say the brazen crime didnt end when the squatters were discovered. Maryland bureau chief brad bell live tonight with what happened next. Brad . Yes, its hard to believe that when the rightful home owner of this house discovered that squatters were in here and tried to get them evicted, the squatter actually sued. This sag aa all began when the home