Right now the storm is being blamed for at least five deaths. About 650,000 homes and businesses do not have power right now. Dozens of cars and drivers are still being rescued from the long island expressway in new york. Meanwhile, in plum island, massachusetts, homes are in danger of being swept right into the ocean given the high tide, combined with the howling wind and snow. Bostons mayor along with the governors of new york and connecticut are urging people to stay home. Its clear we still have a lot of work to do. Please stay home so we can allow our crews easy passage to the streets. Stay home, please, unless you have urgent business to be out on the roads. This is going to go on for a number of days. This will not all be done today. No rest for the weary, not even news reporters. I thought i would borrow vickys snowshoes to make this live shot easier. That was a big mistake. So im going to do the rest of this live shot sitting down. We are under two feet of snow. I can show you
Nominees to serve on the u. S. Postal Service Board of governors. The hearing follows postmaster general patrick donahoes announcement that they will [inaudible] 3 p. M. Eastern on cspan3. We are at the henry a. Wallace Country Life Center which is 50 miles south and west of des moines. And this is the birthplace home of henry a. Wallace. The wallaces of iowa consist of three generations of wallaces. The patriarch was known as, fondly, as uncle henry, and he was the founder of wallaces farmer magazine. His son, henry c. Wallace, was u. S. Secretary of agriculture under woodrow wilson, and henry c. s son was born on this farm this 1888. He went on to become editor of wallaces farmer magazine. He was then asked by Franklin Roosevelt to serve as u. S. Secretary of agriculture which he did for eight years from 19331941. And 19411945 he was roosevelts Vice President. As u. S. Secretary of agriculture, hes known for the agricultural adjustment act which was the first time that farmers were a
Outgoing interior secretary ken salazar. Murder in wine country. Three bodies found inside a home and this morning the search now on for their killer. Its a developing story from a home on ross station road outside the town of forrestville up in Sonoma County. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec has the latest. Reporter investigators have been doing a lot more interviews overnight. They say that they are confident they will be able to catch the murderer soon. In the meantime, this person is still on the loose because they say this was not a murder suicide. Three men were found shot to death inside a bedroom in one of the houses on the back end of this property in forrestville. One of the mens brother found them after he hadnt heard from him in several hours. We got called at about 3 15 this afternoon by a female reporting party. She was here with her boyfriend. And the boyfriend, his brother is one of the deceased subjects inside the residence. So they are the ones that came out and found the
And the Prime Minister has responded, promising he would form a new government. He who is the countrys First Political assassination since the revolution, and it has exposed intrenched divisions and powerful and distrust. Crowds of opposition supporters gathered at the interior ministry and tried to storm the building. They blamed the islamistled government. These are the streets where protests brought down the dictatorship two years ago. Eyewitnesses say when the Police Responded there was panic and chaos. Police tried to absorb the anger of the demonstrators, but they could not just watch people throwing stones at them. He was the leader of a small party and a fierce critic of the Largest Party in the government coalition. He was shot dead by a man on a motorbike as he left home. He denounced it as an act of terror. It is unlikely to satisfy the dead mans supporters, who say he received repeated death threats. It is just over zero years since tunisia celebrates the transparent electi
Brown and ray suarez reports on the plight of Syrian Refugees whove fled to lebanon. At this tent camp in almarj, in the eastern part of Lebanons Bekaa valley only 25 miles from the Syrian Border refugees are struggling to adapt to a new, impermanent reality. Ifill and we close with a look at whats happening with the boy scouts, as they struggle to decide whether to lift a longstanding ban on openly gay members. Brown thateaalahl d on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown the u. S. Postal service announced today it plans to end saturday mail delivery beginning in aust. Ah under the plan, post offices alreadopen on saturdays will remain so. Packages will also continue to be delivered on saturdays. But home and business mail would end. The move would save an estimatee 2 billion annually. The Postal