Woodruff and mark shields and Ramesh Ponnuru analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ni supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdat;and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Oro o and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. nr 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 our lead story tonight washington headed into the final weekend before a potential Government Shutdown with the outcome still in doubt. The senate adopted a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running past monday, but the battle over Health Care Reform showed no signs of abating. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. Lord, deliver us from governing by cris
Are going to have to grow at 4 , isnt that achievable . The First Quarter revision was driven by bad weather, one of the worst winters on record. Such are volatile numbers as inventory numbers. We really view the First Quarter in the rearview mirror. We looked at more current indicators manufacturing, auto, consumer confidence, housing. We agree with the forecast that there will be a rebound and we are going to have a solid quarter the rest of the year. 4 . It is hard to project. We are not forecasters per se. Would we talk to businesses about their hiring and of back they aretheir sales, pretty decent. There is more to do. The long termered growth of the United States to 2 and cited an aging workforce and mediocre productivity. Lot we said, theres a could do to celebrate. We believe theres a lot to do given our position in the global economy. We are really well position the global economy. We have 15 of the 25 top universities and more most productive workforce. Multiple times more pr
First black general, first black graduate of the naval academy, second black of the naval academy, first black president ial cabinet member. What do they all have in common . Its this place, its Dunbar High School. Woodruff and mark shields and Ramesh Ponnuru analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ni supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdat;and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Oro o and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. nr 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 our lead story tonight washington headed into the final weekend before a potential Government Shutdown with the outcome still in doubt. The senate adopted a stopgap spending bill to kee
Ceo and founder and chief executive officer of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, paul rieckhoff. You heard the president on the veterans scandal. Were you satisfied with what he said . No. That was no action or plan. It has taken three weeks. We expected to hear news. We thought he would tear into the issue with the severity it deserved. We did not hear it. I immediately heard from our veterans nationwide saying, is that it . We are disappointed. Should general shinseki go . We dont know. We will talk to our members. We pulled our members and we will make a decision based off of that. Well talk about it and make sure we talk to our members nationwide. They are outraged and disappointed. This is about nine different cities. About six years of problems. One thing after another. If you have been paying attention, we have been outraged for a few years. What would you like to see him do right now . He dithers. The congress could take action. It will strengthen the v. As ability to f
American education. First black general, first black graduate of the naval academy, second black of the naval academy, first black president ial cabinet member. What do they all have in common . Its this place, its Dunbar High School. Woodruff and mark shields and Ramesh Ponnuru analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ni supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdat;and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Oro o and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. nr 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 our lead story tonight washington headed into the final weekend before a potential Government Shutdown with the outcome still in doubt. The senate adopted a stopgap