And david brooks are here, to analyze the weeks biggest news developments. Those are some of the stories were covering 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. 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 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 president obama said today that the United States would respond proportionally and at time of its choosing to the cyber attack on Sony Pictures entertainment. The f. B. I. Confirmed this morning that north korea was behind the attack on the company. Mr. Obama spoke on that and other issues, at a yearend News Conference. All i want for xmas is to take your questions. Woodruff it was a yearend review dominated
And its friday, mark shields and david brooks are here, to analyze the weeks biggest news developments. Those are some of the stories were covering 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. 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 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 president obama said today that the United States would respond proportionally and at time of its choosing to the cyber attack on Sony Pictures entertainment. The f. B. I. Confirmed this morning that north korea was behind the attack on the company. Mr. Obama spoke on that and other issues, at a yearend News Conference. All i want for xmas is to take your questions. Woodruff it w
Workers who dont know when theyll see their next paycheck. It means that we have to make our groceries extend for two, three weeks instead of the one week that we have. We have to maybe make the gas in the car last that much longer. Reporter tourists are being turned away from National Parks and monuments. Civilians sent home from army bases like fort mccoy in wisconsin. Children shut out of head start programs in 11 states. Right now were the ones suffering. Reporter states should tighten their own belts until congress can break this impasse. Today were playing a tight game of chicken. Reporter National Security is at risk. This is a dreamland for Foreign Intelligence Service to recruit. Reporter on capitol hill even some republicans are uncomfortable with the spending fight thats turned into a battle over obama care driven by the tea party. Reporter most of the time you can probably see an end game. Right now theres no end game in sight. Reporter a political game with real life conse
Ukraine is escalating by the door. Gunmen have seized more government and security buildings in the east of the country is holding on and on yet. Now there are reports of gun fights between pro russian militants and police and ukraine is accusing moscow of aggression officials in kiev are threatening to use force against what they call terrorists in the Early Morning hours at around twenty heavily armed masked men stormed the Police Station for the arts afterwards they set up barricades. Lame up on ukraines new government. You might like to say led to the presence of here. You see which is done. In june of this country to rule. Those years i have plenty of support among locals the protesters are overwhelmingly pro russian but the mayor of slow be honest really a steal but says the demonstrators were residents of Eastern Ukraine we shouldnt be afraid to send to people who came to us today are our people there from the desk and slow the arts not crushed the authorities in kiev see things
Alongside the daughter of the ruler of dubai Sheikh Mohammed al maktoum tells this programme she hopes details revealed in court about the abduction will help in her campaign to free her friend. Im very, very pleased that the reporting restrictions were finally lifted. And now the whole world knows the news about latifah and shamsa having been kidnapped by their father, the ruler shamsa having been kidnapped by theirfather, the ruler of dubai, are no longer allegations but this is official now. And the nspcc says the number of calls to their helpline about children whove witnessed serious Domestic Abuse has risen by almost a quarter in the past year. We speak to the centre helping children affected. I worked once with a little boy who used to sleep in his shoes every night and that was because he was so used to him and his mum having to run in the middle of the night. So when he first came to the centre, his coat and his shoes would stay on and when we got to about week six he felt com