Starbucks under fire for serving up more than just coffee. Why their attempt to talk to their customers about race is stirring up a new controversy this morning. And good morning, america. It is a very exciting one here in times square. We are celebrating 50 years of the sound of music and take a look outside. That is the new york city childrens chorus. You can hear they know all the classics and its great to have them with us this morning. Well all be singing along and diane sawyer will be with us this morning to share behindthescenes secrets from the beloved classic, its a sneak peek of tonights big special. But right now, we are going to begin with that breaking news overnight. A death threat against caroline kennedy. Japanese police are investigating and Abcs Martha Raddatz has all the latest. Good morning, martha. Reporter george, were just learning this morning about the threat called in last month to kill the ambassador and tokyo police are taking it very seriously, saying they
Detained . We talk to the reporter who investigated the practice for the new yorker magazine. Brown whats the problem with washington . We kick off a series on governing and leadership. Tonight, three historians on partisanship and gridlock in the nations capital. Woodruff and in an age of budget cuts, the u. S. Space agency must rein in its orbits of exploration. We take a closer look at nasas uncertain future. To do really difficult things that they had not been given the money to do. For years has had a flat budget. Newshour. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. 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. Brown the situation in egypt took another volatile turn today with news that former president Hosni Mubarek might be released from prison. A month after the military
Im judy woodruff. Brown im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, the news about mubarak comes as the death toll in the current surge of violence nears 1,000. We have an exclusive interview with egypts ambassador to the u. S. O woodruff then, can the police seize your cash your car, even your home if youre detained . We talk to the reporter who investigated the practice for the new yorker magazine. Brown whats the problem with washington . We kick off a series on governing and leadership. Tonight, three historians on partisanship and gridlock in the nations capital. Woodruff and in an age of budget cuts, the u. S. Space agency must rein in its orbits of exploration. We take a closer look at nasas uncertain future. To do really difficult things that they had not been given the money to do. For years has had a flat budget. Newshour. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. And. This pr
Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, the news about mubarak comes as the death toll in the current surge of violence nears 1,000. We have an exclusive interview with egypts ambassador to the u. S. O woodruff then, can the police seize your cash your car, even your home if youre detained . We talk to the reporter who investigated the practice for the new yorker magazine. Brown whats the problem with washington . We kick off a series on governing and leadership. Tonight, three historians on partisanship and gridlock in the nations capital. Woodruff and in an age of budget cuts, the u. S. Space agency must rein in its orbits of exploration. We take a closer look at nasas uncertain future. To do really difficult things that they had not been given the money to do. For years has had a flat budget. Newshour. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour
Reaction from capitol hill. Joining us first is representative mac thornberry, a republican of texas, member to have Intelligence Committee and in the last Congress Task force chair on cybersecurity for the spook beer. Mr. Thornberry, when you look at the president s executive order, whats your initial reaction . Guest that its okay. There are some things that clearly need to be done with an executive order, but some things can only be done with legislation. So part of my reaction is i wish the president had put as much effort into getting some legislation passed and then come out with the executive order rather than the other way around, because i guess one of my fears is its going to take it could potentially take some momentum out of the effort to get legislation passed. Host now, how similar is the president s executive order to the Task Force Recommendations that you made last congress . Guest some things in the executive order are exactly as we recommended that the administration