Effort to avoid foreign spine. Brazils Communications Minister says the new government system will become mandatory for all federal officials in the coming months. Documents revealed by Edward Snowden show brazil is the leading target of u. S. Spying in latin america. In afghanistan, the governor of the Eastern Province of logar has died in a bomb attack in a mosque. President lose eye of he was a close ally of president karzai. He was delivering a speech tuesday when a bomb hidden under a table exploded, wounding 15 people. A libyan al qaeda suspect snatched from the streets of tripoli is in new york where he is expected to be arraigned in court today. Abu anas alliby was interrogated for a week aboard a u. S. Warship following his capture. He is accused of helping plan the 1998 bombings of u. S. Embassies in africa. Talks between iran, the u. S. , and other nations over irans disputed Nuclear Program are resumed today in geneva. Iran is expected to introduce a proposal to curb its ur
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown after talks between president obama and Congressional Republicans stall, the house moves toward a vote on Speaker Boehners planb for limited tax increases. Good evening, im jeffrey brown. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we sort through the state of play and the latest political maneuvering with congress watcher Norman Ornstein and Political Editor christina bellantoni. Brown then we look at the suspension of the u. N. s Polio Eradication Campaign in pakistan, after the killings of nine aid workers. Suarez from capitol hill, ame lman repor on two congressional hearings today where state Department Officials accepted blame in failing to protect the u. S. Diplomatic mission in libya. We have to do better. We owe it to our colleagues who lost their lives in benghazi. We owe it to the Security Professionals who acted with such extraordinary heroism that awful night to try to protect them, and we owe it to thousands
Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. 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 u. S. House of representatives headed toward approval this evening of a tax plan that republicans backed and democrats said was a waste of time. The division demonstrated that efforts to get a bipartisan agreement and avoid the fiscal cliff are stuck in stalemate. The house will be in order. Brown House Republicans pushed their plan b. Despite a veto threat from the white house and the strong opposition of senate democrats. Speaker john boehner insisted the president had left him with no alternative. For weeks the white house said if i moved o
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown after talks between president obama and Congressional Republicans stall, the house moves toward a vote on Speaker Boehners planb for limited tax increases. Good evening, im jeffrey brown. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we sort through the state of play and the latest political maneuvering with congress watcher Norman Ornstein and Political Editor christina bellantoni. Brown then we look at the suspension of the u. N. s Polio Eradication Campaign in pakistan, after the killings of nine aid workers. Suarez from capitol hill, kwame holman reports on two congressional hearings today where state Department Officials accepted blame in failing to protect the u. S. Diplomatic mission in libya. We have to do better. We owe it to our colleagues who lost their lives in benghazi. We owe it to the security professnals who acted with such extraordinary heroism that awful night to try to protect them, and we owe it to thousa
Republicans have reached out to you and offered. It also means a partial government shut down. They are doing it intentionally and they are doing it on purpose. The house is not an order. The measure would fund the government through middecember number of feel the medical device tax and require military members be paid in case of a shutdown. This woman is among the 800,000 federal employees who will not go to work you face shutdown happens on tuesday. Toi would have to find a way manage to take care of my bills. What if democrats said we are going to shutdown the government if we dont get immigration reform, gay rights or gun control . The action will leave gop leaders with a difficult choice. Approve a funding bill without obamacare delay or allow a shutdown. They are the ones truly threatening a Government Shutdown by not being here. You are probably hearing more of that from the gop and message of the blame us. Tomorrow, harry reid is expected to quickly kill the house legislation.