Years ago, covering that fateful day in dallas. What the kennedy assassination did for me was forever to keep me aware of the fragility of everything. Three rounds fired in 15 seconds changed the course of history. Woodruff those are just 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. 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 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. Ifill the senates long festering fight over filibusters came to a head today. Majority democrats pushed through a rules change making it easier to force action on president ia
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. Woodruff our lead story tonight, for the First Time Since much of the federal government closed ten days ago, there was talk of a way out. House Republican Leaders floated a proposal to stave off national default. Democrats pressed for a way to reopen the government as well. We begin with a report from newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman. Reporter after a closeddoor meeting, House Speaker john boehner had a new offer republicans will okay a temporary increase in the debt ceiling if the president agrees to negotiate spending cuts, as a way
Newshour has been provided by 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. Woodruff our lead story tonight, for the First Time Since much of the federal government closed ten days ago, there was talk of a way out. House Republican Leaders floated a proposal to stave off national default. Democrats pressed for a way to reopen the government as well. We begin with a report from newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman. Reporter after a closeddoor meeting, House Speaker john boehner had a new offer republicans will okay a temporary increase in the debt ceiling if the president agrees to nego
Tax cuts which we did in january when we allow people who make less than 450,000 a year for their tax cuts to continue and make more for those tax cuts to expire. We have made some progress. We have to make more. I will tell you that i think its going to take another election or is to make sure that we reduce the influence and not stranglehold those tea partiers have on the two pathways and their ability to actually travel down the path that the voters chose last year when they elected barack obama president of the United States. Madam congresswoman this question was asked of president obama when he was senator obama when he wrote his book several years ago and the question is are you going to run for president . [laughter] wow, okay, well thank you. [applause] do you know i love the job i have right now so much. I love it so much i took a second job when president obama asked me to chair the Democratic National committee. After he was reelected he asked me to stay on and do a full yea
Woodruff Robert Macneil and jim lehrer were both there 50 years ago, covering that fateful day in dallas. What the kennedy assassination did for me was forever to keep me aware of the fragility of everything. Three rounds fired in 15 seconds changed the course of history. Woodruff those are just 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. 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 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. Ifill the senates long festering fight over filibusters came to a head today. Majority democrats pushed through a rul