Died when the asiana airliner went down saturday. The head of the National Transportation safety board said the plane was coming in much too slow as it approached the runway. Deborah hersman said the jet was traveling about 190 Kilometers Per Hour roughly three seconds before the impact. The pilots were trying to pick up episode to make another attempt at a landing. A cabinet attendant said it seemed like the plane was trying to climb into the air. Translator it felt like we were taking back off and there was a huge crash. Then i felt another jolt and the plane swayed strongly from the left to the right. A fire broke out as the crew was trying to evacuate the passengers and she escaped after making sure everyone else was off the plane. U. S. Wanted man Edward Snowden is looking for safe haven. Venezuelan president said his government received an asylum request. Translator we received an application letter for asylum. If he definitely wants to fly here he will need to decide when. Repor
China are turning to chemical free fruits, vegetables, after several food safety scares in the country. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe says his government will try to spread the benefits of the economic recovery to people across the country. He laid out his plans in a policy speech that started off the new session of the diet. Abe said the three hours of his Economic Policy are helping the economy recover confidence lost during years of deflation. Translator we want to let growth in corporate earnings lead to more jobs and higher wages. That would boost consumption and lead to further economic recovery. Without this, Economic Cycle we cannot steer the japanese economy out of deflation. Abe said without an economic revival the nations Fiscal Health cannot be restored and he stood by a pledge to achieve a surplus in the primary balance, a key measure of Fiscal Health, by fiscal 2020. On the diplomatic front abe said japan will contribute to world peace and stability through his polic
Welcome to our views on Public Television in america and also around the globe. After shattering 21 diplomatic posts across the islamic world this weekend due to increased chatter about a possible al qaeda attack the United States has decided to keep 19 of them closed until the end of the week. Only the embassies in iraq and afghanistan will reopen. Today white house spokesman jay carney said the Obama Administration decided to take the steps out of an abundance of caution. We take the threat very seriously and have taken action because of that. Im not in a position to discuss specific intelligence but we believe that this threat is significant. The threat is emanating from and may be directed towards the arabe ban peninsula but it is beyond that potentially and that is why we have taken some of the actions we have taken. For more on the alert in place and the threat behind them, i spoke a brief time ago with the Senior Policy Adviser for National Security at the thirdway. Inside the c
Cairo. They oppose a decree issued by interim president adly mansour. Hes promising a National Referendum by the end of the year to establish a new constitution. A parliamentary election would follow the next year and then a president ial election. Translator i will continue to protest with everyone. Translator what the military is trying to do is meaningless. Mr. Morsi will regain power. Egypts military forced the president out of office after he failed to resolve a political deadlock that sent millions of protesters into the streets. Violence on monday left more than 50 people dead. Its the highest number since morsi was removed from power. A car bomb has rocked a stronghold of a shia militant Group Hezbollah in the bustling district of bay route. At least 30 people are reportedly injured. Local reporters filmed the aftermath of tuesdays incident. Sunni and shia muslims have experienced raised tension as sectarian strife spills over from neighboring syria. Hezbollah members are fight
Did it all. Sreenivasan and we close with an encore look at a story about chinas moves to satisfy a growing demand for meat. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by 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. Sreenivasan it was a day of calm in the middle east, after eight days of punishing israeli air strikes and hamas rocket fire. Each side claimed the ceasefire was a victory, but neither was certain the truce would last. We begin with a report from alex thomson of independent Television News in gaza. Reporter party on, a show of joy, relief and unity. The flags of hamas, islamci jihad and fatah. All factions are friends today, at least in public the kalashnikovs are celebratory for now but hamas was pledging to break the ceaseifre even on day one if the