Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions Brown Christmas eve shootings killed two firefighters in rochester, new york and a policeman and bystander in houston, texas. Good evening. Im jeffrey brown. Ifill and im gwen ifill. On the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the killings, coming ten days after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut. Brown then, we turn to egypt, and accusations of voting fraud in the referendum for a new constitution. We talk with Opposition Leader mohamed elbaradei. Consider a sad day in my view for it is going to institutionalize ifill the legal showdown between California Health center that discusses marijuana and ifill we have the story of a legal showdown between a California Health center that dispenses marijuana and federal authorities. Just people feel safe coming here. Like going to your neighborhood cvs or anywhere else. Brown open season in Congress Look brown seven weeks after election day, there are open
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Safer. For their part factory owners, complain that their International Customers have talked about improving conditions but havent been willing to pay for it woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by 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. Ifill another school was engulfed by sudden violence today, when a teenager stabbed and slashed 19 students and a Security Guard in pennsylvania. It happened just minutes before classes began at franklin regional high, in murrysville, about 20 miles east of pittsburgh. The 16yearold suspect was finally wrestled down. Police did
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