Burgeoning middle class, but for hardscrabble factory workers mounting protests against unlivable wages and working conditions. Ifill and Vice President joe biden hangs out with Hari Sreenivasan on google plus to talk about gun violence. Make your voices heard. This town listens when people rise up and speak. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights 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. Brown the u. S. Military has a new order of the day working up plans for putting women on the front lines. The process was set in motion today at the pentagon. Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier.
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown the u. S. Military has a new order of the day working up plans for putting women on the front lines. The process was set in motion today at the pentagon. Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. But everyone is entitled to a chance. Brown with that, defense secretary leon panetta joined by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general Martin Dempsey announced hes ending a 1994 ban on women in combat roles. As secretary, when ive gone to bethesda to visit wounded warriors, when ive gone to arlington to bury our dead, there is no distinction thats made between the sacrifices of man and women in uniform. They serve, theyre wounded and they die right next to each other. The time has come to recognize that reality. Brown nearly 300,000 women have deployed over the past 11 years in iraq and afghanistan, where the frontlines arent so clearly drawn. And 152 have died there. Todays decision opens
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown the u. S. Military has a new order of the day working up plans for putting women on the front lines. The process was set in motion today at the pentagon. Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. But everyone is entitled to a chance. Brown with that, defense secretary leon panetta joined by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general Martin Dempsey announced hes ending a 1994 ban on women in combat roles. As secretary, when ive gone to bethesda to visit wounded warriors, when ive gone to arlington to bury our dead, there is no distinction thats made between the sacrifices of man and women in uniform. They serve, theyre wounded and they die right next to each other. The time has come to recognize that reality. Brown nearly 300,000 women have deployed over the past 11 years in iraq and afghanistan, where the frontlines arent so clearly drawn. And 152 have died there. Todays decision opens
This morning california senior senator Takes Center Stage in americas gun control debate. We are live in san jose where excitement is building over the return of the sharks. We will tell you if there are any tickets left for tonights home game, complete coverage starts right now this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. Good morning, thank you for waking up with us, january 24th, i am pam cook. And i am brian flores, in for dave clark. Rosemary orozco is in for steve. How is it looking . We have showers in monterey in the santa cruz area and giving you a peak, you can see most of the bay area is dry at this point but perhaps there is a few light showers, morgan kill and over santa cruz as well. We will remain with a few spotty showers and they are coming up in just a few minutes. Here is sal. 680 southbound as you drive passed mission boulevard and it is a little bit wet out there as Rosemary Orozco said. This is a look at the bridge and the traffic is moving along well as you head out towa
With police and we will have a chance to look at it later this afternoon. San jose police are looking for two hitandrun drivers who struck and killed an elderly man on a freeway, it happened on the 17th on ramp. Police say the drivers hit the man but did not stop but a third driver stopped to help. The man may have been homeless. They are talking about the leadership of governor jerry brown. Analysts say he survived and success fully campaigned for a voter approved tax hike and now has a chance to establish a legacy. He is expected to talk about high speed rail and a controversial plan to build tunnels to move water through the delta to the southerland. You can watch right here and we will also stream it on our mobile platforms. They will start at the shark tank and now in san jose where the tension is definitely building. Fans here put up a big sharks banner for everybody to see. Reporter tonight there will be a lot of teal and black for everybody to see and they have not played in th