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 president obama made his first secondterm foray outside washington today, with a call to stop gun violence. It was part of a campaignstyle effort designed to goad congress into action. We dont have to agree on everything to agree its time to do something. Ifill the president took that message to minneapolis, a city thats already imposed stricter background checks on gun buyers. The white house plan calls for those checks, a renewed ban on assaultstyle weapons and limits on highcapacity magazines for ammunition. The only way we can reduce gun violence in this country is if the American People decide its important. If you decide its important. If parents and teachers, Police Officers and pastors, hunters and sportsmen, americans of e
The east coast could be walloped with close to three feet of snow. Well tell you what you need to know about this major storm thats approaching. New this morning, u. S. Secrets possibly exposed. Iran releasing data that it claims it hacked from a drone. Well have a live report ahead. Governor Chris Christie has some harsh words for a doctor who said she was afraid he would die in office. He says come see him or zip it. Until that time, she should shut up. New details about Lance Armstrongs efforts to get back into the game. And its confirmed, the Federal Reserve was hacked. Is our Banking System secure enough . Among our guests this morning, janet robinson, a superintendent of the newtown Public Schools. Anna deveer smith from the actress from nurse jackie is working with mayors against illegal guns. Shell join us to talk about this project. And Saru Jayaraman is exposing secrets of restaurants around the country. Plus Richard Simmons joins us to talk about his new project too. Its thu
Retreat. You can read his column every tuesday and i suggest you do. If you koutd please, set your dvr so you never miss an episode special report is next. Im bret baier in washington. The u. S. Senate is right now taking a vote that could set u up a longawaited and politically explosive showdown with president obama over the keystone xl pipeline. Its a democrat, not a republican pressing this issue on the senate floor, louisiana senator mary language drew is you are jntdby the roechb tryin take her job. Chief congressional continue mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with the latest. Bret, good evening, after years of know voting to potentially authorize the Keystone Pipeline to pass it and
send to president obama. Supporters need 60 votes. Its now been six years, in the permitting process. The time has come to act. Senator Mary Landrieu fighting for her political live in a political runoff. Finally moved forward with a bill to authorize the pipeline. I brought this bill to the floor
This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. So grateful to have you with us today. As youre waking up this morning, we have to tell you, there are more than 121,000 americans now who tested positive for the coronavirus and 2,000 people have died because of it. Now, just to give you some context here, thats an increase of more than 20,000 cases in 24 hours. The u. S. Is the global hot spot for the virus. More than 669,000 people around the world have tested positive. Its killed more than 30,000 people. Back here at home, residents of three states, new york, new jersey, connecticut, theyre waking up to a two week travel advisory, the cdc telling you to refrain from nonessential Domestic Travel. More than half of the cities in the u. S. Are within those states. Jason, what are you learning this morning . Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. This all started with the president initially saying he was considering that quarantine for new york state, for connecticut
Good morning to you. Hope you are off to a great day. I am heather nauert. I am heal leaving behind a massive path of destruction. This is amateur video showing the massive funnel cloud in daresville, georgia. That area hit the hardest. The 25 mile per hour winds leveling homes in Office Buildings. Even slipping over 18wheelers and cars. Take a look at that. Like they were toys scattered. Ashley, run, run. I ran and he jumped on top of me. The doors flung open. Janice dean, the midwest and southeast having a lot of these problems. The storm is moving eastward. At one point we were dealing with a storm system that stretched a thousand miles. The worst of it hitting new york city. A lot of folks that endured sandy had wind gusts close to 60 miles an hour. The good news it, it will be a quick mover the bad news the worst of it is here and will continue through out the morning rush hour. Behind it cold enough for snow. We could see 612 inches of snow in front of this very moist air. These