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. 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 the northeastern United States braced for a wallop of winter on this second day of 2014, as the midwest dug out and faced frigid temperatures. Kwame holman has our weather look. Reporter the first major snowstorm of the new year began shutting down cities across the midwest today. Arctic winds brought thick snow as much as 12 inches in some places with more to come in new england. Residents there started pr
Records but here we have another alternative recording history i want to hold your hand. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org 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 january first brought new calls for brotherhood, new leaders and something new at the days most famous parade. All of this, in the hours after the world welcomed the new yeari sreenivasan in city after city, the arrival of midnight triggered celebration in the opening moments of 2014. Crowds in london, new york, and chicago braved the cold to catch extravagant displays of fireworks
Accountability institutions of the u. N. , there are three of them. There is the Ethics Office, where comes to whistleblower protection. There is an office of internal wersight services, to which referred, the inspector general, and the third is the justice system. Each one of these is broken in some way. Office, if we just look at the evidence, of the numbers, and i get these from the Government Accountability project, which is representing me in terms of advocacy here in washington and elsewhere, and we have the president here in the audience , there have been since the establishment of the Ethics Office in 2006, as i ever been told, 2013, there have been more who 300 whistleblowers and have come forward to the Ethics Office. Of those, the Ethics Office reviewed 99, and they found retaliation in only two cases, two. Mine is not one of those two. They turn down my case for but that is an astonishingly low percentage. 2 or depending on what your denominator is, but it is a very, very l
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Program and when we push to raise the minimum wage, one of the important lenses to look through is how is it affecting the women who are, 1 3 of whom are on the brink or actually living in poverty . Mr. Garamendi those statistics are a wakeup call for america. More than half the population are female. And yet our policies are not womenfriendly policies. Our laws are not womenfriendly laws. And we need to change that. Id like now to ask my colleague from california, longtime city councilwoman in the city of los angeles, a woman who knows these issues from her experience representing the communities in that area, and now an outstanding member of the congress, ms. Hahn. Ms. Hahn thank you. I appreciate, john, you taking this first hour tonight to focus on women and jobs. Its certainly an issue that we women are very aware of and have worked on a lot in our jobs, in our districts, in our homes. But its nice when our men are enlightened. Mr. Garamendi if i might interrupt for a moment. Im h