Author david grann answers reader questions and talks about the significance of the osage inan murders. I dont think you can understand our country unless you understand this part of our history. This is one of the worst racial injustices and crimil conspiracies in American History and it was never taught in school. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributionso your pbs ation from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff its been nearly two weeks since a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in parkland, florida. Now, Congress Faces the question what to do about guns i america. The answ is anything but clear. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage desjardins walking the halls of congress today, sctdents turnedists from Marjory Stoneman douglas high, preing for more gun control. The
We have more, patricia, what are the numbers, and why the raising eyebrows. Reporter the numbers were talking about are new home sales. They dropped by more than 13 last month. Sales at their lowest level since september. Its about the construction industry. Retailers benefit because when people buy new homes they like to furnish them. We talked to an economist at asked him to put the numbers in perspective for us. It was a really low number, and thats disconcerning. Its true that you shouldnt pay too much attention, it just shows a loss of momentum in the Single Family structure market. That a little troubling because thats the linchpin to the housing recovery, to the economic recovery. Reporter higher Mortgage Rates are having an impact. Mortgage rates jumped a full percentage point since may, and it may start to wind down a stimulus program, but Mortgage Rates are still pretty low. Thank you. Todays news of a plunge of new homes sales come at a time when Many Americans are feeling c
Dispute then opened fire. There iuiuy reports he was representing himself in a civil call action he brought against the call center. Another shooting victim is a lawyer. That shooting mentioned today during the first congressional hearing about gun violence. That drew a dramatic appeal from gabrielle giffords. 1 too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something. The hearing included testimony from the National Rifle association. The Vice President says it rejects bans on some assault weapons and bans president obama support. Republicans have a proposal to make schools safer. And that is stirring up a lot of controversy. Nannette miranda has the story tonight from sacramento. Invoking the name of vicky soto, the teacher killed in the sandy hook massacre, while using her body to shield students. A group of lawmakers proposed a School Marshal program to protect campuses from gunmen mod yeld after air marshal whos guard against terrorism and staffers from janitor to prin
He asked him to famously drop an investigation of trumps own aide mike flynn who later pled guilty and fire that fbi director with, quote, russia on his mind. We know now this animated probe from the start. They occupied muellers focus, so that makes this breaking times story so troubling for the white house. Trump spoke to witnesses about matters they discussed with special counsel. Mueller has learned of two conversation in recent months in which trump asked witnesses about matters they discussed with investigators, according to three people familiar with the encounters, this involves the efforts to fire mueller himself. Now consider the two crucial tracks in the story. First, why this president would be talking to witnesses in the mueller probe, and why he thinks thats a good idea. Now, is it because the president just doesnt care about the advice from his own attorneys not to do this kind of thing . Does he think theres no risk . He can outsmart one more problem or does he think th
Movement around the country. News tonight, special counsel mueller gathering evidence about that meeting. And the breaking news right now on the Mueller Probe into Russian Election interference is new clues as to where they are head. The special counsel probe did begin questioning whether President Trump obstructed justice since he allegedly pressed his own fbi director to back off. He asked him to famously drop allegations again allegatio allegations against flynn and then fired comey. We now this animated the probe to the start. They occupied muellers focus, so that makes this breaking times story so troubling for the white house. Trump spoke to witnesses about patters th matters they discussed with special counsel. Mueller has learned of two conversation in recent months in which trump asked witnesses about matters they discussed with investigators, according to three people pam wifamiliar wit encounters, this involves the efforts to fire mueller himself. Where the two crucial track