Extinction too alarmist . No, extinction isnt too alarmist. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Odonnell good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im norah odonnell. The news came suddenly and cut like a dagger. After three days of searching debris and bodies from air asia flight 8501 were located today off borneo, not far from where the a320 vanished from radar screens with 162 people on board. Many of their families were overcome with sorrow as they saw the television footage. Allen pizzey begins our coverage tonight in indonesia where the flight originated. Reporter as the search resumed in the java sea, there was a grim discovery a body floating in the water. For the families, it shattered all hope that their loved ones would be found alive. The picture was shown on Indonesian Television in a room where families and rel iatives have waited since sunday. For many, the news were more than they could bear. At least two people collapsed and had to be t
No, extinction isnt too alarmist. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Odonnell good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im norah odonnell. The news came suddenly and cut like a dagger. After three days of searching debris and bodies from air asia flight 8501 were located today off borneo, not far from where the a320 vanished from radar screens with 162 people on board. Many of their families were overcome with sorrow as they saw the television footage. Allen pizzey begins our coverage tonight in indonesia where the flight originated. Reporter as the search resumed in the java sea, there was a grim discovery a body floating in the water. For the families, it shattered all hope that their loved ones would be found alive. The picture was shown on Indonesian Television in a room where families and rel iatives have waited since sunday. For many, the news were more than they could bear. At least two people collapsed and had to be taken away on stretchers. O
Later this hour but if youd like to get in touch on this story or any of our other stories today, tweet me geetagurumurthy or by using the hashtag bbc your questions. A major search in the English Channel continues after a migrant boat heading for the uk sinks killing two adults and two children the authorites believe more people could be missing. Heathrow airport is overtaken as europes biggest airport as passenger numbers fall due to the pandemic. And coming up later this hour ill bejoined by the head of the uk Vaccine Task Force to hear about progress on a coronavirus vaccine. Send your questions on this to yourquestions bbc. Co. Uk or tweet us using the hash tag bbc your questions. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Theres growing pressure on the government for more clarity on coronavirus restrictions in the lead up to christmas after uk deaths hit their highest level for five months. 367 deaths linked to the virus were recorded, as were nearly 23,000 more cases. Various papers
These job creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the space race. Rose the Obama Administration is planning a decadelong effort to build a comprehensive map of the brains activity this project will no doubt prompt further questions about how we live and govern ourselves. Joining me now, Walter Michelle of Columbia University, Michael Shadlen len, also of Columbia University, daniel konaman of princeton university, alan alda the actor, writer and host of the upcoming pbs program, brains on trial. And once again my cohost is dr. Eric kandel, a Nobel Laureate, a professor at Columbia University and a Howard Hughes medical investigator. Im pleased to have all of them here at this table. And as usual, we begin with eric kandel. We are going to speak about the Public Policy implication of the new science of mind. You know, we picked this topic almost two years ago. And we planned to have it at t
These job creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the space race. Rose the Obama Administration is planning a decadelong effort to build a comprehensive map of the brains activity this project will no doubt prompt further questions about how we live and govern ourselves. Joining me now, Walter Michelle of Columbia University, Michael Shadlen len, also of Columbia University, daniel konaman of princeton university, alan alda the actor, writer and host of the upcoming pbs program, brains on trial. And once again my cohost is dr. Eric kandel, a Nobel Laureate, a professor at Columbia University and a Howard Hughes medical investigator. Im pleased to have all of them here at this table. And as usual, we begin with eric kandel. We are going to speak about the Public Policy implication of the new science of mind. You know, we picked this topic almost two years ago. And we planned to have it at t