Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown the president s pick to be the next secretary of defense, former senator chuck hagel, defended his record today and said america must engage not retreat in the world. Good evening, im jeffrey brown. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, we excerpt todays confirmation hearing, as republicans sparred with the former Vietnam Combat veteran about the war in iraq and more. Brown then, we have two stories from the middle east, beginning with a dramatic late night rescue of Syrian Refugees, fleeing across the border to jordan. Woodruff and a Margaret Warner report about the threat a nucleararmed iran poses to israel. Ty acmula enogh anium which is close to weapons grade, enough uranium which enables them to detonate one Nuclear Device to me is clearly a redline. Brown former Vice President al gore joins us to talk about his new book as well as money, politics and the future of democracy. The congress is virtually incap
Translator i think it is difficult for me to continue teaching judo. Im going to submit a document to the alljapan Judo Federation asking whether or not i should resign. He went on to say he never thought what he did would constitute violence. He revealed he just wanted the wrestlers to go the extra mile. Officials with the alljapan Judo Federation say he was involved in a total of five violent incidents from august 2010 to february 2012. They say he admitted to hitting athletes who failed to follow his instructions and jamming them with a stick. They reprimanded solada and the other coach. The New York Times says chinese hackers repeatedly penetrated its Computer Systems over the past four months look for passwords and other sensitive information. The start of the Cyber Attacks coincided with the times investigation into vast fortunes accumulated by the family of chinese premier wen jiabao. The assault on the network ban in september of 2012 when articles was nearing completion. Secur
One Nuclear Device to me is clearly a redline. Brown former Vice President al gore joins us to talk about his new book as well as Money Politics and the future of democracy. The congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests. Woodruff do Americans Trust the federal government . Andrew kohut says a new pew poll shows the majority do not. Brown and ray suarez gets the latest on the chinese hackers who allegedly mounted a fourmonth cyberattack against the New York Times. Thats all ahead on tonights 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 broa
Saying soloda and another coach slapped them in the face and used other forms of physical abuse and power harassment. Translator i think it is difficult for me to continue teaching judo. Im going to submit a document to the alljapan Judo Federation asking whether or not i should resign. He went on to say he never thought what he did would constitute violence. He revealed he just wanted the wrestlers to go the extra mile. Officials with the alljapan Judo Federation say he was involved in a total of five violent incidents from august 2010 to february 2012. They say he admitted to hitting athletes who failed to follow his instructions and jamming them with a stick. They reprimanded soloda and the other coach. The joc set up an emergency meeting. They will probe the allegations of violence by the coaches. Translator the scandal has underscored a gap between sports circles and society about whats accepted as discipline and what constitutes violence. Its our mission to irradicate violence fr
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