800,000 uninsured in this state. probably 600,000 to 700,000 of those will need to be educated by september. i think it s a monoutilityal task. when i m gonna go back home brown: and we close with singer and actress audra mcdonald: her recent whirlwind of new career challenges, and the one place that keeps calling her back. i felt much better on stage. for me it s the rush of being forced to be so in the present. concentrating sloppy haired actor brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. 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.
prescription that will make its way towards us. there s a lot of activity goingg on in terms of the country because a lot of systems, youtes see the red outline, that s where there are tornado warnings across the mid section of thehe country. they have a lot of activity act going on. let s look at the radar. i ll show you all the lightningg associated with the storms, a a couple of pretty potent systemss that are gradual lu making their way through into that part of the country. they have a lot of action as a result of that. let s look at video and we ll show you what we re speaking about. this is in kansas, where a very strong storm blew through yesterday. there is is a tornado as you can see that caused a lot of devastation there. still the national weather w service doing some checking. back to the maps at home where things are quieter. temperatures into the mid 70s. as we head into tonight, 65, overcast with fog and a chance of showers. in the look ahead we re thinking th
prince george s county officers are mourning the death of a fellow officer. officer kevin bowden was killed yesterday after his patrol car collided with an suv in maryland, sending his car into a utility pole. sherri ly is live at police headquarters with the latest. reporter: police expect to have more details about their investigation about two hours from now. early indications so far from witnesses is that this was some type of accident that led to a tragic chain of events that ended in the officer s death. 28-year-old officer ken bowden got off work around 1:00 yesterday afternoon, and within hours was dead. the six-year veteran of the prince george s county police department was off-duty heading north on branch avenue when the crash happened. witnesses say it appeared an suv swerved to avoid a tour bus and collided with the cruiser and his cruiser slammed into a pole nearly slicing it in half. to lose a second officer so soon is devastating. this is a sad day in pr
the wet carpeting and cleaning up. and it won t be a quick job. those lower floor offices which handle land records and marriage licenses will likely be closed for weeks. employees have been reshuffled to different parts of the building. some have been sent to offices elsewhere in the county. but for everyone else, it was back to work this morning after an unexpected three days off. obviously, we had to make sure the building was safe before anyone came in. obviously with the electrical power. so looking forward to getting back to work. from what i could see yesterday, it s better. look like it s going to take a little while, you know, they may have to do a little rewiring. i don t know. you know, water damage in general. reporter: but everything s starting to get back to normal. yeah, wrae. no doubt about it, yes. what we saw last week was unprecedented for our region. veronica johnson joins us now to break down our record rain plus more in her forecast. veronica