Miles, with long hours of snowfall still to come. Fueling the fall, two low pressure systems one from the midwest, the other from the southeast colliding over the northeast and new england. Blizzard warnings were posted in seven states from new jersey on up to maine. At least three declared emergencies, and schools closed in a number of cities. Forecasters predicted new england would get the worst of it with up to three feet of snow likely in boston. Mayor thomas menino. This is a storm of major proportions. Stay off the roads. Stay home. Let the public works crews do their job. Brown the region also braced for winds reaching 75 miles an hour that will pile up drifts and almost guarantee widespread power outages. As ever, the threat prompted shoppers to pack stores, stocking up on supplies. This is panic shopping, so bread, milk, a snow shovel in case our snow shovel breaks. Youve got to plan ahead. A couple feet of snow would shut everything down and, who knows, it could be a couple o
We offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. What can we do for you . And now, bbc world news. This is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, im jane obrien. Symbolic way felt president Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe takes on rivals. JamesWhitey Bulger is found guilty. And we will meet the man who made it all the way to San Francisco after getting a double long transplant. Double lung transplant. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. In his first speech since the disputed july 31st election, Zimbabwes President robert mu gabe viciously attacked his opponents, saying they can go and hang themselves. The chargey denied but at the vote was rigged. Correspondent Andrew Harding has this report. Victory . Imous in not president mugabes style. Bes style. Ident muga he had this to say. Those who cannot handle defeat, can go hang themselves, said mr. Mugabe. Yet beenly he has not sworn in for another term. His opp
The virus from spreading. Good evening, im gwen ifill. And im judy woodruff. Also ahead this thursday, hbo decides to cut the cord and let consumers pay for streaming content without a cable subscription. Ifill with record numbers of homeless teens enrolled in americas Public Schools, one student defies the odds to become High School Valedictorian and enroll at tone of the most prestigious universities in the country. I still see that picture in my head of me having my own house and you know having my degrees on the wall, having a job to go to from 9 00 to 5 00, having a consistent paycheck, paying my own bills and just being the woman that i always wanted to be. Woodruff plus, fifty years after the Free Speech Movement began in berkeley, california, activists and students try to keep the past alive and relate it to the present. Woodruff those are 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 im judy woodruff. Also ahead this thursday, hbo decides to cut the cord and let consumers pay for streaming content without a cable subscription. Ifill with record numbers of homeless teens enrolled in americas Public Schools, one student defies the odds to become High School Valedictorian and enroll at tone of the most prestigious universities in the country. I still see that picture in my head of me having my own house and you know having my degrees on the wall, having a job to go to from 9 00 to 5 00, having a consistent paycheck, paying my own bills and just being the woman that i always wanted to be. Woodruff plus, fifty years after the Free Speech Movement began in berkeley, california, activists and students try to keep the past alive and relate it to the present. Woodruff those are 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 bu
The options to combat suspected chinese cyberespionage that targets u. S. Industries and trade secrets. Chinese cyber hacking has been going on for a long time. Whats new is that were finally fed up and want to do something about it. Woodruff and Jeffrey Brown talks with author colum mccann about weaving together three reallife atlantic crossings over three centuries in his latest work of fiction. What was it like to construct that, as a novelist, did you know how all these connections were going to happen . Honestly . Honestly. I had no clue whatsoever, it drove me nuts. laugh ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by 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 contributio