Going to help me be independent for a long time. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs 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 contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill grief settled over south korea today, after a ferry disaster at sea. Hundreds of High School Students were on board the vessel that capsized and sank. Officials confirmed six deaths, but 290 others were still missing, many hours later. We have a report narrated by Jonathan Miller of independent television news. Reporter in the yellow sea, a few miles off south koreas rocky coast, the 150 meter long, 6,000 ton ferry, the sewol, ha
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 catherine t. Macarthu
Ifill ray suarez explores 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 broadc
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff januarys jobs report is raising new questions about the strength of the american economy. The Labor Department reported today that employers added 113,000 workers, fewer than expected. At the same time, the Unemployment Rate actually fell again, by a tenth of a point, so its now 6. 6 percent. Paul solman sorts out the numbers for us, right after the news summary. Woodruff wall street apparently saw some bright spots in the employment data. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 165 points to close at 15,794. The nasdaq rose more than 68 points to close above 4,125. For the week, both the dow and the nasdaq gained a fraction of a percent. Woodruff president obama signed a new, fi
San franciscos new bay bridge. Its one of the largest Infrastructure Projects in the nation. But just when it opens to traffic still isnt clear. Ifill boston mob boss Whitey Bulger was found guilty of a string of 11 murders and racketeering. How the jury reached its verdict. Woodruff and in our continuing look at surveillance and privacy in america. Tonight, we explore how Law Enforcement keeps tabs on our movements by photographing our license plates. Its privacy, theres no question about that. You dont get the amount of Law Enforcement, you get the amount that you can tolerate. None of these technologies come without tradeoffs. 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 co