About their training. Were going to be looking to correlate all that info with what were finding on the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorders. Reporter investigators are focusing partly on the pilot, who had logged just 43 hours on the boeing 777. It was lee gangguks first time landing a 777 at San Franciscos airport, though he had landed other craft there many times, an Airline Spokesman said. He did have nearly 10,000 flight hours on other aircraft. But whatever caused the crash, remarkably, 305 of the 307 passengers and crew members survived. When i stand up i saw the tail, where the kitchen located, is all missing. There was a big hole there, and i can see through the hole to the runway, the ground, and there was a lot of dust in the cabin. Reporter some of the survivors quickly tweeted accounts of their harrowing escape, even as the rescue operation was still under way. Today, lieutenant crissy emmons of the San Francisco Fire Department described what she saw inside th
Reduce the overflowing prison population. Attorney general eric holder said that the way that minor offenses were sent to prison was broken and ineffective. A man died in hospital in hungary after suffering from medical problems. At one point, he talked the list of most wanted nazi war criminals. The Israeli Government has published the names of 26 palestinian Visitors Said to be released as part of a deal. The announcement comes after palestinian officials accused sabotage trying to negotiations by proving more than 1000 new settlement homes. A Primary School has been turned into a temporary shelter after a 6. 1 earthquake in tibet. No casualties were reported. U. S. , he was ae feared boston mob boss in the 1970s and in 1980s who became one of the most wanted fugitives in the United States. Now a jury has found james ganglandlger guilty of crimes including 11 killers. He now faces life in prison. We have the story. James Whitey Bulger convicted today of money laundering, drug traffic
They now will be charged with offenses for which the accompanying sentences are better suited to their individual conduct, rather than excessive prison terms more appropriate for violent criminals or drug kingpins. Woodruff the attorney general wants states to do likewise, given that 225,000 people are serving time in state prisons for drug crimes. There is longstanding, bi partisan support for such reform. U. S. Senator Richard Durbin of illinois has introduced the smarter sentencing act, co sponsored by fellow democrat Patrick Leahy of vermont and republican mike lee of utah. Kentucky republican rand paul also has a measure to increase judicial discretion. Durbin wrote the law that ended a longstanding disparity in drug sentencing that hit minorities hardest; the president signed it in 2010. A bipartisan bill to help right a longstanding wrong by narrowing sentencing disparities between those convicted of crack cocaine and powder cocaine. Its the right thing to do. Woodruff today, ho
University of aleppo today ready for the first day of exams. What they got instead was two massive explosions. Twin blasts rocked the school, killing at least 80 people. Rebel forces as the government bombed the campus deliberately. From neighboring turkey, James Reynolds reports. The university of aleppo was thought to be one of the last safe places in syria ofs largest city. But two explosions changed that. These pictures were filmed just after the blasts. The side of this building was blown away. The university was home to both students and ordinary people who had taken refuge from fighting elsewhere in aleppo. The browns are in an area of grounds nt control brow are in an area under government control, but activists say it was the government to fired. This is the signal of the government. The government denies this. It says that the explosions were carried out by terrorists. It has been almost two years of fighting in syria. Aleppo has been the scene of intense conflicts between th
Dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. 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. Woodruff president obama will lay out his strategy tomorrow for stopping deadly attacks involving guns. That word came today, amid reports that hes considering 19 administrative policy changes, as well as congressional action. Its been just over a month since 20 children and six adults died in the School Shooting in newtown connecticut. And now the president is ready to announce proposals on gun violence. That could include executive action, ordering steps such as stricter penalties for lying on a gun background check or tougher penalties for gun trafficking. But spokesman jay carney said today that its up to congress to take more sweeping steps. There are specific legislativ