Million miles visiting more than 100 countries in the last four years. Ray suarez examines her legacy. Woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Brown and we close with a preview of sundays big game. Nprs mike pesca joins us from new orleans, site of super bowl xlvii. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york a foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. Celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And friends of the newshour. 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. Brown for the second time in five months, a u. S. Diplomatic post has been the target of a deadly assault. A suicide bomber detonated a vest with ex
The explosion occurred around 1 15 p. M. Local time. Afterward, police tried to hold back the crowd gathered outside the u. S. Facility in the turkish capital. Debris littered the street near a Side Entrance where the blast took place. Emergency workers wheeled one of the injured into an awaiting ambulance. U. S. Ambassador to turkey Francis Ricciardone spoke to reporters outside the embassy. Right now, we are all dealing with our sadness at the loss of our fellow member of our embassy. We salute his bravery, his service to turkey and to turkishamerican friendship. Our hearts go out to his family. Brown in istanbul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the bombing an attack against peace in our country. And in washington, the state departments Victoria Nuland said a series of security upgrades to the Ankara Embassy saved lives. Where this happened was on an external perimeter access site far from the main building. It is that kind of setback, that kind of hardening, that kind of
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff the suicide bombing just outside the u. S. Embassy in turkeys capital was an act of terror, said a white house spokesman today. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Bro and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the deadly blast from a reporter on the scene in ankara. Woodruff then, Margaret Warner reports on a widening divide between israelis and palestinians after more than a decade of starts and stops in peace talks. Warner thousands of israeli shoppers used to drive up this road to take advantage of the bargains in the palestinian shops just ahead. The popular shopping district has become a virtual ghost town. Brown secretary of state Hillary Clinton logged nearly a million miles visiting more than 100 countries in the last four years. Ray suareexanes her legacy. Woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Brown and we close with a preview of sundays big game. Nprs mike pesca joins us
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