This is jeopardy introducing todays contestants a Software Engineer from arlington, virginia. An librarian from austin, texas. And our returning champion, a policy researcher and advisor from cambridge, massachusetts. Whose 1day cash winnings total. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek thank you, johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Hi, folks. Welcome to our program. This has been a great week for jeopardy champions. Weve had three players who, in their initial appearances, won big. Brendan, picking up 38,200 on yesterdays show. Allison and steven, this is your initial appearance. It could happen to you as well. Lets see if it does. Good luck. Here we go. Here are the categories now for the first round of play, the jeopardy round. Next. Ah. All right, brendan, start. Lets do literary characters for 800. Allison. Who is watson . Dr. Watson, yes. Literary characters for 200. Steven. Who is hermione . Yes. Literary characters, 400. Steven. Who is gandalf . Yes. Literary, 6
Difference. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley it is now the trump economy, and the numbers out today show that the recovery that began eight years ago is continuing on his watch. In february, President Trumps first full month on the job, the economy created 235,000 jobs, and the Unemployment Rate ticked down to 4. 7 . All the more impressive if you believe what candidate trump claimed the rate was just a year earlier. Dont believe those phony numbers when you hear 4. 9 and 5 unemployment. The numbers probably 28, 29, as high as 35, in fact, even heard recently 42 . Pelley well, today, the white house didnt think the numbers were phony, and we have more now from jim axelrod. Reporter they are hiring once again at quality controlled manufacturing, which supplies parts to the aerospace industry. He controls both of these machines. Reporter by the end of this month, chief operating officer rick urban will have increased his workforce by 12 t
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Who to vote for and whether to vote at all. Its against that backdrop that joe biden and donald trump are set to face off. But tonights debate also comes at a moment when the country is learning more than it has ever known before about the charade that Donald Trumps persona as a successful businessman really is. Sure, he is rich, by any standard, but he has more debt and more loans soon coming due than previously understood at a time when u. S. National security is threatened by emboldened adversaries who see the United States under donald trump as having failed to contain the coronavirus and as rife with divisions internally and among partisan and cultural lines. Theres new reporting in the times that builds on their blockbuster reporting yesterday that said that trump basically paid no taxes. Todays reporting lays out more of the scam of the reality tv version of Donald Trumps biography. When it comes to trumps attempts throughout his political career to paint himself as someone who
Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Retired pro Football Players are again accusing the nfl of putting profits ahead of their health. More than 500 joined a lawsuit against the league today, claiming it illegally supplied them with painkilling narcotics so they could continue to play, despite injuries. Some say they were never told they had injuries. All of this, they say, led to serious, longterm health problems, including drug addiction. The suit comes less than a year after the nfl agreed to pay 765 million to settle suits accuse the league of concealing the risk of head injuries. Jim axelrod has details of the new accusations. Reporter Jeremy Newberry played eight years at center for the San Francisco 49ers. According to the lawsuit, the 38 yearold suffers from renal failure, high Blood Pressure, and violent headaches because of the all the pain medication he was given by team doctors and trainers to get him on the field. Some games, im taking two or three vicodin bef