Cemented in history. Im ellee pai hong. And im kerry sayers. And im your host, bill kurtis. Its superheroes, through the decades. As kids we all aspire be one of these. Not bird or a plane but a superhero. With abilities far beyond those of mere humans and as we grow up our fascination with superheroes doesnt go away. In fact, by judging by the box office reciepts of the past several decades, it only grows bigger. Today, were taking the hour to look at some of our favorite superheroes through the decades, from the caped crusader to wonder woman to your friendly neighborhood spiderman. But we begin with one of the most instantly recognizable superheros and the grand daddy of them all superman. Cloaked in blue and red and branded with a bold letter s, an icon that helped shape all the superheroes to come. Up in the sky, look its a bird, its a plane, its superman superman. The preeminent superhero was born from the minds of two teenage boys living in cleveland, ohio; jerry siegel and joe
Thing to do, were in a bad place. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. Babbels 1015 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. More information on babbel. Com. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. 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 the federal government is going back to work. Senate democrats and republicans came to a meeting of the minds today on ending the partial shutdown. With that, congress moved to make it happen. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins hours into the workweek shutdown, just after noon, democratic leader Chuck Schumer came to the s
Place. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. Babbels 1015 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. More information on babbel. Com. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. 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 the federal government is going back to work. Senate democrats and republicans came to a meeting of the minds today on ending the partial shutdown. With that, congress moved to make it happen. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins hours into the workweek shutdown, just after noon, democratic leader Chuck Schumer came to the senate floor. The republican
Show you whats happening with the storm. If you look, looking just at three hour loop. See across the Northern Branch of the screen there, that heavier pocket of the rain thats now moved out to sea thats basically what rolled through the southern most counties last night. So thats long gone. What are we left with . Lets is her know on it, shall me . Pretty much the southern tear of the area as we had expected, as far as where youre still finding wet weather. But because this is already brought the brunt through we are only going to get better and clearer time and probably end one some sunshine before it is all said and done here in philadelphia, certainly the further north you go, you are actually dealing with a nice clear sky to begin with. Heres where we stand as a result. Definitely still mild, courtesy of the cloud cover essentially acting as blanket overhead for wildwood, millville, dover. But it is a bit cooler the further north you go. Soy, still splitting the region in two when
And experts are warning that central italy could be hit by more powerful earthquakes after a 6. 6 quake struck over the weekend. It was the third major one to hit in just the past two months. Abcs jennifer eckleson is there. Reporter a 6. 6 magnitude tremor caused widespread destruction. This drone video showing crumbled buildings in the town of the same town already hit by a deadly earthquake in august. The new tremors causing even more damage. Panicked residents ran to safety, emracing, kneeling, praying in the central plazas. Fears rising with each aftershock as more buildings disappear in a cloud of dust. Firefighters helped cloistered nuns to safety, their church destroyed, the bell to youer on the point of collapse. One nun describing what she felt world feeling. You just cant say a tremor. It was more than that. All the house was moving. The earthquake was the strongest in italy in 36 years, hitting a Mountain Area just north of rome. Pope francis mentioned the quake in his week