Had just taken off but quickly turned around in an attempt to return to the airport. A large number of emergency vehicles have responded to the scene. Ten people inside the building are unaccounted for. No word of how many people were on the plane and of course well bring you more information as soon as it becomes available and you can follow this on our wusa9. Com website. Also breaking this afternoon, the longest serving mayor in history has died. Thomas menino died after a battle against advanced cancer. He was diagnosed not long after leaving office at the beginning of the year. Menino is credited with guiding bostons economy and shaping its skyline during his unprecedented five consecutive terms in office. A nurse from maine has broken her quarantine. Officials wanted kaci hickox to stay under house quarantine for 11 more days until the ebola incubation period is over. But she was out and about in public this morning. Reporter caci hickox flew the cool. She broke her quarantine an
[ clapping ] Vice President biden, governor patrick, mayor walsh, major menino, survivors, First Responders and distinguished guests today marks one year from when our lives were changed forever. A change that none of us wanted, nor change we would wish on anyone else. Although each of our paths to recovery have been unique and we have all travelled at our own pace, we continue to move forward. Today i will not focus on the past, but be mindful of our successes and thank those who helped us take those first steps, reclimb our first mountains and reclaim our lives. To the First Responders for running into harms way and giving us the aid that we needed. To the doctors, surgeons and their staffs, who completely gave of themselves to ensure that our most severely injured were given a chance to live again. To all Law Enforcement agencies who worked tirelessly and quickly to make our city safe again. To the councillors and physiotherapists who support us emotionally to the boston club, those
That topic. Im pivot to some questions from the audience. Late tors rai that topic. Im pivot to some questions from the audience. They touch on some of the things that i wanted to talk about with respect to access and some of the state level changes in the last legislative session, not the most recently ended. And two of the questions go to the question of the registration process and asks why dont we look at the process of registration which is where the problem begins which is again one of the post2011 efforts that the state enacted with respect to attempting to clean up the Voter Registration process or at least third party which was subsequently halted. Id like to touch on that in just a second. And then another which raises the question about low voter turnout. This kngoes back to long waits lines or at least in some accepts implicated by long waits with respect to how easy ordinary citizens take citizens. So lets talk about the vote registration reforms enacted in 2011 and again
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill a new study shows most teenagers who think about, or attempt, suicide have already had some Mental Health treatment. Good evening, im gwen ifill. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the findings coming in the largest study ever of suicidal behavior among adolescents. Ifill then, we turn to todays arguments at the Supreme Court over whether police need waants to order blood tests for suspected drunk drivers. Brown should the number of u. S. Troops in afghanistan fall to zero by the end of next year . Judy woodruff gets two views of that option one the Obama Administration says it may consider. Ifill ray suarez has the story of playful robots given a very Serious Mission helping people with special needs from elderly adults to autistic children. This kind of a tool might be an interesting way to bridge the gap, pull the child, if you will, from the world of objects and the focus on objects over
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff what could be the biggest blizzard in decades blanketed the northeast today with up to three feet of snow expected in some areas. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the monster storm from bernie rayno of accuweather. Woodruff then, should the u. S. Arm the rebels in syria . Ray suarez examines a growing rift between the white house and key members of the president s cabinet. Brown Spencer Michels has the story of new discoveries about mars coming from the rover vehicle known as curiosity, the product of nasas jet Propulsion Lab. It may sound familiar but what scientists here at jpl are actually looking for are signs of life past and present on the red planet woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Brown and we close with a conversation with Pulitzer Prizewinning humorist dave barry about miami, the insane city thats the focus of his n