Ifill plus, could building more dams be a solution for droughtstricken california farmers . Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by n an on board explosion, and there are reports of mysterious debris at the crash site. Said not to be passed. Its hoped the examination of flight recorders due to start tonight could turn rumors into answers. All thats known at this stage is that the russian airbus appeared to break up in midair after leaving the egyptian red sea resort of Sharm Elsheikh and that all 224 on board perished. Egyptian investigators say they will solve this mystery but warn it could be a long process. They announced today that chinese president xi jinping and taiwanese president ma yingjeou will meet saturday in singapore. Its the first such meeting since 1949, when communists won chinas civil war. Woodruff the head of u. S. Pacific forces played down tensions with china today, over disputes in the South China S
Droughtstricken california farmers . Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the puzzle of what brought down a Russian Airliner over egypt, remained far from solved today. U. S. Officials said images shot from space may contain clues to why the plane broke up on saturday, killing all 224 people on board. Paul davies of independent Television News reports on the days developments. Reporter a stretch of men formed a guard of honor as the journey home to st. Petersburg was complete. This is a city in mourning. There are painful days ahead. Relatives have been arriving at the morgue to give d. N. A. Samples to help in the grim process of identification. Russian officials have been giving a daily update on the recovery ope
Carrying. They killed one bystander and wounded seventy nine other people. Government Officials Say the attackers have long participated in extremist militias activities the attack came as president she was wrapping up his first visit to the beach at the press government officials during his tour to adopt tougher measures against terrorism and to do more to unite ethnic groups police have tightened security but the region has been plagued by violence for years. Gonna be this claim is mama since the protests and they restricted the culture and the mission of the week or ethnic group investigators in south korea us and the passenger ferry that sank last month did not have its containers properly secure what they suspect overloaded and boost cargo may have caused the ship to tip over. After a sharp turn the sale also got the countrys Southern Coast more than two weeks ago footage taken as the vessel was sinking chills the containers on the jacket sleeve down to the port side investigators
Enjoy the breakfast, we have a big program this morning so we are just going to go ahead and get started so welcome to all of you. I am mayor aye hustles im San Francisco public Blood Pressure of San Francisco Business Times and on behalf of our partner criteria require and carey and knew mark frank and all of our sponsors welcome to our annual mayors annual for cast and happy valentines day to awful you and i have already gotten a value ten from mayor lee. Are you already fee feelings love this morning we have later pastries for you. This is the 14th year we post together this to look at the i state of city in his our region and there have been so many changes if you think about that have happened in each of these cities and sounding bay area it is last 14 years and if you look at the activity the cranes until the air the Hospital Building activity the activity ature ports and airports and hospitality sector the booming tech sector and all of the future plans, think about the changes
Our partner criteria require and carey and knew mark frank and all of our sponsors welcome to our annual mayors annual for cast and happy valentines day to awful you and i have already gotten a value ten from mayor lee. Are you already fee feelings love this morning we have later pastries for you. This is the 14th year we post together this to look at the i state of city in his our region and there have been so many changes if you think about that have happened in each of these cities and sounding bay area it is last 14 years and if you look at the activity the cranes until the air the Hospital Building activity the activity ature ports and airports and hospitality sector the booming tech sector and all of the future plans, think about the changes that will happen in the next 14 years and each of these cities and in our region so we are going to hear a little bit about the future and some of the priorities and what the outlook is into this coming year and we are really delighted to hav