In talks. Brown from our american graduate series, we have the story of a chicago nonprofit that aims to change the lives of wouldbe dropouts. Whats interesting about one goal is that it pinpoints and targets lowincome, underperforming students in non selective Chicago Public schools, students who are least likely to graduate from high school, let alone college. Suarez we look at newly released documents showing leaders in the Catholic Church in los angeles shielded pedophile priests and failed to report allegations of child abuse. Brown and gwen ifill talks with biographer jeanne theo haris, who offers a complex portrait of the woman best known for refusing to give up her seat on an alabama bus in 1955. She is celebrated for one act and i think part of that celebration puts it all in the past, right, when the actual rosa parks keeps working on racial and social justice issues all the way up to the end of her life. Brown thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs n
And bravely, clinging to the hope he could get a second lung transport he desperately needed. He spent the last month in the hospital waiting in vein. Martys funeral was yesterday. His firefighter family showed up in full force. I only knew marty a short time. Whats going to stay with me about him is his bravery in the face of those towers crumbling and also in the face of his declining health. I hope marty can now rest in peace. This is cnn sunday morning. Day six in the standoff ties though jimmy lee dikes hasnt surrendered his 5yearold hostage, there may be new reason for optimism. The incredible story of heroism and redemption. How a new orleans saint helped save a game and his dads life in one spectacular play. The boy scouts may vote as early as tomorrow to lift a ban on openly gay members. Now governor rick perry has taken a stand. What he said might surprise you. Good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. Its 8 00 on the east coast. Thanks so much for starting your morning with us.
And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. 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 the man picked to lead the Central Intelligence agency was called today to defend his positions in the war on terror. John brennans Senate Confirmation hearing revolved around several hotly debated policies. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman has our report. Reporter even before the hearing got truly under way, protesters from code pink disrupted John Brennans Opening Statement signaling that passions were running high on the targeted killings of terror suspects. They wont even Tell Congress what countries we are killing children in. Reporter the interruptions continued, and the chair of the Senate Intelligence committee, california democrat dianne feinstein, ordered the room temporarily cleared. Were going to halt the hearing. Reporter once the
We have breaking news. An amber alert out of oakland. Well give you the details straight ahead. We also have breaking news overseas. A deadly attack at a u. S. Embassy. We just received new information. More controversy involving the San Francisco 49ers and the gay community. Well tell you how two players tried to deny making an antibullying video. Oakland firefighters are calling an Early Morning fire suspicious. We have new information. We also have new video of the flames and youll hear from the person who called 911 for help. . Good morning. Welcome to a brand new day the first day of february friday, february 1st im dave clark. Good morning, im pam cook. Thank you for waking up with us. Steve has the friday and weekend forecast. How does it look . Looking good. We do have another morning 30s and 40s. Probably a little bit more fog this morning than we had north bay and east bay. Overall hazy sunshine. Maybe a few subtle changes on the weekend. Ill get to that in ten minutes. Highs
Of battle, are unmatched in skill and courage. On the same day that president obama gives his inaugural address, the u. S. Drone strike kills three people in yemen. Today we look at the new documentary, dirty wars the world is a battlefield. Dimons sue was nothing like kabul. Life is defined by the war. Everything revolves around it. In yemen, there was no war, of these not officially. The film, dirty wars, follows Jeremy Scahill to afghanistan, somalia, and yemen as he chases down the hidden truth behind americas expanding covert wars. We will speak with jeremy and the films director, rick rowley. Night rates have risen to astronomical levels where there are 1000 raids a month happening. Decades after vietnam, one decade into this war, we have gone back to body counts is our only way of measuring any kind of progress in the war. Broadcasting from the Sundance Film Festival in park city, utah, all of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace