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. Ifill a major winter storm surged into the midwest and northeast, fouling flight schedules and ruining Road Conditions on this day after christmas. The huge weather system left a trail of destruction in the Gulf Coast Region and at least six people dead. Oh, wow, oh jesus, look at that tornado. Ifill the calm of christmas night was shattered by tornadoes dropping from the sky across much of the deep south. This one hit near downtown mobile, alabama, ripping apart a church, a high school and a number of homes. At least 34 twisters struck in texas, louisiana, mississippi and alabama, tearing walls from homes and tossing cars onto one another. By this morning, heaps of debris dotted the gulf region. This use to be a really big, as you can tell by the size of the slab, use to be a huge feed store, m
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill a massive winter storm disrupted travel today for tens of thousands of americans across the country. Good evening, im gwen ifill. Warner and im margaret warner. On the neho tonight, we t the latest on the snow sleet and rain that have snarled roads, knocked out power and delayed flights. Ifill then, with images from the connecticut massacre still raw, Spencer Michels looks at a California Law that aims to head off such violence. Reporter though no one knows the diagnosis of the perpetrator of the shootings in newtown, the killings have raised once again the issue of forcing the mentally ill into treatment. Warner as Congress Comes back to washington to resume fiscal cliff negotiations, we ask, what happens if they dont reach a deal . Ifill we talk with a repsentative of egypts Muslim Brotherhood about the new brotherhoodbacked constitution signed into law today. Warner and we have another of our conversations with retiring member
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