Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff employers added 155,000 new jobs in december, while the nations Unemployment Rate remained unchanged at 7. 8 . Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the final 2012 jobs report, and get a picture of the Economic Forecast in different regions of the country. Woodruff then, we talk to npr reporter deborah amos about the devastation in syria as the death toll in the twoyear civil w clis to over 60,000. Brown special correspondent john tulenko examines ohios retention rule for schools finish third grade being able to read or be held back. Up until third grade youre learning to read, after third grade youre reading to learn. But if you arent well equipped, reading pro fish eptly at the end of third grade you will struggle throughout the rest of your school years woodruff ray suarez looks at the firestorm of criticism leveled against some of the front runners for hi
Kit cal that we continue to focus on rolling back this trend of disinvestment in research and development so we can ensure that our country continues to produce the kind of lifesaving, worldchanging research that we know were capable of. But i am very concerned. I just need to say this that fiscal awe state and the return of sequestration next year will continue to weaken our ability to respond to needs like this. So, dr. Fast disaster facci he talk about how the sequestration has impacted the u. S. able to respond to the ebola situation . Thank you for the question, senator. I have to tell you honestly, abeen a Significant Impact on is, as you well know i know youve been fighting for us for a long period of time. Our bug has been flat since the end of the doubling in 2003 with the twoplus percent inflationary index that over a tenyear period we lost 22 in our purchasing power. That was the left hook. He right cross what the sequestration that came in and pulled out a significant amoun
Is chasing the drug demand in the United States, doing it with the currency of the United States and weaponry largely produced in the United States. One of the things we could do to help the Mexican Government is to help drive up the demand for Illegal Drugs by recognizing the demand that drives much of the controversy is within the United States. The second thing we could do to help secure the border is to recognize that when people are less desperate they dont crash borders. They use lawful processes to apply for new opportunities, they go places peacefully to try to emigrate the ways many of our parents emigrated peacefully. It has to be affordable, it has to be understandable and it has to be we should give people who come to the United States because they love our opportunities, committed no crimes where they came from men tried to live here without documents, a pathway to complete citizenship and welcome them. At the last debate mr. Sasse said congress was too dysfunctional to do
The common defense securing the border cannot be prolonged more than 28 years. Number four, i will promote the general not corporate welfare. And at last when i end my oath and i say so help me god i will mean it from the bottom of my heart and i will seek to ensure the blessings which is a gift from god and we the people need to get back there of liberty which isnt big thinking or governments for ourselves and our posterity that requires us to address deficits and unfunded liabilities for the next generation but the vote is in your hands in november. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. First of all as we wrap up this evenings debate we have an audience on hand that has been very polite and very attentive. I think they want to show their appreciation to the candidate this evening. [applause] thank you very much to the candidates and panel of journalists. We want to thank our Platte High School for letting us take over the facility. Theyve bee
The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, the fountain of wisdom and strength. We praise you for the gift of this day. You sustain us with the strength we need to fulfill your purposes for such a time as this. Lead our lawmakers to new levels of wisdom, providing them with faith for their perplexities, insights for their decisions, and light for the path ahead. Lord, use our senators this day as instruments of your powerful providence. Replenish the wells of their spirit with your peace that passes understanding. Hear our prayer, oh lord. Incline your ears to us, and give us your peace. We pray in your faithful name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The p