Each pill is a thousand dollars, and at a typical treatment of 120 days, the drugs extraordinary cost has raised concerns. Woodruff those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. 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. Ifill officials in south korea now say search teams have recovered at least 156 bodies from a sunken ferry. Nearly 150 others remained unaccounted for as the search operation ended its eighth day. Divers are having to navigate the dark depths and will have to rip through cabin walls to find the remaining victims. Another brief glimmer of hope faded today in the s
The whitaker peace and development to help youth. He grew up in South Central l. A. Amid the violence. He won an oscar for his betrayal of idi amin in the last king of scotland. He learned swahili and how to play the accordion as the dictator had. Im driven by my fear of not knowing. Im trying to get information to do it in a unique way. He talks about ration relations in america. He was falsely accused of theft and thrift in new york. I wasnt doing anything. He made a mistake, saw a guy this. The actor reflects on the late robin williams. It was tragic. You know, an amazing loss. Hes a beautiful person. An amazing mind. Forest whitaker joined us at our studios in new york. I want to talk about the whitaker peace and World Initiative and u. N. E. S. C. O. And all the work around the world. This . As a child, my first touch with the conflict of war was with my cousin. He went to the vietnam war as a kid. He came back, he lived in my room. He was totally changed by the law. It affected h
Thats in the eastern region, where several attacks were reported. More than 300 people were known to have died but activists say they were killed. The u. S. Vice president though says it is clear who is responsible. The president believes and i believe, that those who used chemical weapons against defenseless, member, women, and children, should and must be held accountable. The british Prime Ministers Office has also issue add statement saying there is no doubt that forces used chemical weapons. Live from london, where more deliberations are taking place. Yes, thats right. The brightish Prime Minister today. An emergency session of the houses of publics. The only opinion poll that has come out today show as Strong Majority here in the united kingdom, being very skeptical about military action. But to a certain extent, you would say maybe, or perhaps this is what David Cameron would say. Maybe it needs to catch one the facts on the ground, and he and his government need to be given a c
The chemical weapons claims. The french president said his government is ready to punish those responsible, and called for a vote on the issue. Plus tens of thousands flee from their homes from flooding, and the Noise Pollution on the streets of india. Western powers and now some Arab League Nations appear to be moving towards military intervention in syria. Just in the past hour the White House Press secretary made it clear of the administration. There is no doubt here that chemical weapons were used on a massive scale on augus august 21st outside of damascus. There is also very little doubt and should be no doubt for anyone who approaches this logically. That the Syrian Regime responsible for the use of chemical weapons on august 21st, out of damascus. Were in washington, d. C. Patty, hearing from jay carney very little doubt that assad is responsible for the chemical weapon attack, any indication when were going to see this evidence that they keep talking about . Well, they are sayi
Opinion. So overtime the judges begin to think these cases are trivial. They cannot imagine what discrimination is because they are constantly dismissing the cases. It to get in the habit of saying no, you lose the ability to see what yes looks like. Ive seen that now across the spectrum from discrimination cases for criminal cases. If you constantly are excusing air, harmless error, balancing, you lose the ability to be able to see and are when it happens. For me it was even more clear. When i was in baby judge school, the trainer was someone who had been training judges in the previous administration. He got up in front of all the judges and says, and he said, heres how you get rid of these cases. Talking about civil rights cases. And he probably wouldve had to give us a checklist of all of the technical ways of dismissing cases. At that point i was not yet confirmed. I was at the baby judge training because ive been through the Senate Hearing but had not yet been confirmed by the fu