Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff president obama met with the nations governors today, and painted a gloomy picture of federal spending cuts that are set to kick in friday. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we get an update on the potential impact the sequester will have if the white house and congress cant work out a compromise. Woodruff then, Margaret Warner looks into the troubles looming for the Catholic Church ahead of electing a new pope. Suarez a cuba without a castro in charge . We talk with senator Patrick Leahy, who just returned from the island after an unsuccessful attempt to secure the release of an imprisoned american. Woodruff fred de sam lazaro reports on indias push to account for hundreds of millions of its citizens by issuing government identity cards. We still have a large number of residents much india who dont have a birth certificate or any other form of official i. D. , but now with the
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff president obama met with the nations governors today, and painted a gloomy picture of federal spending cuts that are set to kick in friday. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we get an update on the potential impact the sequester will have if the white house and congress cant work out a compromise. Woodruff then, Margaret Warner looks into the troubles looming for the Catholic Church ahead of electing a new pope. Suarez a cuba without a castro in charge . We talk with senator Patrick Leahy, who just returned from the island after an unsuccessful attempt to secure the release of an imprisoned american. Woodruff fred de sam lazaro reports on indias push to account for hundreds of millions of its citizens by issuing government identity cards. We still have a large number of residents much india who dont have a birth certificate or any other form of official i. D. , but now with the
Woodruff fred de sam lazaro reports on indias push to account for hundreds of millions of its citizens by issuing government identity cards. We still have a large number of residents much india who dont have a birth certificate or any other form of official i. D. , but now with the highly mobile and aspirational society, you need some kind of an i. D. Suarez we talk with reporter steven brill about his Time Magazine cover story on why medical bills are so high. Woodruff and on the daily download, Christina Bellantoni examines white house efforts to circumvent the press through technology. Thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. 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 ma
Suarez president obama and Congressional Republicans traded barbs today, opening the final week before the looming sequester. But there was no outward sign of a breakthrough to prevent 85 billion in automatic spending reductions. These cuts do not have to happen. Congress can turn them off any time with just a little bit of compromise. Suarez the president s appeal came as he met with the nations governors at the white house amid growing indications that the sequester will indeed take effect. This town has to get past its obsession with focusing on the next election instead of the next generation. All of us are elected officials. All of us are concerned about our politics both in our own parties as well as the other parties. But at some point we have to do some governing. And certainly what we cant do is keep careening from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis. Suarez to reinforce the point, the administration on sunday spelled out how each state will be affected from job losses
Thank you. Suarez president obama and Congressional Republicans traded barbs today, opening the final week before the looming sequester. But there was no outward sign of a breakthrough to prevent 85 billion in automatic spending reductions. These cuts do not have to happen. Congress can turn them off any time with just a little bit of compromise. Suarez the president s appeal came as he met with the nations governors at the white house amid growing indications that the sequester will indeed take effect. This town has to get past its obsession with focusing on the next election instead of the next generation. All of us are elected officials. All of us are concerned about our politics both in our own parties as well as the other parties. But at some point we have to do some governing. And certainly what we cant do is keep careening from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis. Suarez to reinforce the point, the administration on sunday spelled out how each state will be affected from