The acceptable limit shut down a city of 11 Million People. People walked out of their houses today, and thought that there was a blizzard. But in fact it wasnt snowinging this is how intense the air pollution was. 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. Woodruff our lead story tonight, the president today joined the wave of criticism that has greeted the rocky rollout of online efforts to get people to sign up for health insurance. He conceded the federal web site central to the process has failed to deliver. From the out
This appears to be a real mystery. At this point, no information in terms where the helicopter may be. We know that search and rescue crews are out on the water. Also flying above trying to see if they can spot any wreckage. We know that the last communication from this helicopter happened at 4 40 in the afternoon. Thursday, yesterday, there in hawaii. About 40 minutes before that helicopter was supposed to land. This was routine communication. It had been flying over a canyon. Keep in mind, these are very routine trips. They do them every day, these touring companies, where they take people above the various canyons and you get to see all the sights of the island. In terms of whats happening now, again, boats in the water seeing if they can spot anything. As we said, weather may have been a factor yesterday. It got pretty stormy, blustering winds, and some rain. Whether or not that was a factor remains to be seen what do we know about the company that owns the helicopter . You said th
Steinhardt junior Angela Chou was elected the next chairperson of NYU’s Student Government Assembly during a meeting Thursday evening. Chou, who will take over from Ryan Carney in the summer, has been the president of the Class Activities Board ‘25 and served as the student government’s Director of Operations for nearly three years. “I have.
On Sundays, the Rev. Carl Nichols preaches at Big Zion AME Zion Church in little Kenansville on North Carolina’s coastal plain. Tuesdays to Fridays, he drives a cargo van on a daily 320-mile circuit along rural roads edged with pine and fields of tobacco, collards and corn. His mission: delivering boxes of food to people who cannot always afford their own. The minister, his wife, two grown daughters and three helpers make up a tiny nonprofit whose food deliveries are part of an experiment that p