Families finally opening combat positions to women after more than a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan. Most here are of one mind that the field of battle is no place for a woman. If i was out there and i sought a woman get killed to in my unit that would totally destroy me. But this congresswoman certainly doesnt feel that way, tami duggar tool lost her legs into partial use of her arm flying a blackhawk helicopter is in favor of what defense secretary will announce tomorrow that women who want to fight on the front lines can and should do just that. If women didcannot meet the standards than they should graduate from the program but if they cant then they should be able to be on another soldier who was willing to lay their lives down. Sharing a common belief in the value of service but not necessarily in the world that women should play janice has a husband, son and father who all have seen the horrors of combat. If women want the right to defend their country on the battlefield
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown the first working day of president obamas second term began with an Interfaith Prayer Service at Washingtons National cathedral. Good evening. Im jeffrey brown. Ifill and im gwen ifill. On the newshour tonight, whats ahead for the next four years . We explore the vision and the agenda laid out in the president s inaugural address. Brown then, from tel aviv, Margaret Warner reports on the israeli elections, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus party was on track to stay in power by a narrow margin. Netanyahu tries to put together, its sure to include new faces and new agendas that will influence the country. Ifill we examine a new study on concussions, showing the impact of hard hits on the brains of living but retired n. F. L. Players. I go through stages where i think how come i cant remember that and i always wondered are these agerelated or are they conclusion related . Brown and we mark the 40th anniversary of the roe v. Wad
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Lights, and we went under the desks and tried to take cover. Reporter they are the desperate survival tactics teachers and students have taken elsewhere recently. Three people on the campus were injured in what may have been an argument that escalated. Your brother was shot . Yes. They told us that he got shot three times. Were trying to figure out whats going on. Reporter so were the parents of four nearby schools that went on lockdown with hundreds of students inside from kindergarten up to high school. Moms and dads waited hours to pick up their children. I got an alert. I was actually at work. And i left work to come over here. Whether theyre going to let the students out or not, i just need to be as close to my child as i possibly can. Reporter a familiar sentiment when violence comes to school and so much is unknown. Its just scary. Just so much happening these days. Its just scary. The minute i heard about it, i jumped up and i came for my baby. Reporter late today police told u
We like to imagine that after the verdict, the story is over, the victim and the offender are never meant to meet again. But for some, the only way to move forward is to come face to face with the person who shattered their lives. So im here in los angeles to meet with mariah lucas. Shes 25 years old. Shes ngot three kids. She actually lost her own mother when she was just a toddler. When you lose a parent at a young age, youre really just forced to piece together the memories based on stories or photographs or even just your own imagination. So shes planning on meeting with the man who actually took her mothers life, and i want to talk with her about what she hopes to get out of the whole conversation. Youre a little girl, you lose your mom. It takes a lot to get to where you are, doesnt it . Tell me more about that. I see the world as a very beautiful, colorful place, and i choose to be a positive person. Where does that come from, given that you did not exactly have a colorful, happ