Possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the challenge of gun violence, and the looming political fight over what to do about it, dominated a high profile hearing today. The Senate Judiciary committee played host to leading voices from both sides of the debate. It was a day of drama in the packed hearing room. This is an important conversation. Ifill even before the senators had their say, former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords stepped up to the microphone to make a brief and halting plea. Speaking is difficult but i need to Say Something important. Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something. You must act. Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you. Ifill giffords was shot in the head two years ago as she met with constituents in tucson, arizona. Six others were killed that day. Giffords and her husband, former astronaut mark kell
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the challenge of gun violence, and the looming political fight over what to do about it, dominated a high profile hearing today. The Senate Judiciary committee played host to leading voices from both sides of the debate. It was a day of drama in the packed hearing room. This is an important conversation. Ifill even before the senators had their say, former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords stepped up to the microphone to make a brief and halting plea. Speaking is difficult but i need to Say Something important. Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something. You must act. Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you. Ifill giffords was shot in the head two years ago as she met with constituents in tucson, arizona. Six others were killed that day. Giffords and her husband, former astronaut mark kelly have now launched their own campaign for tougher gu
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. Brown the man picked to lead the Central Intelligence agency was called today to defend his positions in the war on terror. John brennans Senate Confirmation hearing revolved around several hotly debated policies. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman has our report. Reporter even before the hearing got truly under way, protesters from code pink disrupted John Brennans Opening Statement signaling that passions were running high on the targeted killings of terror suspects. They wont even Tell Congress what countries we are killing children in. Reporter the interruptions continued, and the chair of the Senate Intelligence committee, california democrat dianne feinstein, ordered the room temporarily cleared. Were going to halt the hearing. Reporter once the
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords herself wounded by a gunman made a dramatic appeal today for more restrictions on gun ownership. Too many children are dying, too many children, we must do something. Ifill good evening, im gwen ifill. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we excerpt giffords testimony and that of a National Rifle Association Executive at the first formal congressional hearing on gun violence since the massacre in newtown, connecticut. Proposing more gun control laws, while failing to enforce the thousands we already have, is not a serious solution to reducing crime. Ifill then, we assess the state of the economic recovery, as keindicatorshow ends oth up and down. Brown from jerusalem, Margaret Warner has the latest on the attack by israeli warplanes inside syria. Ifill Judy Woodruff talks with newly elected senator Tammy Baldwin, a democrat from wisconsin. Brown we examine how some schools a
[ theme ] stephanie hooray weve been waiting to say this for awhile. Senator Barbara Boxer on the big show today. Woohoo [ applause ] Jacki Schechner heres the difference between you and jim ward. Yes . Stephanie well, you texted me during the show to see how i was doing. You had concerned questions and all of that. Jim said how are you doing . Thats because hes concerned he will get the norovirus. What i would like to know is that senator Barbara Boxer is coming on the show in spite of the lunch you had with her . Stephanie chris and i got through it with no incident. He didnt throw a roll . Stephanie no. Yeah. Jim was like did you go to the doctor . He would have had me sit in rush hour for and i would have to say my cohost is a hypocontree yak so i drove across town so you could tell me i dont have norovirus because all he cares about is him. Ever since that Ectopic Pregnancy went wrong. Here she is, Jacki Schechner my real bff in the current news center. Good news for the president