Moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan an arctic cold wave still dominates the nations weather tonight. Its blamed for several deaths, and its making life miserable for millions of people. That includes new york, where a dozen people died last night, in the citys worst residential fire in decades. John yang begins our coverage. Yang it was just 15 degrees when the bronx blaze erupted, forcing firefighters to battle both the fire and the cold. Residents escaping the flames had to brave the elements. All i see is a bunch of kids on the fire escape cold, and with no jacket, no pajamas, no nothing. Yang the citys fire commissioner s
Billion euros. I do not know where the figure came from, but they will be readjusting. Do i understand that i cannot buy a diesel vw in america right now . They basically shut it down. Vonnie yes. They have recalled diesel cars. The funny thing is the north american head was speaking last night. Clarification, i learned to etle, my a vw be father had a vw rabbit. There is our clarification on vw. A busy morning. Here are top headlines. Here is vonnie quinn. Vonnie chinas president , jinping arrives in washington. He has defended the way he has handled the chinese economy. He said the Government Intervention was needed to deal with systemic risk. More problems for volkswagen. And face billions in fines repair costs for cheating on federal air pollution tests. The Justice Department is investigating vw for possible criminal violations. That could lead to charges against the company or its employees. The head of vws operations in the u. S. Admits the company screwed up. Ande must fix thos
Coralvilles big debt and what to do about it will be a big topic at Tonights City Council meeting. On december 9th, Moodys Investors Service downgraded the citys bond rating. Tts generally seen ap a negative reflection of the cityty financnc and can make it harder for coralville to borrow money. The bond rating dropped to the lowest rating of Investment Grade on moodys scale. The company rated coralville this way becauau of its high debtbtnd liabilities. Liabilities include things like ownership of a hotel and performance center. Coralville has about 267million dollars in debt. In iowa, ly cedar raraids and des moines both much larger cities have more debt. Coralville city Officials Say the rating will have little impact on residents. They say they expect to see the city continue to grow. While taxes do help pay off this debt, those property taxes will not increase. No, theyre not, and we have. And we have never missed a debt payment, we continue to make those payments, and we dont hav
He said his campaign conducted its own poll and found about 75 percent of iowans are still undecided. A new National Poll shows the race for the republican ticket is in a dead heat. Quinnipiac university released new poll numbers just this morning. It shows donald trump is still leading the republican field. But senator ted cruz is closg the gap, now just 4 points behind trump. Florida senator marco o bio is in 3rd place e th 12 percent support. Doctor ben carson is the only other candidate in the double digits. The poll has a margin of error of 4 point 4 percent. The poll also found a majority of americans both republcans and democrats would be embarrassed to have donald trump as the face of the nation. 50 percent said it would be embarrassing, while 23 percent said they would be proud to have him as president. On the democratic side, Quinnipiac University found Hillary Clinton with more than sanders. 61 percent of likely democratic caucusgoers support clinton while 30 percent support
Through strength for the american people. God bless our fighting american men and women. And god bless america. The South Carolina senator made the announcement to supporters earlier this morning during a conference call. This comes on the same day as the deadline for the republican to remove his name from his states primary ballot. The lowpolling graham says his campaign hit a wall and he will now focus his energy in helping another candidate. And governor branstad had kind words for graham this morning. Hes the type of person who can Work Across Party Lines to accomplish things. And i wish him the very best. I appreciate the time hes spent in iowa. I want the candidates to feel welcome here. Theres a lot of time from now until february 1. The governor went on to say hes caucuses and wants to encourage all other candidates to continue their visits in the state. He also discussed the issues of Cyber Security and medicaid during his weekly press conference. A West Des Moines woman is sa