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major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. united healthcare. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. 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: accusations again flew up and down pennsylvania avenue on the eighth day of the partial government shutdown. president obama did raise the prospect of a short-term solution to address that and the coming debt limit, but republicans weren t buying. newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman has our report. i will sit down and work with any one of any party. holman: president obama came to the white house briefing room this afternoon ....
newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. united healthcare. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. 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: accusations again flew up and down pennsylvania avenue on the eighth day of the partial government shutdown. president obama did raise the prospect of a short-term solution to address that and the coming debt limit, but republicans weren t buying. newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman has our report. i will sit down and work with any one of any party. holman: president obama came to the white house briefing room this afternoon to rebut republican criticis ....
there was word today that power surges have repeatedly damaged a massive new data storage facility for the national security agency. the wall street journal reported ten meltdowns over 13 months destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars of hardware at the utah site. the power problems have delayed the facility s opening. the u.s. commando raid that seized a top al-qaeda suspect in libya is still making waves. libyan jihadists vowed today to kidnap americans in retaliation for the capture of abu anas al- liby. and the u.s. military said it s moving some 200 marines to a base in italy, just in case. in washington, president obama said the libya raid and another in somalia does not mean he s expanding the war on terror. there s a difference between us going after terrorists who are plotting directly to do damage to the united states and us being involved in wars. but where you ve got active plot and active networks, we re going to go after them. woodruff: the pres ....
and i believe that even death is supporting the cause of education. even dead did not want to kill me so how can the taliban? woodruff: those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: my customers can shop around; see who does good work and compare costs. it can also work that way with healthcare. with united healthcare, i get information on quality ratings of doctors, treatment options and estimates for how much i ll pay. that helps me and my guys make informed decisions. i don t like guesses with my business and definitely not with our health. that s health in numbers. united healthcare. support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called real and permanent good. celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshou ....
supporting the cause of education. even dead did not want to kill me so how can the taliban? woodruff: those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: my customers can shop around; see who does good work and compare costs. it can also work that way with healthcare. with united healthcare, i get information on quality ratings of doctors, treatment options and estimates for how much i ll pay. that helps me and my guys make informed decisions. i don t like guesses with my business and definitely not with our health. that s health in numbers. united healthcare. support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called real and permanent good. celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possib ....