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ifill: plus, a promising but still unproven approach to combating alzheimer s targeting those at high risk before they show symptoms. when my father was still alive and i looked at him, all i saw was my destiny. and i was frightened for me, but i was more frightened for my family. 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: charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. 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. ifill: bitter arctic cold gripped the midwest, pushed eastward and dove into the deep south today. millions of peop ....
still unproven approach to combating alzheimer s targeting those at high risk before they show symptoms. when my father was still alive and i looked at him, all i saw was my destiny. and i was frightened for me, but i was more frightened for my family. 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: charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. 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. ifill: bitter arctic cold gripped the midwest, pushed eastward and dove into the deep south today. millions of people across dozens of states face ....
military role in afghanistan was front and center today as president obama met with afghan leader hamid karzai. they reported progress in their talks, and said the pace of the security transition will be expedited. at their first face-to-face meeting since may, the leaders announced they re accelerating the handoff from u.s. and coalition forces to afghan troops. let me say it as plainly as i can starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission: training, advising, assisting afghan forces. it will be an historic moment and another step toward full afghan sovereignty. in spring this year, the afghan forces will be fully responsible for providing security to the afghan people. and that the international forces, the american forces, will be no longer present in afghan villages. woodruff: afghanistan president hamid karzai has sharply complained that fighting in afghan villages is causing too many civilian casualties. and there ve been other strains fro ....
front and center today as president obama met with afghan leader hamid karzai. they reported progress in their talks, and said the pace of the security transition will be expedited. at their first face-to-face meeting since may, the leaders announced they re accelerating the handoff from u.s. and coalition forces to afghan troops. let me say it as plainly as i can starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission: training, advising, assisting afghan forces. it will be an historic moment and another step toward full afghan sovereignty. in spring this year, the afghan forces will be fully responsible for providing security to the afghan people. and that the international forces, the american forces, will be no longer present in afghan villages. woodruff: afghanistan president hamid karzai has sharply complained that fighting in afghan villages is causing too many civilian casualties. and there ve been other strains from koran burnings by american sold ....
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions woodruff: president obama and afghan president karzai nounced today that u.s. troops in afghanistan would shift away from a combat role this spring. good evening. i m judy woodruff. brown: and i m jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at the changing u.s.-afghanistan relationship after 11 years of war against al qaeda and the taliban with an endgame in sight. woodruff: then, margaret warner looks into the faa s decision to review boeing s troubled 787 dreamliner. brown: ray suarez talks with washington post reporter cecilia kang, who walks us through the high-tech offerings at this year s consumer electronics show. samsung came up with a very interesting 5.5 inch flexible screen that kind of makes you imagine all kinds of possibilities woodruff: plus mark shields and david brooks analyze the week s news. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provide ....