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And what a concert, superstars for sandy relief, some of the greatest music performers on stage for last nights allstar benefit concert. Did you stay up . I knew it happening. There is sir Paul Mccarthy playing with nirvana. Good morning. Im john berman. Im Zoraida Sambolin. Up first, new information about the 22yearold Sandwich Shop worker who killed two people and critically wounded a teenager at a suburban portland mall. Friends say Jacob Roberts was a happy young man until about a week ago when he quit his job and told his exgirlfriend he was moving to hawaii. We are also learning more about the three people that robert shot. A dedicated hospice nurse, a former radio executive, remembered as a mentor and a jewelrymaker, and a 15yearold girl who took a bullet to t ....
Emails and 95 billion phone calls every month its one thing to say this is an outof control agency, its another thing to see the quantity of what theyre collecting. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. 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 gusty winds in Southern California died down today, and that gave firefighters a window of opportunity to bring nine wildfires under better control. The fires started tuesday and burned thr ....
Emails and 95 billion phone calls every month its one thing to say this is an outof control agency, its another thing to see the quantity of what theyre collecting. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs newshour. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. 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 gusty winds in Southern California died down today, and that gave firefighters a window of opportunity to bring nine wildfires under better control. The fires started tuesday and burned thr ....
Susan elliott morris, poster and data journalist, your new book is entitled, strength in numbers how polls work and why we need them. This title reflects your philosophy about polls. Why do you think polls really play an important part in our society . Elliott that is the question of the book. When i set out to write it, i started from a statistical perspective. I am a reporter, not a pollster. When you consider a lot of polling information, you started to notice that they get things wrong frequently. The average in polls is what we like to focus on when forecasting elections but more importantly is what pollsters ask of people, what they want from the government and what leaders to Pay Attention to, the problems they want them to solve. So we have a plethora of clinical polling information before elections and they sometimes get things wrong but the issue of polls is accurate. I wanted to ask what we can make of the issue polling ....
Susan elliott morris, poster and data journalist, your new book is entitled, strength in numbers how polls work and why we need them. This title reflects your philosophy about polls. Why do you think polls really play an important part in our society . Elliott that is the question of the book. When i set out to write it, i started from a statistical perspective. I am a reporter, not a pollster. When you consider a lot of polling information, you started to notice that they get things wrong frequently. The average in polls is what we like to focus on when forecasting elections but more importantly is what pollsters ask of people, what they want from the government and what leaders to Pay Attention to, the problems they want them to solve. So we have a plethora of clinical polling information before elections and they sometimes get things wrong but the issue of polls is accurate. I wanted to ask what we can make of the issue polling ....