and our very, very brave families are often our best teachers. ifill: then, we continue our breakthrough series with a look at one doctor s mission to change the way physicians treat patients, by using big data to determine what s most effective. what we re trying to do is use the data to really drive decisions in real time so that patients value systems can really be the biggest driver. he s got the power and as far as i m concerned that s the way it ought to be. ifill: and, one film boyhood, took 12 years to make, while another, selma took 50 years to tell. jeffrey brown looks back on the year at the movies. those are some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. life, income, retirement group benefits and advice. lincoln financial. you re i
is nbc nightly news with brian williams. good evening. i m kate snow in for brian on this new year s eve. it s been exactly four days since the tower lost contact with airasia flight 8501 and despite intense efforts with poor weather in the area search teams don t appear to be any closer to finding the bulk of the wreckage in that plane. indonesian rescuers have recovered several bodies and debris floating in shallow water. but for many an awful wait continues. we begin with nbc s katy tur in surabaya. reporter: as many in indonesia celebrated the start of the new year this small group prayed for their lost loved ones. after four days searchers have pulled seven bodies from the waters. among them four men and three women including a flight attendant still in her uniform. like everyone else we are shocked. we never thought that reporter: despite it all families of the missing refuse to give up hope. we believe that our life and death are in god s hands, she says. w
i feel bad for the girl. i feel bad for her family to have to go through this and it s tragic. reporter: police say that john sherwood has no fixed address. this morning a magistrate ordered him held, no bond on charges of murdering his wife and assaulting her friend. back to you. a tough way to start the new year for a d.c. watering hole called district 2 bar and grill. the place caught fire today. the bar sits along the 3200 block of wisconsin avenue in northwest and that part of wisconsin has been shut down for much of the afternoon. the one good thing we can report, nobody got hurt in this fire. they were worried about the sun glare delaying the winter classic, but it never became an issue. everything went off without a hitch today at nationals park. there was plenty of fun off the ice and an exciting game on the ice. sports anchor kristen berset is here with more. shocking stuff. shocking stuff, big win for the capitals, a really cool event, over all. the tea
good evening on this new year s eve and thank you for beginning your countdown with us. david is off, i m elizabeth vargas. and as we come on the air, millions of americans are ushering in the new year while ushering in the arctic cold. the frigid temperatures can t keep these revel earls away. this is new york city s times square, right now, where the party has already begun. more than 1 million people will be huddled together, packing the crossroads of the world despite wind chills in the teens when the ball drops at midnight. out west, a new year s eve surprise for drivers in southern california. snow. trapping some of them on the side of the road. and get this picture. snow-covered palm trees lining the streets of temecula, just north of san diego. so much of the country dealing with the brutal cold. at midnight, 70% of the country will be at or below freezing. we have team coverage of new year s weather and security tonight. and we begin with abc s chief meteorologist gi
williams. good evening. i m kate snow in for brian on this new year s eve. it s been exactly four days since the tower lost contact with airasia flight 8501, and despite intense efforts with poor weather in the area, search teams don t appear to be any closer to finding the bulk of the wreckage of that plane. indonesian rescuers have recovered several bodies and debris floating in shallow water. but for many families on board that doomed flight an awful wait continues. we begin with nbc s katy tur in surabaya. reporter: as many in indonesia celebrated the start of the new year, this small group prayed for their lost loved ones. after four days, searchers have pulled seven bodies from the waters. among them four men and three women including a flight attendant still in her uniform. like everyone else, we are shocked. we never thought the first findings would be our loved ones. reporter: despite it all families of the missing refuse to give up hope. we believe that our