captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions ifill: in the nine weeks since the schoolhouse shootings in newtown, connecticut, police around the country report hundreds more have been victims of gun violence. good evening. i m gwen ifill. woodruff: and i m judy woodruff. tonight begins a weeklong focus on guns here on pbs, after newtown. on the newshour this evening, we look at political and other developmentsince the december tragedy and zero in on the gun debate in colorado. in the divisive atmosphere of the gun debate, both sides, at the federal and state level, say they know the coming months won t be easy. but they will be critical. ifill: then, we take up the arguments for and against the proposed construction of the keystone pipeline, as environmental activists mounted a protest this weekend. woodurff: ray suarez updates the hugo chavez story, after the president s surprise return to venezuela following more than two months of cancer treatment in cub
this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. after aurora, after virginia tech, after columbine, the question of gun violence becomes a recurring national conversation. this evening, newshour joins pbs in a week of special coverage on the topic of gun violence: after newtown. the waves of reaction since december s connecticut school shooting continue to reverberate from coast to coast. now! ifill: as gun-control activists push for stricter laws. and gun owners chafe against the prospect of new regulation, crossing for. causing for now an increase in sale in firearms and attendance at gun shows. that dpebt is now spreading well beyond washington as cities and states take steps to distance themselves from gun manufacturers. in new york last week, the city school teachers pension fund sold off $13.5 million it held in stock with five gun makers. that followed action in
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions ifill: in the nine weeks since the schoolhouse shootings in newtown, connecticut, police around the country report hundreds more have been victims of gun violence. good evening. i m gwen ifill. woodruff: and i m judy woodruff. tonight begins a weeklong focus on guns here on pbs, after newtown. on the newshour this evening, we look at political and other developments since the december tragedy and zero in on the gun debate in colorado. in the divisive atmosphere of the gun debate, both sides, at the federal and state level, say they know the coming months won t be easy. but they will be critical. ifill: then, we take up the arguments for and against the proposed construction of the keystone pipeline, as environmental activists mounted a protest this weekend. woodurff: ray suarez updates the hugo chavez story, after the president s surprise return to venezuela following more than two months of cancer treatment in c
ifill: then, we take up the arguments for and against the proposed construction of the keystone pipeline, as environmental activists mounted a protest this weekend. woodurff: ray suarez updates the hugo chavez story, after the president s surprise return to venezuela following more than two months of cancer treatment in cuba. ifill: and jeffrey brown talks with filmmaker kirby dick about his oscar-nominated documentary the invisible war, detailing the high rate of sexual assault in the u.s. military. 86% of men and women who are sexually assaulted in the military don t report. they experience reprisals that are, in many ways, a second betrayal that s even worse than the actual rape itself. ifill: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performan
this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. after aurora, after virginia tech, after columbine, the question of gun violence becomes a recurring national conversation. this evening, newshour joins pbs in a week of special coverage on the topic of gun violence: after newtown. the waves of reaction since december s connecticut school shooting continue to reverberate from coast to coast. now! ifill: as gun-control activists push for stricter laws. and gun owners chafe against the prospect of new regulation, crossing for. causing for now an increase in sale in firearms and attendance at gun shows. that dpebt is now spreading well beyond washington as cities and states take steps to distance themselves from gun manufacturers. in new york last week, the city school teachers pension fund sold off $13.5 million it held in stock with five gun makers. that followed action in