Good afternoon. Im sonya heitshusen. And im dan winters. Thanks for joining us. The rain is gone, but the clouds are Still Holding on. Rain totals were mainly less than a quarter inch around central iowa this morning. Des moines received only 0. 06. It will be mainly cloudy and cool tonight with lows in the upper 40s. Some dry weather on thursday with partly sunny skies after nearly three full days of deliberation. The jury in the pete polson attempted murder trial returned a verdict this afternoon. There answer on all charges. Guilty. Stephanie moore has been covering the trial for us. She joins us now live with more. Pete polson was found guilty of all nine charges but at different degrees than what the state prosecutor 5451we the jury in the above and titled case find the defendant Pete Jason Polson guilty of the crime of attempt to commit murder to mark mitchell. Polson was also found guilty of two counts of assault to inflict serious injury for shooting at Zach Whitehill and matt
System has failed them. Woodruff . Major overhauls for law enforcement, Albuquerque Police rethink excessive and lethal use of force during confrontations. You can go into these and its not so much about talking to someone. It could be about, okay, what is this person capable of doing and how can i talk them down or how can i help them with what they are going through. Ifill those are 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. I. B. E. W. The power professionals in your neighborhood. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs st
We have good people, and the system has failed them. Woodruff . Major overhauls for law enforcement, albuquerquefgyca police rethink excessive and lethal use of force during confrontations. You can go into these and its not so much about talking to someone. It could be about, okay, what is this person capable of doing and how can i talk them down or howr can i help them with what they are going through. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by . X9 moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. I. B. E. W. The power professionals in your neighborhood. ÷gnb lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public bro
Prolific transparency activists, ryan shapiro, reveals he is suing the nsa, fbi, and Defense Intelligence agency in an attempt to force the agencies to open the records detailing how the u. S. Secretly helped apartheid south africa capture leadingandela in 1962, to his 27 years in prison. We will also speak with ryan shapiro about why the fbi considers his Academic Research on the Animal Rights movement a threat to National Security. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Obama Administration is preparing to ask congress to reform the National Security agencys own collection of phone records one of the most controversial nsa practices exposed by Edward Snowden. The New York Times, setting an end officials, says the proposal would leave the bulk data in the hands of phone companies. To obtain specific records, the nsa would seek permission from a judge in the form of a new kind of court order. While the ns
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Glor good evening, everyone. Scotts off tonight. Im jeff glor. This is our western edition. In the business world, Richard Parsons is known as a mr. Fix it. He just got his toughest job yet. Today, the nba chose parsons as the interim c. E. O. Of the l. A. Clippers. Parsons is 66. He played basketball at the university of hawaii. Hes been chairman of time warner and later citigroup. Carter evans has more. Reporter the choice of Richard Parsons as interim c. E. O. Of the clippers is the leagues first major move to seize control of the team since owner Donald Sterling was banned for life. In a statement, parsons said hes been, deeply troubled by the pain the clippers team, fans, and partners have endured. And he said hes honored to help them open a new, inspiring era for their team. Nba commissioner adam silver announced the league would try to force sterling to sell the team after a racially charged recording of a conversation with a forme