and the contributions you make to oui’ and the contributions you make to our economy, it is why we were so opposed to the uk trade union act. that legislation represents a direct threat to unions, to the fundamental rights of workers and the collaborative approach that we seek to ta ke collaborative approach that we seek to take here in scotland. let me reiterate again today, the snp supports the immediate repeal of the trade union act. but in the meantime, through our trade union fair work meantime, through our trade union fairwork and meantime, through our trade union fair work and modernisation fund, we have sought to limit the negative impact of the act and today i am announcing that over the next year we will provide an additional £250,000 to that fund. it will ensure that trade union wraps are not needlessly diverted by the burdens of legislation from the most important role, supporting members and promoting the work practices. whether scottish government has the pow
and, facebook s sheryl sandberg opens up about recovering from the tragic death of her husband and building strength through grief. and i learned that resilience, it s not something we ve one set amount of. it s a muscle, and we build it. and if this helps anyone even just a little bit then i think i will have found some meaning in this. woodruff: all that and more 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. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. supported by the rockefeller foundation. promoting the well-being of humanity around the world by building resilience and inclusive economies. more at rockefellerfoundation.org and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and individuals. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs sta
jersey and delaware for most of the morning and you see the lehigh valley and burkes county and this is also light rainfall and a heavy rainfall is staying to the south. this first line of showers moving through as expected and then a break. you might see a sprinkle or two for much of the day and later this afternoon as we head into the evening commute. all of this will be moving into our area and it will be a dreary day today with occasional rain. rain showers, 53 degrees right now in philadelphia, and up to 54 in the suburbs and we re waiting for rain in many of the neighborhoods and notice the clouds that have taken over in the lehigh valley as we see some sunshine to start with. near 60 degrees at 5:00 this afternoon and showers eventually moving into the entire area. mainly just light rainfall for today, there s a potential for heavier downpours with the system and it s going to be around for days and a look at when you can expect those when i come back with the hour by
some of the voyage colliding with this tragedy that passengers don t know their sailing into? it is like the collision of those ideas? note . i was drawn to the lusitania because i have this maritime thing, everyone does, the titanic, the flying dutchman, i think what happens is there is something about the idea of being any amount of what happened to you, that is what taps into my brain. the isolation of it? the isolation and romance, and suddenly that is my scandinavian roots. and from minnesota and south dakota. you won them over. being scandinavian, and we are a seafaring people. before su falls, we were pillaging from the sea. you were that night. we were that died. you know something about the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald. i think this kind of defies your theory because there was nothing all that glamorous. it is and worship on lake superior and yet it is something the the anniversary of the sinking that we observed, and talk about every year. i
catherine herridge tells us what all this means on the investigation going forward. we start off again tonight though with chief white house correspondent john roberts on the north lawn. the social media beat a bit this morning. john. just a little bit, good evening, bret, how are you? i can t remember a time when the president of the united states said what president trump said to james comey today. in the middle of a ferocious tweet storm from the president this morning, a remarkable shot across the bough to his fired fbi director. the president warning, quote: james comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. the president was referring to three occasions on which he claims comey told him he was not being investigated in connection with russia. he said it once at dinner and then he said it twice during phone calls recall. the tweet raised questions as to whether president trump was recording his conversation