Amy winehouse. A documentary sheds light on the stars talent, fame and the addiction that cut her life short. My aim overall for the film was to humanize her and show you how brilliant she was and for you to fall in love her. When you fall in love with her you feel very different about that Archive Footage of the paparazzi and her being hounded. Woodruff 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. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. 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 station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the head of the federal governments Personnel Office resigned today in the wake of a massive data breach at the agency. Ka
Stars talent, fame and the addiction that cut her life short. My aim overall for the film was to humanize her and show you how brilliant she was and for you to fall in love her. When you fall in love with her you feel very different about that Archive Footage of the paparazzi and her being hounded. Woodruff 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. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. 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 station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the head of the federal governments Personnel Office resigned today in the wake of a massive data breach at the agency. Katherine archuleta stepped down after disclosures
This hour. Well talk about his decision and new job. And syrias civil war is in a very dangerous perhaps decisive Tipping Point right now. Can the world prevent Bashar Al Assad from using chemical weapons against his own people . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with president obama taking his battle to extend tax cuts for the middle class into the heart of the middle class suburb today. He visited a family just outside washington, d. C. , using their story to dramatize what will happen in just 26 days if he and congress cant make a deal on the socalled fiscal cliff. A source of great concern for so many people, everyones taxes will go up, will go up if theres no deal. Lets go live to our White House Correspondent dan lothian. Hes on the scene for us over at the white house. How did it go, dan . Reporter well, wolf, weve seen the president do this before in the past whenever hes locked in negotiations with lawmakers. He heads out on the road, either goes to a back
Republicans. Our goal is just report, finding the facts, finding the truth. We did that last week. Again, the more we look into it, the more we find people in powerful and influential places saying things that just dont square with the facts. Its about a u. N. Treaty that failed to be ratified by the senate. A treaty that was meant to encourage other countries to be more like the u. S. On equal rights of the disabled. If other countries adopted better treatment of their disabled citizens, the idea is that disabled americans who visit or live in other countries would also benefit. 125 countries ratified the treaty. It was supported by george bush, signed by the current president , and has support from both sides of the aisle like john mccain and bob dole himself a world war ii veteran. He was wheeled onto the senate floor, you can see, for the vote he hoped to see the treaty ratified. Instead after pressure from special interest groups, 38 republicans some vowing to support the treaty v
Powerful and influential places saying things that just dont square with the facts. Its about a u. N. Treaty that failed to be ratified by the senate. A treaty that was meant to encourage other countries to be more like the u. S. On equal rights of the disabled. If other countries adopted better treatment of their disabled citizens, the idea is that disabled americans who visit or live in other countries would also benefit. 125 countries ratified the treaty. It was supported by george bush, signed by the current president , and has support from both sides of the aisle like john mccain and bob dole himself a world war ii veteran. He was wheeled onto the senate floor, you can see, for the vote he hoped to see the treaty ratified. Instead after pressure from special interest groups, 38 republicans some vowing to support the treaty voted no. One was the Home School Legal Defense association. The hslda, the powerful lobby group around the country whose leader youre about to meet. They had s