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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 world s most pressing problems skollfoundation.org. the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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: on this day when a pope and two presidents were already making headlines a surprise resignation came along to stun washington. we begin with the announcement that the speaker of the united states house of representatives is stepping down. newshour political director lisa desjardins reports. reporter: with his decision, house speaker john boehner, the happy warrior, projected a kind of personal relief and institutional sacr
ñi pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from kqed in san francisco, hari sreenivasan. sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. while definitive answers remain elusive, new information emerged today about the young co-pilot who authorities believe deliberately flew a germanwings airbus into the side of a mountain in the alps. all 150 people on board were killed. for the latest, we are joined by jack ewing of the new york times. he joins us tonight via skype from montabaur germany where the copilot was from. so what do we know today? good afternoon. the latest as my colleague in paris has determined, he had sought treatment for vision problems some
from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. and pagan gets hit so that is how this game gets started. good morning, everyone. i m frank mallicoat. i m michelle griego. time now is 6:00. and we re going back to our breaking news in san jose. kiet do is on the scene of a fire that apparently started with an explosion this morning. kiet. reporter: good morning. some terrifying moments for some rest didn t out here on the alameda just off of 880. this yellow building that you re looking at is a law office and this is where this whole thing happened about an hour ago. they heard what sounded like an explosion or gunfire. we have cell phone video of a gas meter explosion rupture. the neighbors ran out to the balcony shot some cell phone footage of this. they said it was shooting 10 to 15 feet in the air, called 911. when the firefighters got here they said it looked like a ball of fire. they were able to turn the gas off
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