it was awesome. woodruff: plus, silicon valley turns its gaze to the stars. tech startups are working on commercial space flights, mining the moon, and more. we re trying to build the iphone of satellites. the beauty of this approach is that for less than the cost of a single imaging satellite in today s world we can launch a entire constellation of satellites. woodruff: those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. 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. ifill: they searched for victims and tallied the damage today, after a barrage of tornadoes hit the midwest on sunday. at least eight people were killed, and scores more were hurt. the most powerful storm cut a path roughly an eighth of a mile w
woodruff: plus, silicon valley turns its gaze to the stars. tech startups are working on commercial space flights, mining the moon, and more. we re trying to build the iphone of satellites. the beauty of this approach is that for less than the cost of a single imaging satellite in today s world we can launch a entire constellation of satellites. woodruff: those are just some of the stories we re covering on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. 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. ifill: they searched for victims and tallied the damage today, after a barrage of tornadoes hit the midwest on sunday. at least eight people were killed, and scores more were hurt. the most powerful storm cut a path roughly an eighth of a mile wide, clear acros
brown: we examine the world of e-books after the justice department charged publishers and apple with price-fixing. woodruff: ray suarez talks to political editor christina bellantoni about six must- watch senate races this election year. brown: and we close with a profile of award-winning poet naomi shihab nye, whose family stories shape her work. the minute i could write when i was six years old i wanted to start writing little poems of my own. it seemed that telling a story helped us figure out who we were anyway, where we were in the world. brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: citi turns 200 this year. in that time, there have been some good days and some difficult ones. but through it all, we persevered. supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we ve been helping ideas from ambition to achievement. and the nex
thompson of propublica, together with npr, reopen t chi cas. just because there were bruises doesn t mean that the child was ever hit. and raise serious questions about the state of pediatric forensics and the justice system. there are people out there that have been wrongly convicted. and in our second story tonight. you re going to get a free education. have some for-profit colleges exploited the generous gi bill? there s so much money at stake that they have hired substantial numbers of recruiters to go after these vets. these people are putting their lives on the line. they shouldn t be treated like this. these two stors onhis special edition frontline. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. and by reva &
brown: we examine the world of e-books after the justice department charged publishers and apple with price-fixing. woodruff: ray suarez talks to political editor christina bellantoni about six must- watch senate races this election year. brown: and we close with a profile of award-winning poet naomi shihab nye, whose family stories shape her work. the minute i could write when i was six years old i wanted to start writing little poems of my own. it seemed that telling a story helped us figure out who we were anyway, where we were in the world. brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: citi turns 200 this year. in that time, there have been some good days and some difficult ones. but through it all, we persevered. supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we ve been helping ideas from ambition to achievement. and the