Dr. Woods back to the library and to give a presentation on mormon transmigration in missouri between 1838 and 1868. Decades are an overlook period of lds in missouri history when latterday saints traversed hundreds of miles across across the state despite a government extermination threat issued by the governor. Woods has been a professor of Church History and doctrine at Brigham Young University Since 1998. He specializes in latterday saint immigration studies. And is the editor of saints by the sea saints by the sea website which documents lds maritime immigration in america in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hes editor and compiler of the mormon immigration index which was released in 2000 in his widely used by researchers. Woods has authored and coauthored more than a dozen books and scores of articles on lds history and as collaborated collaborated on several documentary films. The most recent being the saints of tonga a century of island faith, which is a companion work to hi
Stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by 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 government of afghanistan confirmed today it has opened direct talks with the taliban. Its their first, formal face toface encounter since a u. S. Coalition ousted the taliban from power in 2001. Afghan president ashraf ghani said the goal is to change this meeting into a process of continuing talks. Officials said the talks are taking place in pakistans capital city, islamabad. Ifill u. S. Strategy to defeat the Islamic State came in for heavy criticism today from senate republicans. John mccain, chairing the Armed Services committee, challenged the president s policies on isis at a hearing. There is no compelling reason to believe that anything we are doing currently
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by 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 government of afghanistan confirmed today it has opened direct talks with the taliban. Its their first, formal face toface encounter since a u. S. Coalition ousted the taliban from power in 2001. Afghan president ashraf ghani said the goal is to change this meeting into a process of continuing talks. Officials said the talks are taking place in pakistans capital city, islamabad. Ifill u. S. Strategy to defeat the Islamic State came in for heavy criticism today from senate republicans. John mccain, chairing the Armed Services committee, challenged the president s policies on isis at a hearing. There is no compelling reason to believe that anything we are doing currently will be sufficient to achieve the president s l
Forecast. Back to you. See you soon. Now at 6 00. Illegal gun owner shoots a suspected carjacker who police say tried to steal his car and the septa truck. The Good Samaritan struggled with the thief before opening fire. Rosemary connors is live with us. You got talked with the teen involved in the struggle . Reporter i did. Ive been keeping close tabs on police and the investigation. I just got an update. They tell me the Good Samaritan has been cleared from their investigation. As for the teen and his brother, they were coming along here on woodbyne avenue after taking their midterms. They had no idea the day would unfold with an accident and shooting. Heard a loud pop i started running with my brother. Thats how it ended. It began with the suspect tboned the silver sedan in overbrook. He crashed into the women in front of us and they backed into us because their air bags went off. Philadelphia police say the suspect then took off down the block and tried to steal two cars. The drive
A local wrestler gets a lastminute ticket to rio. He has a big surprise waiting for him back home. We heard the gun shot. We all started running. They were just kids playing outside when one of them got shot. A 6yearold girl is in the hospital. Family, friends and neighbors are telling nbc 10 what they witnessed and whats now happening in their philadelphia community. Thats right. Monique braxton joins us live with new details from the investigation. Monique . Reporter hi, keith and rosemary. A 6yearold was shot. Her parents asked that we not reveal her last name. Here outside the 39th district, one lieutenant told us simply, there is no excuse. I just heard the gunshot. I heard the pow, pow, pow. What did you do when you heard the gunfire . I went in the house. Were you afraid . Yes. Reporter terrified children and parents who live on this East Germantown street said just before 7 00 last night, everyone ran for their lives. We spoke to the playmate of nala. Her parents asked that we