Power from the states incoming. Overnor, democrat roy cooper this week, republicans introduced dozens of new bills to rewrite the states balance of power. We will speak to the reverend william barber, president of repairs of the breach and head of the North Carolina naacp. Then to donald trump and his generals. Mr. Trump i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Amy on the campaign trail, donald trump lambasted the performance of u. S. Military generals. Now he is surrounding himself with generals in many top post. We will speak with Andrew Bacevich to talk about the generals and trumps overall foreign policy. Aboutknows as as much National Security as i know about running a business. And what im about running a business is next to nothing. Amy then to pirates of the caribbean. We will look at how the revolving door with puerto ricos republican make is a fiscal catastrophe for the erto rican people. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow
Woodruff and its friday, mark shields and Ramesh Ponnuru analyze a full week of news. All that and more 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. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. 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 president obama strongly suggested today that russian president Vladimir Putin was at the heart of the computer hacks on the democratic party. And he defended his administrations restrained response in his yearend News Conference. As expected, the issue of alleged russian hacking of the u. S. Election dominated president obamas last News
Woodruff and its friday, mark shields and Ramesh Ponnuru analyze a full week of news. All that and more 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. Lincoln financial is committed to helping you take charge of your future. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. 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 president obama strongly suggested today that russian president Vladimir Putin was at the heart of the computer hacks on the democratic party. And he defended his administrations restrained response in his yearend News Conference. As expected, the issue of alleged russian hacking of the u. S. Election dominated president obamas last News
Could be easier than you think. In the heartland. Food prices are falling, farmers are not making money, and now one rancher says donald trump owes them. Those stories and more tonight on nightly Business Report for wednesday, december 21st. Good evening, everyone. And welcome. Thanks for joining us. Dow 20,000, uhuh. Remains elusive. The blue chip index started the session just about 25 points away from that landmark level. But today is not meant to be. Real estate stocks dragged the market lower as the post election rally took a bit of a timeout. The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 32 points to 19,941. Nasdaq off a dozen and the s p 500 dropped 5. But despite todays drop, the dow has come a long way, and you might be surprised at whats driven the market from dow 10,000 to almost 20,000. Bob pisani takes a look. Reporter the dow is on the verge of passing 20,000. The dow crossed 10,000 but moved above that in mid 2010. What got us to 10,000 to 20,000 . The number one reason the dow
Could be easier than you think. In the heartland. Food prices are falling, farmers are not making money, and now one rancher says donald trump owes them. Those stories and more tonight on nightly Business Report for wednesday, december 21st. Good evening, everyone. And welcome. Thanks for joining us. Dow 20,000, uhuh. Remains elusive. The blue chip index started the session just about 25 points away from that landmark level. But today is not meant to be. Real estate stocks dragged the market lower as the post election rally took a bit of a timeout. The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 32 points to 19,941. Nasdaq off a dozen and the s p 500 dropped 5. But despite todays drop, the dow has come a long way, and you might be surprised at whats driven the market from dow 10,000 to almost 20,000. Bob pisani takes a look. Reporter the dow is on the verge of passing 20,000. The dow crossed 10,000 but moved above that in mid 2010. What got us to 10,000 to 20,000 . The number one reason the dow