Everything, and nothing. Ifill 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. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org 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. Ifill for democrats, a season of uncertainty is at an end Vice President joe biden will not join the president ial race after all. Hed pondered the possibility at least since summer, and announced his decision today in the white house rose garden. Joined by his wife, jill, and president obama, he said he and his family took the time to consider all political options after his son, beau, died of cancer in may. Unfortunately i believe w
Sound. Yes. If you Pay Attention to these things, you go into it and its very calming. Woodruff plus, david brooks and e. J. Dionne are here with thoughts about the oregon shooting and analysis of the rest of a very 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. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds 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 multiple guns, multiple shots, and multiple questions. Investigators in oregon filled in more details today about the mass shooting that left nine people and the shooter dead, and wou
The game. Owner niall gunn watched it all happen in front of him. He hit the gas. Crazy. It sounded like a huge thunder, like a huge clap of thunder. Reporter the driver, a man in his 50s, mistaken the gas for the brake and plowed in front of the bar. Amazingly no one was sitting at the window at the time. His car seemed pretty good when it got pulled out, very little damage to it. By the luck of the irish, i dont know. Tough day at the office here. In fact a pretty lucky day after all because no one inside this restaurant suffered even a scratch and the driver of the car had only minor injuries. You can follow the tire tracks back here to the street. Its not entirely clear what the driver was trying to do when he lost control. Police here in Rockville Centre trying to get to the bottom of that. The driver released here at the scene. Live in Rockville Centre, josh einiger, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Other breaking news story, former basketball player lamar odom tonight reportedly fight
Why do you have lamars number . To keep up on him. I want to make sure hes okay. Cant i do that . Reporter and tonight so many people are hoping to hear hes okay. Of course well have more details on Good Morning America tomorrow. Thanks for watching abc news. As always were online 24 7 on our Nightline Facebook page and on abc. Com. A scramble for safety when a car slams in to a restaurant packed with mets fans. Tonight witnesses tell us why it could have been so much worse. Good evening at 11 00. Im liz cho. Sade is off tonight. Im bill ritter. Three stories break ing right now. First that car slamming in to a restaurant in Rockville Centre on long island. Josh einiger with breaking details. Let me show you right now. A car came barreling in to monahans restaurant at the height of the dinnertime rush. People who might otherwise be hanging out by the window instead crowded around tvs inside the restaurant watching the mets and none of them were hurt. Reporter it happened in the blink o
New heights in another national poll. A New Washington post abc news poll puts trump at 38 support. 23 points ahead of his closest rival, senator ted cruz. This is the second poll this week showing trump with a massive lead over his rivals. Our top story, the obamas administrations out right deceptions about the war against the Islamic State. A day after president obama said the Islamic State has lost thousands of square miles of territory in iraq and syria, a new pentagon report released today warns the terrorist group is quote, operationally emergent in afghanistan. The commander, said supporters in the country are rising and trying to establish a base in the eastern city of julaw lubad. Right now, the Islamic State loyalists dont have to ability to attack the United States or europe but they have expressed a desire to do so. Joining us tonight, fox news analyst general jack keane. He talks about a shrinking Islamic State at the pentagon. What are we to make . Believe the report. The