Records to take home a win at augusta. Those are some of the stories were covering 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 committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. 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. Ifill the white house stepped up efforts today to win over congress on the iran nuclear deal, as lawmakers returned from their holiday recess. Secretary of state john kerry briefed house members this afternoon, and plans to brief senators tomorrow. Hes trying to head off a bill that could bar president obama from lifting some of the u. S. Sanctions on ira
Augusta. Those are some of the stories were covering 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 committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. 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. Ifill the white house stepped up efforts today to win over congress on the iran nuclear deal, as lawmakers returned from their holiday recess. Secretary of state john kerry briefed house members this afternoon, and plans to brief senators tomorrow. Hes trying to head off a bill that could bar president obama from lifting some of the u. S. Sanctions on iran. We Hope Congress will liste
Arizona. Uranium mining is resuming of the grand canyon, and you have heard of tar sands in alberta, canada. Utah is pushing to expand tar sands mining right here in the United States. Today we look at the winners and losers behind the latest push to extract Natural Resources from the west. Then we remember british parliamentarian and antiwar activist tony benn. He died at the age of 88. You have got to judge a country by whether its needs are met, not just by whether some people make a profit. I never met mr. Dow jones and im sure he works very, very hard with his averages which you get every hour, but i dont think the happiness of civilization is decided by wall street. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The standoff between russia and the west over ukraine is intensifying head of a referendum on secession in ukraines crimea region. Crimea residents are set to vote sunday on whether to secede from ukrai
Remain stranded on cruise ships around the world. Is anybody out there . Signals from deep space are a mystery this morning for one specific reason. Do we want to know the answer . Thats a good tease. I dont know that we do. Oh, i want to know the answer. You do . Absolutely. There are aliens out there, everybody. All right. Kendis with the truth on this sunday morning, im lindsey riser alongside cori coffin. We will start with the breaking news, its been ongoing for more than a month but it continues, the outbreak, the coronavirus outbreak, reaching a tragic new milestone. The virus has now claimed more lives than the 2003 sars epidemic in china. As of this morning 813 people have died from coronavirus, compared to the 774 who were killed after contracting sars nearly 20 years ago. Right now there are more than an estimated 37,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus around the globe. That number is still on the rise. Joining us from beijing this morning is nbcs janis mackey fraye fraye
Music. Reporter they come to school for you. This is the cbs evening news evening. Im reena ninan. President trump made big news this week, saying hes looking forward to being interviewed by robert mueller. The special counsel leading the russia investigation. The president cautioned that would be subject to his lawyers advice. Then thursday night came a bombshell report in the New York Times that mr. Trump last unihad pushed to have mueller fired. Mr. Trump is now pushing back against that report, as washington waits to see if the president and the special prosecutor will come face to face. Heres Errol Barnett. Reporter upon returning last night from the World Economic forum in davos, President Trump huddled with his Communications Team before addressing the media. I think it was a very, very successful trip. Reporter mr. Trump avoided the topic of the special counsel, and the white house has not denied reports that last june the president wanted to fire robert mueller. Cbs news has c