Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown john brennan, president obamas choice to head the c. I. A. Faced a volley of questions from senators today about counterterrorism policies, including waterboarding and drone strikes. Good evening, im jeffrey brown. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we excerpt todays testimony, which was interrupted from the start by protesters from the antiwar group, code pink. Brown then, we get the latest on the massive manhunt for a former Los Angeles Police office wanted for murder. Suarez we turn to iran as the u. S. Tightens sanctions but tehran shows no signs of halting its Nuclear Program or engaging in talks. Brown from our american graduate series, we have the story of a chicago nonprofit that aims to change the lives of wouldbe dropouts. Whats interesting about one goal is that it pinpoints and targets lowincome, underperforming students in non selective Chicago Public schools, students who are least likely to graduate
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. Brown the man picked to lead the Central Intelligence agency was called today to defend his positions in the war on terror. John brennans Senate Confirmation hearing revolved around several hotly debated policies. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman has our report. Reporter even before the hearing got truly under way, protesters from code pink disrupted John Brennans Opening Statement signaling that passions were running high on the targeted killings of terror suspects. They wont even Tell Congress what countries we are killing children in. Reporter the interruptions continued, and the chair of the Senate Intelligence committee, california democrat dianne feinstein, ordered the room temporarily cleared. Were going to halt the hearing. Reporter once the hearing resumed, brennan defended u. S. Actions in the
In talks. Brown from our american graduate series, we have the story of a chicago nonprofit that aims to change the lives of wouldbe dropouts. Whats interesting about one goal is that it pinpoints and targets lowincome, underperforming students in non selective Chicago Public schools, students who are least likely to graduate from high school, let alone college. Suarez we look at newly released documents showing leaders in the Catholic Church in los angeles shielded pedophile priests and failed to report allegations of child abuse. Brown and gwen ifill talks with biographer jeanne theo haris, who offers a complex portrait of the woman best known for refusing to give up her seat on an alabama bus in 1955. She is celebrated for one act and i think part of that celebration puts it all in the past, right, when the actual rosa parks keeps working on racial and social justice issues all the way up to the end of her life. Brown thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs n
[ no audio ] state and highway crews say it will be like this for several more hours as they try to clean up after a three vehicle crash involving a truck. Delia goncalves was on the scene since early this morning and she has the latest right now. Reporter firefighters at the West Lanham Hills fire station just getting word of the overnight crash that injured four of their fellow firefighters. Thankfully three have been released from the hospital, but one man is still in tough shape. In the darkness of the overnight hours, it was hard to see the wreckage behind the flashing lights but it was bad. Three vehicles, all overturned on the beltway by route 50. A fire engine on its side. Its unusual to have an accident of this severity where the fire truck is actually moving and struck by another vehicle. The county Police Accident Investigation Team has taken the lead. Were figuring out what happened. Reporter the chief says the fire engine was traveling on the inner loop of the beltway retu
Shield program, one that can be individually tailored to make our schools as safe as possible. Its time to throw an immediate blan ket of security around our children. About a third of our schools right now have Armed Security already because it works. And that number is growing every day. Right now state officials local authorities and School Districts in 50 states are considering their own plans to protect children in schools. In addition, we need to enforce the thousands of gun laws already on the books. Prosecuting criminals who misuse firearms works. Unfortunately, we see a dramatic collapse in federal gun prosecutions in recent years. In 2011, federal firearms prosecutions per capita were down 35 from their peak in the previous administration. That means violent felons violent gang members and drug dealers with guns and the mentally ill possess firearms are not being prosecuted. And that is completely and totally unacceptable. More than 76,000 firearms purchased denied by the fed