WORLD (PT)

7:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   From Chicago, a look at gun violence as a public health issue. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently shared that many more children die of gunshot wounds every day in Chicago than are killed by mass murderers in a year. D

8:00 pm 

Nightly Business Report   From less money in your paycheck to paying more at the gas pump, consumers are feeling the pinch. NBR's Erika Miller takes a look at how company's that are dependent on spending are starting to feel the heat. Then there's coming government spending cuts. D

8:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

9:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

10:00 pm 

The Path to Violence   Ever since the wake-up call that was Columbine, schools and law enforcement have developed multiple strategies to prevent attacks. Indeed, the horror of Newtown must be seen in a context that's not defined by defeat. More than 120 school assaults have been thwarted in the past 10 years. D

11:00 pm 

Intelligence Squared U.S.  "Should Drugs Be Legalized?"  It was 1971 when President Richard Nixon declared a "war on drugs." $ 2.5 trillion dollars later, drug use is half of what it was 30 years ago and thousands of offenders are successfully diverted to treatment instead of jail. Still, 22 million Americans - nine percent of the population - still use illegal drugs; and with the highest incarceration rate in the world, we continue to fill our prisons with drug offenders, leaving shattered families and communities in the wake. D