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robert strauss died wednesday at his home in washington. he was 95 years old. the kansas preacher who led his westboro baptist church on a fiery crusade against gays, has died. reverend fred phelps organized anti-gay protests nationwide, even picketing funerals of aids victims and soldiers. that led to a major free-speech ruling in 2011, when the supreme court barred grieving families from suing westboro baptist for damages. fred phelps was 84 years old. still to come on the newshour, debating the u.s. response to the crisis in ukraine, a new lead in the search for the missing malaysian jet, tech start-ups tackle the challenges of aging, sentencing day for a general in a high profile sexual assault case, plus, a look ahead at the race to control the u.s. senate. >> woodruff: president obama upped the ante against russia over crimea today and triggered a return salvo from moscow. >> the world is watching with grave concern as russia has positioned its military in a way that could lead to further incursions. >> woodruff: the words of warning came on the white hou

. >>> robert strauss has died and with his death has come the end of an era, he was a power broker who did deals and kept secrets and walked freely back and forth between political parties, between government and business, while playing by a set of rules that are now long gone. he was a texan, a lawyer, a democrat, a talker and a quote machine for reporters. he was chairman of the democratic party closely aligned with jimmy carter who he helped elect, but when carter lost he quickly became a confidant of ronald reagan, he volunteered, for lbj as a young man and later served in the fbi. while he never achieved his mother's goal for him of becoming the first jewish governor of texas, he did serve as an ambassador and middle east negotiator, he was 95 years old. >>> and shocking number out today from a group of economists from princeton, about the long-term unemployed and doesn't offer much hope in this economy. in fact it paints a very bleak picture, they estimate people out of work for six months or more only 11% on average will ever again find steady full-time work. it says the unemplo

. >> robert strauss died last week. he was 95 years old.sident obama called him one of the greatest leaders the democratic party ever had. he once said my strength was people. he advised presidents and politicians from both parties from lyndon johnson to ronald reagan, jimmy carter, and both george bush 41 and 43. in 1991, present george h.w. bush appointed him as the first u.s. ambassador to russia after the breakup of the soviet union. looking back at his life, he claimed to have no regrets about the life he lived, and said i don't have any regrets about anything in my life. i like the whole damn deal. here is a look back at a conversation with bob strauss. >> lyndon johnson use to say that he intimidated you. >> that is an understatement. when he called on the phone i would perspire. president johnson is on the phone. i'd say to her, i'm not going to let that guy intimidate me again. i get on the phone, and sure enough johnson would take over. he knew had my number. >> did anybody else have your number? >> no. he did. >> what was it abou

. >>> we also shared reflections and recommend nis enss about the life of robert strauss, i first met1976 campaign and became a friend and monitor through generations of journalists, he died this week at the age of 95. president carter told me the one time democratic party chair and middle east negotiator was the most extraordinary public servient he had ever known. without him there would have been no camp david treaty because congress wouldn't have agreed to it. the texan and lifelong democrat made easy friends and allies across the political divide, from engineering jimmy carter's road to the white house to the iran-contra scandal. in a statement yesterday former first lady nancy reagan called strauss, one of her closest friends and people asked me how i could be acquainted with him since he was such a staunch democrat. always quick and firm, it didn't matter to him which political party i belonged to and didn't matter to me which political convention he attended. he served this country with great distinction. he was witty and quietly a devoted caregiver for many years to his wife

. >> rose: former chairman of the democratic national committee robert strauss died last week. he was 95. president obama called him quote one of the greatest leaders the democratic party ever had. his mastery for cultivating relationship and navigating compromise can best be explained by strauss himself. he once said my strength was people. he advised presidents and politicians from both parties from lyndon johnson to richard nixon, ronald reagan, jimmy carter, bill clinton, george bush and middle east trouble shooter during the carter administration. in 1982 george h.w. bush awe -- appointed limb ambassador to russia after the break up of the soviet union. he had regrets about the life he said. he said i don't have no regrets about anything in my you life, i like the whole damn deal. here's a conversation with bob strauss in 2005. lyndon johnson you said intimidated you. >> that's almost an understatement. he called on the phone. when he was a sick old man he still -- he would say president johnson's on the phone and i would say to are her or to myself, one or the other, i'm

robert strows was part of the administrations of both jimmy carter and george h.w. bush. special envoy to the middle east under jimmy carter. strauss95 years old. >>> 25,000 new jobs and with a boom in north dakota's oil industry more are on the way. realtors are capitalizing and now rent is getting out of control. more from diane eastabrook in our series, the new frontier. >> eric kirby makes the best of a very cramped situation. in this 1200 square foot mobile home, the living room doubles as an offers. >> we have the freezer out here, pretty packed. >> while small, the mobile home was the most affordable option for the civil engineer, his wiefer and son, who -- wife and son, who recently moved to the area. >> 1800 a month. for sure, 2 bedroom why is can apartments going -- bedrooms are going for is 3,000 a month. >> since the 20 ten census -- 2010 census the population has doubled from 15,000 to roughly 30,000. work is plentiful, housing isn't, to developers are rushing to fill the void. >> dafny hogan is one of them. -- oil service workers but rent here won't be cheap. >> we have corporate contracts coming in, depending on the