c-span: alfred p. sloan foundation. >> guest: the sloan foundation sponsored the management side of mcnamara. they gave me a little -- a little bit of help with my early management work. alfred p. sloan, as you probably know, overhauled general motors, made a huge fortune. and as my book explains, when mcnamara and these young guys left the army air force, were looking for someplace to try their skills, they got to ford and they were going to make it over in the image of sloan and gm. so actually alfred sloan not only -- foundation supported the book, but his management is discussed directly in the -- he's like a character in this book. c-span: and what did they do for you in this project? >> guest: they gave me a little financial support on two occasions. c-span: now do they have a point of view? >> guest: no. c-span: the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. >> guest: no, that is a program that has no point of view. it's a program for peace and security writing. and it gives grants to individual a

major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and 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. >> woodruff: the c.e.o. of j.p. morgan chase survived a pair of key shareholder votes today on his pay and job responsibilities. jamie dimon won an endorsement of his pay package, which was reportedly $23 million last year. dimon can remain bank's chairman and c.e.o. he also can retain his second title as chair of the banking giant. dimon formally apologized to investors at the annual meeting in florida. last week, dimon disclosed the bank lost $2 billion on trading losses so far. several news reports today also revealed the f.b.i. and the justice department are beginning their own investigation into the case. dawn kopecki of bloomberg news is on the story

and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and 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: a new jersey courtroom drew nationwide attention today. the sentence was handed down in a case involving a gay college student who killed himself after being spied on by his roommate. >> i heard this jury say "guilty" 288 times. 24 questions, 12 jurors. that's the multiplication. and i haven't heard you apologize once. >> brown: after delivering a stern lecture, judge glenn berman gave dharum ravi 30 days behind bars, plus three years of probation. the 20-year-old ravi could have gotten ten years in prison for convictions on invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and destroying evidence. in march, a jury found him guilty of using a webcam to reco

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. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and 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: two more european governments are gone, swept away by a wave of anti-austerity sentiment. the outcome of sunday's elections raised the prospect today of major policy shifts on debt and economic recovery. a beaming francois hollande, the french president-elect waved to reporters this morning from socialist party headquarters in paris. having promised a new direction for france and europe. the man he unseated, president nicolas sarkozy, had joined the german-led drive to implement fiscal austerity throughout the indebted nations of the european union. but hollande's win directly challenged that effort as he made clear in his victory speech last nig

. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and 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. >> ifill: the president flew into afghanistan this evening on a visit that had been kept secret. it came one year to the day after the u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden. mr. obama stepped off air force one in darkness at bagram airfield outside kabul. later he met with president karzai and signed an agreement on the long-term u.s. commitment to afghanistan. the president also spoke briefly with u.s. troops. before dawn kabul time he addressed the american people from afghanistan. his speech was the first televised address to the nation delivered by a president from a war zone on foreign soil. here are his remarks in their entire tee. >> good evening. f

. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and 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. >> woodruff: it was a day for digesting the enormous losses reported by j.p. morgan-chase. and as the news spread, so did word that the banking giant will face a federal investigation. the stunning disclosure from the nation's largest bank rippled across wall street and washington today. it came from c.e.o. jamie dimon late thursday in a surprise conference call with analysts and reporters-- the bank had lost $2 billion in just six weeks. >> these were egregious mistakes. they were self-inflicted. we are accountable, and what happened violates our own standards and principles by how we want to operate the company. >> woodruff: without giving details,