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annenberg media ♪ by: era la agente de bienes raíces. empresario de los estados unidos está interesado en comprar la gavia. pero... todavía no está en venta, ¿verdad? narrador: bienvenidos a destinos: an introduction to spanish. primero vamos a ver algunas escenas de este episodio. aquí jaime. tengo muy buenas noticias. angela ha llamado desde el hospital. dice que roberto se despertó y que está muy bien. ibueno, qué alegría! se te ve muy bien. por lo menos estás despierto. sí. la verdad es que sí me siento muy bien. y yo lo puedo comprobar. se comió dos desayunos. ay, a propósito ¿no queda algo por allí? veo que la recuperación ha sido completa y rápida. también vamos a hablar un poco sobre el ballet folclórico de méxico. fundado por amelia hernández el ballet folclórico incluye música y danzas de diferentes regiones del país. ( se toca el jarabe tapatío ) ¿y carlos se fue así? ¿no te dio ninguna explicación? no, ninguna. ¿no lo has visto esta mañana? no, no he visto ni a carlos ni a gloria. captioning of this program is made possible b

annenberg media ♪ annenberg media ♪ oh, we could even wreckore. we cothis country,more. we're not going to do it, senator. schoumacher: in 1975, fed chairman arthur burns refused to open the monetary floodgates to fight rising unemployment. why was he holding back? four years later, chairman paul volcker set the fed on a course that would lead to the worst recession since the great depression. what could have been worth such a terrible price? on october 20, 1987, the heartbeat of the financial world nearly fluttered out. what could new fed chairman alan greenspan do to revive the patient? during the 1970s and '80s, the federal reserve adopted long-term policies to halt inflation and ease unemployment. but what would the fed do in an economic emergency? monetary policy -- how well does it work? that's the question economic analyst richard gill and i will investigate on this edition of "economics usa." i'm david schoumacher. the federal reserve board is responsible for deciding how much money the economy needs to grow. in the early 1970s, the fed held to a policy of using

annenberg media ♪ by: narrador: bienvenidos a otro episodio de destinos: an introduction to spanish.rimero, algunas escenas de este episodio. ino me grites así, juan! ya traté de explicarte los problemas de la producción en nueva york. no entiendo por qué actúas como un niño mimado. sólo roberto podría escoger una profesión tan peligrosa. ¿por qué no estudia para ser un médico, ingeniero o abogado como tú? en este episodio vamos a aprender vocabulario relacionado con las profesiones y las carreras. consuelo: ¿y sabes qué profesión tiene esta señora? maricarmen: esta es dentista. y ésta es enfermera. mira, y éste es un maestro. y éste, ¿sabes qué es? es un veterinario. ¿y éste, qué es? este es un periodista. trabaja en los periódicos, ¿no? sí. y ésta es actriz. y éste es actor. ¿y sabes qué profesión tiene este señor? no, mamá. es un hombre de negocios, como tu tío carlos. tío carlos es profesor. no, es un hombre de negocios. es un hombre de negocios. también vamos a aprender algo sobre otra civilización prehispánica: la civilización maya. los mayas habitaban la parte de méxico que se

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funding for this program was provided by the annenberg/cpb project. (narrator) music and time are inextricably linked. in fact, one of the primary aspects of music is that it divides time into patterns of sound and silence. this division is what is known as rhythm. rhythm is rhythm is rhythm. in each part of the world, they have a way in which they hear and express rhythm. dancing, singing, walking, praying, rhythm is the way we do it. [low hum and sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] rhythm is the temporal organization of music. it's how music is organized in time. it divides time into an organized series of moments, periods, durations. without rhythm, we wouldn't know how to perform the series of tos. rhythm you can consider fluctuations or pulsations in time. but forgetting the whole technical thing, rhythm is feeling and it's motion, and rhythm hits you at your core-- at your physical core. rhythm is probably the most physical element of music. (narrator) for much of the world's music, the foundation of rhythm is a steady reoccurring pattern

annenberg media annenberg media ♪ schoumacher: it was the 1920s.ost of the nation seemed to be experiencing an era of unprecedented prosperity. what then could force tens of thousands of farmers to abandon their land? 1932, the depth of the great depression. while many of the poor went hungry, why were farmers dumping thousands of gallons of milk? since 1933, we have subsidized farming in america. is that a good idea? and who benefits? the small farmer, big agribusiness, or, at the end of the chain, the consumer? the story of the american farmer is one of the great ironies of the modern era. incredibly productive, but frequently unprofitable. it's a story that too often ends like this. "perfect competition and inelastic demand: can the farmer make a profit?" economic analyst richard gill and i will examine that question on this edition of "economics u$a." i'm david schoumacher. you can see the forces that control a farmer's economic wellbeing at work here at this farmers' market. taken together, it demonstrates a concept that economists call "perfe

funding for this program was provided by the annenberg cpb/project. [orchestra plays] (male narrator) the fabric of music can be woven in many different ways. [flutes play] throughout the world people have devised fascinating methods of blending instruments and voice to produce an infinite variety of musical textures. [trio playing] texture refers to the relationship of voices and instruments in an ensemble. it's the way they're blended together into a musical whole. [low hum and sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] what i'd like to do now is start with the tenor section, then the alto and the soprano, and then i'll add the bass. one, two, three, and ♪ jesus is a rock in a weary land... ♪ (narrator) the subject of musical texture raises a number of questions. how are the different voices or instruments in a performance put together and organized? let's add the altos, altos, tenor, and bass, ready ♪ jesus is a rock in a weary land... ♪ (narrator) how many parts are there? does one voice or melody stand out? how do the various parts relate to each

funding for this program was provided by the annenberg/cpb project. [middle eastern violin music] ["we three kings" played on saxophone] (male narrator) what is it that distinguishes the sound of one instrument or voice from another? [ensemble playing turkish music] what accounts for the infinite variety of sounds that can be produced? [airy flute-like music] the quality of sound of instruments and voices are influenced by a number of factors that taken together produce what is called tone color or timbre. [sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] [playing buzzing and whirring sounds on a jew's-harp] (brown) timbre is tone quality, you know, when you listen to a sound, when you listen to a musical note, you hear several things. [throaty singing] you hear the basic note, but you also hear some overtones. you hear some other sounds that are generated. [shrill flute plays] the particular combination of overtones that you hear gives each musical instrument its own sound. [single note played on various instruments] you could play a note-- say a "g" on a g

annenberg media ♪ by: narrador: bienvenidos a otro episodio de destinos: an introduction to spanish.rimero, algunas escenas de este episodio. hola, raquel. i¿luis?! sí, raquel, soy yo. ivaya sorpresa! ¿y qué haces aquí? ¿has notado cómo se miran raquel y tío arturo? sí, hacen una buena pareja. arturo: ¿ud. también es méxicoamericano? no, soy mexicano. pero vivo desde hace muchos años en los estados unidos. claro, y ahí conoció a raquel. pues, sí. nos conocimos en la universidad de california. ¿te acuerdas? en este episodio vamos a ver cómo se pide en un restaurante. ¿en qué consiste una cena? ¿qué se dice en un restaurante? primero, viene el camarero a preguntarles a los clientes qué van a tomar. ¿desean algo de tomar? después, el camarero les pregunta si quieren un plato para comenzar. ¿no desean algo para comenzar? también les toma la orden para el plato principal. ¿están listos para ordenar? luis: después viví muchos años en nueva york por razones de trabajo. pero ahora he vuelto a los angeles para quedarme. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project

annenberg media ♪ by: ya verás las sorpresas que te esperan cuando despiertes, roberto.imero, conoceremos a nuestro abuelo. narrador: bienvenidos a destinos: an introduction to spanish. primero vamos a ver algunas escenas de este episodio. ¿cómo era rosario? bueno, mi madre... era una mujer llena de vida, afectuosa. a veces tenía momentos de tristeza y yo no entendía por qué. tú eres el esposo de raquel, ¿verdad? no, carlitos, yo soy soltera. entonces ¿son novios? carlos: mi hijito, ¿por qué preguntas esas cosas, eh? en este episodio, vamos a aprender el vocabulario relacionado con el dinero y los asuntos financieros. y aquí está la lista entera de gastos. muy bien. ¿y los recibos? están en este sobre. tuve que cargar mucho a mi tarjeta de crédito para no gastar todo mi efectivo. muy bien. ay, luis, ¿cómo estás? bien. quería decirles que ya he comprado mi pasaje para méxico. raquel se pondrá muy contenta de verte. ¿sabe ella que voy por allá? no, no, no, no. será una completa sorpresa. hasta luego. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project

annenberg media ♪ ♪ ell inflation. a year later 12 million workers were unemployed. was it hard to stop inflation? in 1985, industrial world leaders gathered in bonn to ask, "why was a growing international trade making it harder to solve domestic economic problems?" by 1985, the economy appeared to be slowing down, and economists were still asking what to do about the next recession. activist theories of fiscal and monetary policy have dominated economics since the depression. by the mid-1980s we were doubting our ability to manage the economy. stabilization policy-- are we still in control? we'll investigate that with economic analyst richard gill's help on this edition of economics usa. i'm david schoumacher. for many years after the great depression national economic policy's basic goal was minimizing unemployment. but the winter of 1982 saw 12 million unemployed. many complained they were victims of a needlessly cruel government policy. public enemy number one was inflation, and jobless workers were the war casualties. the battle cast new doubt on the government

captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r.foundation. en el episodio previo raquel y arturo regresaron al hotel después de una reunión en la casa de pedro. había un mensaje para raquel. ellos, alarmados, llamaron en seguida a pedro. acabo de recibir tu mensaje. ¿ocurre algo? no te alarmes, raquel. es que dejaste tu cartera en mi despacho...

funding for this program is provided by annenberg media. narrator: agriculture provides us with the food we need to survive. to keep pace with an ever-growing population, scientists created new seed varieties that provided outstanding yields but also required increased inputs -- more fertilizer and more pesticides -- but at what cost to the environment? peter kenmore of the united nations food and agriculture organization has been working with farmers for 30 years to decrease the use of pesticides in rice production. dr. kenmore: we have been able basically to substitute brains for chemicals. and in that sense, the growth rate stays up but less chemicals are used. narrator: in the yaqui valley of mexico, researchers are finding that excess fertilizer runoff from wheat crops is affecting marine life in the gulf of california. so they are turning to technology to decrease fertilizer inputs without decreasing yields. dr. ortiz-monasterio: technology like this can result in a win-win situation where the farmer benefits and at the same time the

funding for this program is provided by annenberg media. narrator: for thousands of years our capacity to alter the environment has gradually increased. during the last century, we've reached the point where our actions affect the entire planet. demographer martha farnsworth riche examines population dynamics in communities all around the united states a nation that has a disproportionately large impact on the ecosystem. dr. riche: population growth is heading towards some kind of stability as people replace themselves. but where it's located and how they consume -- that's the issue for sustainability. narrator: demographer deborah balk combines demographic and spacial data to examine how vulnerable populations in the coastal regions of developing nations will be affected by climate change. balk: prior work has predominantly looked at the causes of climate change. this study asks, what will some of the consequences of climate change be and what will those consequences be for human population and for human settlements? narrator: predictingut

funding for this program is provided by annenberg media. narrator: 97% of the earth's water is contained in the oceans. some forms of life flourish in this salty environment. but humans require an abundant supply of freshwater. less than 1% of all the earth's water is readily available for human consumption. in the semi-arid desert plains of the southwest united states where rainfall averages just 2 1/2 centimeters per month, tom maddock studies this scarce resource. dr. maddock: the real problem that we have is that with increasing populations and shortages of water we are becoming very vulnerable. in the southwest, there's a very unique vulnerability here, simply because where do we get the water if there is no water? narrator: across the country in northern florida, the quantity of water isn't an issue. rainfall averages an abundant 1 1/4 meters each year. wendy graham and her colleagues evaluate and model the impacts of industrial and agricultural land use threatening the world's largest collection of freshwater springs. dr. graham: rig

annenberg media ♪ hola, tío pedro. hola, mercedes. hola, ramón. ¿qué tal? ¿cómo está fernando?do casi todo el día. estuvo el doctor. ya habló con el especialista de guadalajara. narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 32 de destinos. primero, algunas escenas de este episodio. ...el nieto de fernando y rosario estaba trabajando en una excavación arqueológica. ha habido un accidente. icuidado! pobre papá. si se enterara todo lo que está ocurriendo... es mejor que no se entere. sí, claro. pero si supiera... es demasiado: juan que no se lleva bien con pati carlos va a perder la oficina de miami los negocios andan mal nos aconsejan vender la gavia y ahora el nieto, el que todavía no conoce tal vez esté herido o... no te preocupes. verás que estará bien. también en este episodio vamos a aprender algo sobre una de las grandes civilizaciones prehispánicas de méxico: la civilización azteca. los aztecas eran gente trabajadora y también eran grandes guerreros. por doscientos años, trabajaron y lucharon. poco a poco, los aztecas conquistaron las otras tribus de méxico. para principios del siglo

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funding for this program was provided by the annenberg/cpb project. ♪ silent night, ♪ holy night, ♪ alllm, (male narrator) melody is one of the essential elements of music. changes in pitch one after another create rising and falling contours which taken together impart meaning. [jazzy saxophone plays] melody is the story you're telling, and for that reason, to me, melody is in some ways the most important element of music. it's like a story because it has a beginning, it has a plot, and it has an ending. [spirited violin plays] melody, i define it as a group of notes that are in love with each other. [low hum and sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] (narrator) all over the world with instruments and voice, people create an uncountable number of melodies in an enormous variety of styles. the methods in which a musical culture generates its melodic forms depend on the musical rules and practices of that culture. these rules are employed by composers and performers, and are implicitly understood by listeners as well. ♪ that baby boy i never saw before. ♪ (narrator) but at the basis o

annenberg media ♪ ♪ istory and the federal government refuses to act.n the cost of food threatens to jump beyond the average american family's reach, should the government put a lid on prices? when the nation goes to war, should the government institute total controls? what are the dangers of a well-intentioned price control program once it becomes entrenched? controls are to a politician like catnip to a cat. the politicians, in the end have very great difficulty resisting. economic efficiency-- what price, controls? with the help of economic analyst richard gill, we'll examine that question on economics usa. i'm david schoumacher. [loudspeaker] we got bargains over here! we have bargains over here! come on, girls. don't be shy. check it out. come on. pick 'em out. they all are cashmere. everyone enjoys the ritual and the give and take in a market like this one. it is a demonstration in its purest form of the free-market pricing system. consumers take the lead in this commercial dance looking for the best deal. the merchants follow their lead, the joki

annenberg media ♪ gam made possible by the financial support of...nd the following individuals and foundations... corporate funding for art of the western world is by movado, makers of the movado museum watch, the watch dial design in the permanent collections of museums throughout the world. captioning made possible by the annenberg/cpb project lot 42. the claude monet nympheas of 1908. £3 million is bid for this lot. i have a bid of £3 million. 3,200,000. 3,500,000. 3,800,000. 4 million. at £4 million now. at £4 million. 4,200,000. 4,400,000. 4,500,000. 4,600,000. the paintings of this period are among the most familiar images in art. the greatness of the artists is a commonplace of western culture. it's yours. but the impressionists started out as radicals. when it was first exhibited, their art was rejected as disturbing, inept, incomprehensible, even immoral. why were people so hostile? what was the accepted art of the period? in mid 19th-century france, as so often in the story of the art of the west, art was a serious business loaded with poli

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annenberg media ♪ gam made possible by the financial support of...nd the following individuals and foundations... corporate funding for art of the western world is by movado, makers of the movado museum watch, the watch dial design in the permanent collections of museums throughout the world. captioning made possible by the annenberg/cpb project this is siena, a wonderfully preserved medieval city in central italy. at its heyday around 1300, it was one of the most civilized and prosperous places in europe. siena and other italian city-states can stand as a new beginning in our story of western art. hitherto, the old medieval world view had, put simply, divided the classes of society into the aristocracy at the top, the church, and the laboring peasantry at the bottom. in places like this, we see for the first time a new class, conscious of its own identity-- the merchants. these cities were no longer controlled by feudal lords. they were republics. here in siena, several thousand citizens were eligible for election to the governing bodies which met d

funding for this program was provided by the annenberg/cpb project. [playing "chopsticks" on the piano] (male narrator) in order for any musical tradition to thrive over time, music must be learned, shared, and passed on. this process of musical communication from person to person and genetion to generation is known as transmission. [sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] practice 16th notes. (slobin) musical transmission means learning and teaching music. music continues because people teach it to each other. kids learn music when they grow up. [low-pitched humming] all of us have learned songs simply because they were there in the atmosphere. we may have learned them from family members, which is extremely common. [violin plays] where is this? i can't even see it. (slobin) we may have learned them from teachers, which happens in organized school systems. we may have learned them from records, radios, recordings which is, of course, probably the most common way we hear things these days. but we are constantly hearing and learning music from the mi

says that in 2004 a poll found 90% of native americans did not find the name offensive >> oh, the annenbergny thing about the annenberg report is it was conducted in pennsylvania by self-identifying indigenous people which means it could have been anybody off the streets who says, oh, yeah, my great great great grandmother was a cherokee princess >> who would do that? >> my great great great grandfather is full blood cherokee >> who has cherokee in them? what do you have in you? >> cherokee, i don't know how much or little >> one-twelfth. i am not offended >> which means only one question for the other eleven-twelves. aren't you being a little sensitive? >> after every single thing american indian people have been through how can you possibly say ewith are thin skinned and oversensitive? we have to say things like cultural sensitivity because as soon as we say racism or racist -- >> no one says racist >> -- we get shut down >> the term is racist >> stop. i am shutting the conversation down. >> okay, so redskins. the washington team name was starting to feel a little insensitive. what was i

annenberg media ♪ gam made possible by the financial support of...nd the following individuals and foundations... corporate funding for art of the western world is by movado, makers of the movado museum watch, the watch dial design in the permanent collections of museums throughout the world. captioning made possible by the annenberg/cpb project as the 16th century ended and the 17th began, here in catholic rome there was a feeling of jubilation, a sense of rebirth. pope paul v, in the year of our lord 1612, has brought water 35 miles from the healthiest springs in bracciano through new and restored aqueducts. what better way to sigl the revival of the ancient grandeur of rome than to restore its renowned system for bringing water from distant mountains to the city streets? pope paul's new water supply, the acqua paola, or paul's water as it was called, was soon rushing into the daylight from fountains all around the city. the finest of these fountains was designed by sculptor and architect, gian lorenzo bernini. it was built in the piazza navona whi

annenberg media ♪ ♪ ar's end the price tag will pass $200 billion. will we pay for world war ii? 1960. as president eisenhower talks of paying off the national debt the economy stumbles into a recession. how can a budget surplus hurt the economy? 1999. huge deficits turn to surplus. what would the government do with the money? almost every year the federal government spends more money than it takes in. year after year, the tide of red ink rolls on. "federal deficits: can we live with them?" we'll investigate that question with the help of economic analyst richard gill on this edition of "economics u$a." i'm david schoumacher. most of us have been taught that to spend more money than we earn is to court financial disaster but the federal government seems to play by a different set of rules. almost every year the country runs a deficit. yet we're told that deficit is necessary, even beneficial. but deficits piled one on top of another create a growing national debt. and the interest payments on that debt add more dollars to the next year's deficit. dur

annenberg media ♪ gam made possible by the financial support of...nd the following individuals and foundations... corporate funding for art of the western world is by movado, makers of the movado museum watch, the watch dial design in the permanent collections of museums throughout the world. captioning made possible by the annenberg/cpb project "at first, the doctors thought it was sciatica, "and then they admitted it was gangrene. "the old man suffered greatly those last days, "and then, on the 31st of august 1715, "the clergy gathered around him, "and they began, timidly, to chant the ave maria. "all through the night, they carried on chanting. "then, at 8:15 in the morning "in the royal bed in the great chamber "in the center of the palace, "louis xiv, the sun king, died, like every man." so wrote a contemporary diarist. it's often said that when louis died, an age died with him. the age of absolute monarchs, the age of which versailles is a symbol, was drawing to an end. things would never be the same. for louis, versailles was intended first to

. >> funding for "washington week" is also provided by -- the annenberg foundation, the corporation forublic broadcasting and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. the u.s. government is struggling tonight to do its participate to curb not only the outbreak of ebola in west africa but also the outbreak of panic here at home. the disease claimed its first victim this week in dallas and although no one has yet contracted it here, new security restrictions are in place at five of the nation's big hospitals. health and human services secretary silvia burwell. >> the numbers are going to increase before we get to a leveling off point but everyday those on the ground efforts, it is important there is urgency. it is about days. gwen: is this an all hand on deck effort crisis here and abroad? >> in the united states i think the answer, at least there week, has been yes and what's been interesting is the two sides of this. as you point out, the president and the administration working hard to

annenberg media ♪ and: with additional funding from these foundations and individuals: and by: and thennual financial support of: hello, i'm john lithgow. welcome to "american cinema." in 1946, hollywood didn't think a tv screen only inches in size could ever compete with a theatre screen 30 feet wide. movies were king. television was a novelty developed by radio industry. barely 6,000 sets were in use across the entire country. by 1951, it was a new world and television was a part of it. movie theatres were closing in waves, 55 in new york alone. to make matters worse, hollywood was coming apart. anti-trust action dismantled the entire studio system. the monopoly of the movies was over. hollywood's reaction to tv was like one of its plot lines. at first denial, then feeling threatened, followed by fierce competition until embracing the adversary. yet it was television that produced a new generation of movie directors that told stories in new ways, with movies like "the manchurian candidate," "bonnie and clyde," and "mash." the studios didn't disappear; they adapted. and so did the mov

. >> funding for "washington eek" is also provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. once again live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. pick a state. any state. and you might find a different answer to every question you have about what will happen in the midterm elections now only 11 days away. tonight, for our friday focus, we decided to drill down a bit into the attitudes that are driving this year's election. that will either push voters to the polls or keep them at home. contributing correspondent john harwood is here to give us a sense of the perfect storm of crosscurrents that could decide a critical election year. starting with how voters see the economy. >> you know, gwen, the economy is the ultimate fundamental. people talk about fundamental conditions. some people thought for a while it was going to be health care this year, that the democrats would make that the pinch pin of the election and that's faded and we've gotten back to the economy. and it's

annenberg media ♪ and: with additional funding from these foundations and individuals: and by: and thennual financial support of: hello, i'm john lithgow. welcome to "american cinema." the end of world war ii in 1945 brought an era of homecoming, of rediscovering family, of rebuilding. that year, hollywood premiered "the best years of our lives," a story of a returning veteran and his family that won the academy award for best picture of the year. but another picture premiered that year that portrayed a different version of america. it was called "detour," about a man who wandered from a life of little possibility to one of total doom. the motion picture association first reviewed the picture, they refused to give it a rating. it had broken a rule. the murderer was not brought to justice at the end. instead, he was left to wander aimlessly on american highways. for such stark stories, these films had their own look. though they were uniquely american, french film critics came up with the name that stuck: "film noir," which literally translates "black film." they were black and white, t

annenberg dia ♪ and: with additional funding from these foundations and individuals: and by: and thennual financial support of: hello, i'm johlithgow. welce to "american cinema." what do the directs of "star wars" and goodfellas" have in common? they both went to film school. yet when the filmmakers of this genetion gduated they had no plans to work for the studio in fact, ihollywood was on tirinds at all, itas as an example of what to do differently. the first feature of filmmer frousc named orge lucas had a title that read like a license plate, "thx 1138." a film with riking imagery, it perplexed studiexutes. he later made "star wars." the first feature of ailmmaker from nyu named martin scorsese hwas picked up by an independent who changed its titleand pu. named martin scorsese hwasit didn't last long.ependent he lat made "goodfellas." steven spielberg, francis ford coppola, brian depalma. though their early work was no mainstream hollywood, theilater work would ultimately represent wh h"the godfather," and "t" with works like "e.t.," blockbusrs. we are going to look at a band of

additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation. the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. by any standards, this has been a remarkable week. one where in so many cases brand new questions and a few old ones beg to be answered. we begin tonight with a series of frankly shocking reports involving the united states secret service. most of what you've heard, reports of an armed fence jump who are made it into the white house, news that another man armed with a checkered past, armed and with a checkered past, joined the president on an elevator, came from stories broken by one reporter, carol loennig of "the washington post." but this is far from the first time carol has uncovered cracks within an institution we've always instinctively trusted. her reports ultimately led to this. >> over the last several days, we've seen recent and accumulating reports raising questions about the performance o

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