for public media. were talking about the corporation for public broadcasting. host: for pbs, npr? guest: those are separate. host: on average percentagewise, how much are they getting from taxpayers versus corporations? guest: out of this performing television andto 25% to radio. pbs is a membership organization. npr is a membership organization. so they raise funds host: they chargedues? guest: they do, and some of our community service grants have money so they can pay dues. it is a circle of strength, i like to view it that way. there are very, very different organizations in the sense they are standalone, even though cpb formed pbs in 1968, 1969 in around 1970, npr. so they have their own ceos and board of directors. host: sally, democratic caller. caller: i will tell you, i am so thrilled with this whole program. i am 89 years old. if i did not have public ilevision, i don't know what would do. i did of been the morning and i watch and from 8:00 until sometimes 9:00 or 10:00 at night. with the book television is fabulous. i just can't say enough about it because this is all i

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for public media. were talking about the corporation for public broadcasting. host: for pbs, npr? uest: those are separate. host: on average percentagewise, how much are they getting from taxpayers versus corporations? guest: out of this performing television andto 25% to radio. pbs is a membership organization. npr is a membership organization. so they raise funds host: they chargedues? guest: they do, and some of our community service grants have money so they can pay dues. it is a circle of strength, i like to view it that way. there are very, very different organizations in the sense they are standalone, even though cpb formed pbs in 1968, 1969 in around 1970, npr. so they have their own ceos and board of directors. host: sally, democratic caller. caller: i will tell you, i am so thrilled with this whole program. i am 89 years old. if i did not have public ilevision, i don't know what would do. i did of been the morning and i watch and from 8:00 until sometimes 9:00 or 10:00 at night. with the book television is fabulous. i just can't say enough about it because this is all i c

opinion, i would like to see an american version -- >> host: the president and ceo of the corporation for public broadcasting, patricia de stacy harrison, created november 7th, 1967, when president johnson signed into law the public broadcasting act, part of his vision for a so-called great society and that is our focus on washington journal this week. looking at different pieces of legislation. in maryland, democratic column. going ahead. >> caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i love your show, c-span is great. i also love npr and pbs. i remember in 1983 when there was this raucous about trying to demolish pbs public broadcasting and at that time i wrote my congressman please don't try to get rid of public broadcasting. that is crazy, it is free information for everyone. it doesn't matter who you are, you get information about everything. i remember as a child watching the electric company. it would be a national shame to alter president johnson's initiative to help broadcasting for everyone. that is one point. keep up the good work. i am worried about listening lately and the heritage found

for public broadcasting system. even before the commission released the report recommending that the government create a nonprofit, nongovernmental corporation for public broadcasting that would receive and disburse friends, the president of the united states has public broadcasting really has a role in american life -- not only american life, but globally, and to raise the level of education. so we have almost a perfect aboutof people concerned the quality of content. not only in american life but the world. so we have almost a perfect storm, of people concerned about the quality of content. think about television, really exciting vehicle where people are worried that it is being misused. >> here is what president johnson had to say on the day he signed the public broadcasting act. it would give me water and stronger voice to education or radio and television by providing new funds for broadcast facilities. most importantly it builds a new institution. the corporation for public broadcasting, the broadcasting, the corporation will assist stations and producers who broadcast good music and broadcast exciting place and reports on a fascinatin

corporate funding for washington week is provided by -- gwen: additional corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by big ham brigham and women's hospital, 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. if you ever doubted that the united states is sen central to almost everything happeningever where, especially the tough stuff this week should have put an end to the questions. intervention is now the watch word. in iraq where the american military is carrying out air strikes and in afghanistan where the secretary of state had to step in and in israel and georgia standingsgazawhich seemed like it was winding down until the rockets starting flying again. start with the presidents it explanation of why the u.s. is stepping back into iraq now. >> i have said before the united states cannot and should not intervene every time there is a crisis in the world. let me be clear about why we must act and act now. when weigh face a situation like we do on that mountain with innocent people facing the prospect of violence o on a horrific scale, when we

additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. before leaving for vacation on martha's vineyard today, president obama warned that he could not put a timetable on the latest american military intervention in northern iraq. islamic extremists there have closed to within about 25 miles of the kurdish capital of erbil, where many americans are said to be. the militants' advance has also prompted tens of thousands of others to flee the city and take refuge on a mountain, where they are now trapped. >> and american aircraft are positioned to strike isil terrorists around the mountain, to help forces in iraq break the siege and rescue those who are trapped there. now, even as we deal with these immediate situations, we will continue to pursue a broader strategy in iraq. we will protect our american citizens in iraq, whether they're diplomats, civilians or

additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, thanks for joining us. a major earthquake registering 6.0 struck northern california overnight. more than 120 patients were treated with quake related injuries at a local hospital, many from heart attacks and as many as half dozen with critical injuries. the quake also left at least 16 buildings uninhabitable and power outages throughout napa county. it was the strongest in the bay area in the past 25 years. the epicenter was approximately ten miles south of american canyon. governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency for southern napa. emergency crews are working to restore power to thousands of homes and looking for any natural gas leaks. historic buildings in downtown napa were damaged and officials said there were more than 60 water main breaks in the area. >> two years has been released. u.s. government officials h

additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. attorney general eric holder today ordered federal authorities to perform an independent autopsy of 18-year- old michael brown. the unarmed black youth was killing by a white police officer eight days ago, touching off a wave of clashes between demonstrators and police. overnight, seven people were arrested by police after a small group of protesters defied the midnight to 5:00 a.m. curfew that had been imposed hours earlier. police used smoke and later tear gas grenades to try to disperse the protesters. authorities said a police car had been shot at but not hit. this morning, the governor of missouri criticized police in ferguson for releasing pictures of the slain black youth apparently robbing a store a short time before he was shot by the policeman who reportedly did not know about the robbery at th

for a longer etirement. >> additional corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by brigham and women's hospital. 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. whether it's the plight of the azides or the face of a lone american journalist the threat posed by the group known as isis, isil or islamic state group has become alarmingly real. >> this is an organization that has an apocalyptic end of days strategic vision. and which will eventually have to be defeated. >> we stand ready to take action against that threat. and we made clear time and again if you come after americans we will come after you wherever you are and that will guide our planning in the days to come. gwen: in the wake of james foley's execution and the threat of another, is the obama administration preparing for military intervention at this point, nancy? >> well, this week, we started to hear increasing signs of that. ben rhodes suggested that the united states will not be stopped by the border between syria and iraq. marty demp

additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, thanks for joining us. ukraine continues to be a flashpoint-- officials there say a navy vessel came under fire earlier today from pro-russian rebels on shore. but overnight, there was a rare moment of cooperation between russia and ukraine. in an exchange at the border, nine russian soldiers were swapped for 63 ukrainian soldiers. all this as the european union draws up tougher sanctions on russia. and the ukrainian port city of mariupol continued to brace for an attack from pro-russian fighters who have made advances in the area this week. while some residents of mariupol have fled, others have taken to the streets to demonstrate support for the ukrainian government. for the latest we are joined via skype from mariupol, ukraine by james marson of the wall street journal. journal, prisoner exchange is this a signal that tensi

additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. in iraq today, a rare battlefield defeat for islamic militants who have captured large portions of the north and west of the country with little resistance the past few months. kurdish fighters reportedly forced the jihadists to retreat from two towns they had captured about 30 miles from erbil. many americans are in erbil. responding to the growing crisis in northern iraq, the state department today removed some personnel from the u.s. consulate in erbil. the u.s. had moved some personnel from baghdad to erbil just two months ago, because of the deteriorating security situation near the capital. earlier today, u.s. warplanes again dropped bombs on militant positions and late last night american and british planes delivered more aid to yazidis, a minority religious group who had fled the area in the face

additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. york, hari sreenivasan. >> good evening, thanks for joining us, israel today began a major withdrawal of its ground troops from gaza but its selling of hamas targets there continues, one attack there today killed ten people at a u.n. school prompting con depp nation from a un official who was asked whether huh mass is using children at human shields. >> yes there are certainly behaviors that equipoise the population on the ground by militant groups that operate close to civilian premises, but certainly if you look at the extent of the damage, the extent of the physical destruction but also the extent of the loss of human life and i witnessed that myself visiting this week the pediatric ward in the main hospital in gaza, seeing the broken bodies of the children there, there is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that insufficient measures of precaution and contr

additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. this is pbs newshour weekend. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. american jets today hit positions near a key dam in northern iraq that that had been captured recently by islamic extremists. this, a day after the extremists members of the islamic state are said to have massacred dozens of yazidis. the extremists reportedly had demanded members of that religious minority convert to islam. for about all of this, we are joined now via skype from duhok in northern iraq by liz sly of the washington post. so, we've heard about several more air strikes in the region this morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: all we know is there have been some big explosions around that dam at isis positions. we have been hearing reports from residents about that. it is not clear at this moment whether the u.s. has been involved but we know they have been

additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. with thousands of russian troops now reportedly fighting ukrainian government forces in eastern ukraine, ukrainian president petro poroshenko appealed today for help from the west. and during a meeting with european union leaders in brussels, he warned that the crisis puts at "high risk" not only peace and stability in ukraine but throughout europe. >> i think we are very close to the point of no return. point of no return is full-scale war, which already happened in the territory controlled by separatists. >> sreenivasan: the western leaders are debating whether to impose a third round of more stringent sanctions against russia following its takeover of crimea and its more recent intervention. for more about the fighting in ukraine, we are joined now by alan cullison of the "wall street journal." he joi

. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, this is hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said today that israel has accolished many of its goals during its nearly four- week-long conflict with hamas. and israeli troops and tanks began to pull back from parts of gaza. netanyahu signaled that a wider pullback could be coming after the last of the hamas tunnels leading into israel from gaza are destroyed. >> ( translated ): the military will prepare for continuing action in according to our security needs and only according to our security needs. >> sreenivasan: an estimated 1,650 palestinians and 66 israelis have been killed during the fighting. meanwhile, the egyptian leader, abdel fattah al-sisi, is hosting a meeting in cairo with palestinian officials to try to broker a new, more lasting cease fire between israel and hamas. an earlier c

corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- prudential. brigham and women's hospital. 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. >> be >>> up next, a special edition of kqed newsroom making a bet on rehabilitation for prisoners serving life sentences. >> i committed first degree murder back in 1982. >> california has some 26,000 lifers behind bars. now more, many more, are being paroled due to changes in the criminal justice system. do they pose a risk to public safety? >> in my humble opinion, some of these parolees are ticking timebombs. >> will rehabilitation work? >> a strong public safety interest in making sure they're prepared when they do get released.

additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. we begin tonight with syria, where the extremist militant group isis has increased its control in parts of that country and in neighboring iraq. the syrian government continues to battle the militants, who have taken control of three military bases in recent weeks. late this week, the government sent in reinforcements to maintain control of the tabqa air base in eastern syria, the government's last stronghold in the region. after isis released a video on tuesday showing the beheading of american journalist james foley, the obama administration announced that it is reconsidering its military strategy, including the possibility of air strikes in syria. this following a new united nations report which puts the death toll from the conflict in syria at more than 191,000. in the last year, the number of casualties has more than doub

>> funding for "washington week" 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. getting out of washington for the congressional break is often a messy affair. there are transportation bills to pass, veterans hospitals to fix, and always, always, some nasty bit of politics to take care of. it's hard to know where to start. oh, i know. immigration. >> we have a crisis on our border with mexico right now. it can't wait. it's a humanitarian crisis. it's also a failure of our border. it's an open border now. unless you fix it. gwen: but it turns out it can wait. in part because no one can agree on what congress should do and could do about it. let's amend that. house republicans can't agree, robert, what's going on with the house republicans? >> we have seen house republicans have a very difficult time this year to pass much of anything. but what's happened on the border bill this week is that the center of gravity within t

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: u.s. warplanes struck targets in iraq today for the first time since american troops pulled out in 2011. our chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner has the story. >> reporter: smoke rose over irbil as u.s. air strikes hit fighters of the militant islamic state group in the north. a pair of f.a.-18's-- like these-- carried out the strikes. along from the aircraft carrier "george h.w. bush" in the persian gulf. the pentagon said they dropped two 500-pound bombs on artillery that was shelling kurdish forces. later, warplanes and an unmanned drone struck again, hitting a mortar and a convoy of vehicles. >> america is coming to help. >> woodruff: president obama announced the military action last night. as new advances by the islamic state forces threaten minority christians and yazidis. thousands have fled in terror, and are stranded on sinjar mountain without food or water. >> when we face a s

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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: the violence in ferguson, missouri abated overnight, and today, the focus returned to michael brown, the unarmed black teenager killed by police, seven days ago. >> sreenivasan: the ferguson police chief made the announcement that many in the town had demanded, after 18- year-old michael brown was shot dead last saturday. >> the officer that was involved in the shooting of michael brown was darren wilson. he's been a police officer for six years, has had no disciplinary action taken against him. he was treated for injuries which occurred on saturday. >> sreenivasan: wilson has been on administrative leave since the shooting. police said he initially confronted brown about walking down the middle of a street, but did not know he was a suspect in a robbery. they released this security video from a convenience store and said it apparently shows brown, in the red baseball cap, and a friend, stealing a b

. >> 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: record-breaking rain left detroit's suburbs soaked today. monday's deluge dumped more than six inches in some places. this morning, parts of major interstates remained closed, as cars and trucks were lifted from the flooded roads. authorities warned people to stay off the roads if possible, and dive teams checked deep areas for any missing people. one woman died of a heart attack after her car was stranded. flooding also shut down general motor's tech center outside detroit, where about 19,000 people work. >> woodruff: in the middle east, a temporary truce in gaza held for a second day, but it was unclear if israel and hamas were making progress toward a lasting cease-fire. the two sides were meeting separately with egyptian mediators in cairo. a previous three-day cease-fire ended last week. >> ifill: the government of russia dispatched a miles-long humanitarian aid convoy toward eastern ukraine toda

the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: after a failed attempt at a cease-fire, the fighting between israel and hamas is escalating again. israeli soldiers have moved deeper into southern gaza in search of one of their soldiers who apparently was captured. to date, the conflict has resulted in the deaths of at least 1,500 palestinians-- mainly civilians-- and israel has lost 63 soldiers and three civilians. our chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner has more. >> warner: the flares and explosions that rattled gaza overnight quieted as the ceasefire-- which held the most promise for allowing a resolution to the 25-day long crisis-- went into effect at 8:00 a.m. in israel, soldiers rested by their tanks. and in gaza, thousands of residents flooded into the streets, some restocked supplies, others surveyed the damage. but in less than two hours, the cease-fire blew up. israeli defense forces spokesman peter lerner charged hamas bro

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. >> 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 governor of missouri today ordered the state highway patrol to take over security in the st. louis suburb of ferguson. local police have drawn heavy criticism for their use of force against protesters last night. the crowd was demonstrating against the fatal shooting of michael brown, an unarmed black teenager. highway patrol captain ron johnson grew up in ferguson, and he'll be in charge. he said it's vital to break the cycle of violence. >> i plan myself on walking to the quick trip that has been called ground zero and meeting with the folks there myself tonight. and so we are going to have a different approach. that we are in this together. that's the approach we are going to have tonight. and look at our resources to make sure we're not taking resources out there that we don't need. but when we do need those resources they will still be here. >> woodruff: we'll have the full story of the vi

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: a new political storm is breaking in baghdad. efforts to form a government ran into strong opposition today from the sitting prime minister and that in turn, prompted new warnings from washington. it all followed an announcement that raised hopes for change. after months of political deadlock in iraq, a potential breakthrough today. the new president fouad massoum, a kurd, tapped deputy parliament speaker haider al-abadi, a shiite, to form a government and become prime minister. abadi, who belongs to the same party as current prime minister nouri al-maliki, quickly called for unity against a sunni insurgency led by the islamic state group. >> ( translated ): i have confidence that, with the people and political blocs, we would be able to overcome this barbaric and savage attack on the iraqi people and provide a good environment for the iraqi people to live in. >> ifill: but al-maliki has spurned calls fro

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the united states moved closer today to new moves to rescue thousands of yazidi refugees in northern iraq. they're trapped on a mountain, surrounded by fighters of the islamic state group. the u.s. military is already air-dropping supplies, and 130 american advisors have arrived to assess things. today, deputy national security advisor ben rhodes said the president is awaiting their recommendations. >> there needs to be a lasting solution that gets that population to a safe space where they can receive more permanent assistance. we don't believe that involves u.s. troops re-entering a combat role in iraq. it involves frankly a very difficult logistical challenge of moving folks who are in danger on that mountain into a safer position. >> woodruff: rhodes suggested the next move could involve a rescue mission with the help of kurdish forces and the british. meanwhile, the yazidis are pleading for safe p