if i've lost cronkite have lost the war. if i've lost cronkite i've lost the american people. if i've left cronkite, i've lost the country. well, that's the end of the war. another is, if i've lost cronkite, i've lost the midwest. i maintain the version variability of this magnitude is the marker of a media myth. this story is likely apocryphal. to embrace the presumed power of the cronkite moment is to embrace the dubious, magic bullet theory of media effect. the magic bullet theory, which proposes that media audiences take in media messages in our profoundly and immediately, viscerally moved by them. with the magic bullet affect having a powerful and immediate effect on its audiences. the media messages has a powerful and immediate effect on media audiences. that's what's at work here if you buy into the cronkite moment. his words had powerful, sudden and decisive effect on the thinking of the u.s. president. as well as the public. to embrace the crop -- the cronkite moment is to ignore a vigorous pro-war speech that lyndon johnson himself had given that very day. earlier in

we'll take up the mythical case of the cronkite moment the cronkite moment of 1968 and its supposedly profound implications for us policy. the term cronkite moment is used to describe. the purported and powerful effects of a single television report aired on the evening of february 27th 1968. a program in which the anchorman of cbs news walter cronkite delivered a detailed and downbeat assessment a half hour report about the us military action in vietnam. and unlike the cases. say of william randolph hearst and yellow journalism in the spanish-american war. the cronkite moment casts journalists in more heroic terms asserting essentially that journalists can make a difference can make a demonstrable policy difference. as they tell truth to power. so at the essence that's the cronkite moments implications. his words cronkites words were supposedly so powerful that night. that they supposedly swung american public opinion against the war in vietnam. and supposedly cronchites assessments came as a sudden decisive. clarifying epiphany to the presidency of the united states lyndon johnson j

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well before cronkite's program. we know that stalemate. to characterize the warrants in vietnam as a stalemate was hardly a novel or original characterization in 1968. and we also know that version variability. which can be a marker of media myths. imbues the supposed reaction of the president watch the full program tonight at eight eastern 5pm pacific here on american history tv. next on american history tv jayne zanglein talks about her book the girl explorers the untold story of the globetrotting women who trekked flu and fought their way around the world. we hear the story of the early members of the society of women geographers. they founded the group after women were banned from male-dominated geography and explorer clubs the national archives foundation hosted this and provided the video. welcome to the national archives webinar on the girl explorers. i'm caroline also known as sophie torkildsen. i'm the president in 2021 of the society women's geographers, which is a great honor. and a little bit just about me is i'm a geographer c

tonight in "lectures in history" joseph campbell teaches a class about the cronkite moment arguing about the in-kind -- the impact of his comments has been vastly overstated and is a media myth. here's a preview. >> cronkite closed his program that night, his special report with a pessimistic assessment saying that the united states military effort was "mired in stalemate" and suggested that a negotiated settlement might offer a way out down the road. i'd the white house johnson was supposedly watching the program and upon hearing the remarks he leans over and snaps off of -- snaps off the television set or tells an aid "if i lost cronkite, i have lost middle america" supposedly. this report supposedly, at least historians have said that it shook the nation and that it swung public opinion from favoring the war in vietnam to opposing it, a dramatic shift caused by the cronkite program. other presumed effects were that according to one journalist, a prominent american journalist who wrote the book "the powers that be," he writes that cronkite's program about the war in vietnam marked "the

in that chair and walter cronkite on that couch, and you see exactly what you see right now. the president was alive for about a year and a half when this library was built. it was inaugurated in may of 1971 and as i mentioned he died in january 1973 so he had a very limited time during which he was a part of this library but a very important time. lady bird johnson continued to make it an important part of her life until she died in 2007. this library is much about lady bird johnson and her touch as it is her husband's. throughout the room there some wonderful artifacts that the johnson's collected while they were in the white house. some come from heads of state. others come from friends of theirs who gave the johnson's gifts for the presidential library or for the white house that were then brought to the space. one such item is this painting by diego rivera, one of 15 cuba paintings that he did during the course of his career. it was given to president johnson from the president of mexico during a state visit there during the course of johnson's presidency. there's anothe

we'll take up the mythical case of the cronkite moment the cronkite moment of 1968 and its supposedly profound implications for us policy. the term cronkite moment is used to describe. the purported and powerful effects of a single television report aired on the evening of february 27th 1968. a program in which the anchorman of cbs news walter cronkite delivered a detailed and downbeat assessment a half hour report about the

and you were working in their rice paddies where walter cronkite was reporting nightly. this was the real world. and that night you the unit could be attacked was attacked, you know. once you began to realize that this was your a lot. everything had to fall in line. to the extent you could but what i was not prepared for was the kind of segregation that began to take place. after five o'clock black troops and back the barracks and hung out together. and listen to soul music and talked. white troops went back the barracks. back to their groups and talked we might share a drink. in the mess hall or the place where we were able to do that. but there was a sense that there was unequal treatment and resentment directed at the leadership. for fostering or not dispelling the business that was developing and i think what it was occurring was that. black soldiers were being reprimanded and reduced and rank. and given dishonorable discharges for infractions of military law in purport this proportional and white troops could do the same thing and get a hand slap, you know. and so,

tonight at 8:00 eastern on lectures in history, american university professor joseph campbell on the cronkite movement and its effect on public opinion towards the vietnam war. sunday at 2:00 eastern on oral history, a u.s. army veteran effects on his time serving as a clerk during the vietnam war. and sunday at 8:00 eastern on the presidency, a look at new the elected resident's first address to congress with george w. bush in 2001 and president barack obama in 2009. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> booktv on c-span two has top nonfiction books and authors each weekend. tonight, university law professor looks at america's approach to individual rights in help rights went wrong spirit wine obsession with the correct is touring america apart. we will read -- a professor talks about free speech as the free exchange of ideas in his book, why it is okay to speak your mind. sunday at 9:00 eastern on afterwards, in her new book, everyday is a gift, mmr, and like democratic senator tammy duckworth talks about her life and career in the military into

and on electricity which you are ns history, american university professor joseph campbell on the cronkiteand its affect on public opinion toward the vietnam war. and on sunday, at 2:00 p.m. eastern, on oral histories, david vassar taylor reflects on his time serving as a clerk in the vietnam war and a look at newly elected presidents first addresses to a joint session of congress. with president george w. bush in 2001, and president barack obama in 2009, exploring the american story. watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span 3. 6r7k9s. >>> american tv history, every weekend, documenting america's story, funding for american tv history comes from these companies who support c-span3 as a public service. >>> selected by president george washington in 1789 alexander hamilton was the first secretary of the treasury until january 1795. up next to american history tv, historian and author william hogeland talks about hamilton's economic ideas this. discussion is about 50 minutes. >>> now, while the museum, the gallery of the museum is closed because of a flood that we sustained, our robu

tames emirates stadium in london calling for the owner to be ousted fans held signs depicting stand cronkite as they chanted for his removal the club was one of 12 teams to sign up for the super league dropped out following a furious backlash from fans. and watching daily news live from berlin sports live is up next stay tuned for that we'll have more news headlines for you at the top of the hour don't go away. and you hear me now oh yes we're going to tell you in my last years german chancellor will bring you an uncle a man called as you've never tried to have surprise yourself with what is possible to smell cold really what moves want. to talk to people in fallujah along the way maurice and critics alike join us from ethel's lifestyle. imagine home any more soon old love thrown out in the world climate change isn't all the story this is my plan to bring home just one week. before it can really get. we still have time to an ongoing. process. with. the current crop of england players are desperate to end a long purse which all started filling a story. the $966.00 world cup triumph is england

saturday at 8 pm eastern on lectures and history, american university professor joseph ankle on the cronkite moment. its effect on public opinion or the vietnam war. on sunday, by 2 pm eastern on oral histories, u.s. army veteran david nassar taylor reflects on his time serving as a clerk during the vietnam war, and sunday at 8 pm eastern on the presidency, a look at newly elected presidents first addresses to a joint session of congress with president george w. bush in 2001, and president barack obama in 2009. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >> american history tv on c-span 3. every weekend documenting america's story. funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support c-span 3 as a public service. up next, stony brook history professor paul hilton talks about how cholera spread from southeast asia to europe and the americas in the 18 thirties. affecting millions of people including native americans. we talked with him at the organization of american historians annual meeting in sacramento, california, in 2018. >> profess

from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizonatate university. judy: now to the covid-19 disaster in india. more than a year into the pandemic, the caseloads and deaths in the south asian nation are skyrocketing. as amna navaz reports, stopping the spread is proving a monumental task. amna: a grim reminder in india that the global pandemic is far from over as the second most populous country in the world recorded the most new covid cases in a single day, nearly 315,000, more than any other country at any point in the pandemic. india's infection total of 15.9 million is second only to the united states. >> people are really scared. they are terrified. most people have isolated themselves in a self-imposed lockdown. the roads are all empty. amna: early in the pandemic, prime minister narendra modi swiftly imposed a nationwide 21-day lockdown, the largest in the world. even as cases rose, modi hosted huge political rallies and allowed a mask to gatrings, including thousands of hindu pilgrims at a time along the ganges river for a fes

. >> this is "the pbs newshour," from w eta studios from the walter cronkite school of journalism atzona state university. judy: as we reported earlier, president biden is floating proposals to pay for his $2 trillion infrastructure package. we have this look at why america's infrastructure is in such need of repair. william: the president's plan includes funding for many infrastructure priorities. more than $600 billion in transportation infrastructure, more than $100 per drink and water projects, and more than 100 billion dollars to expand broadband. just last month, the american society of civil engineers released its 2021 report card, and it gave america's infrastructure a c minus. i'm joined by the asc's managing director of government relations and infrastructure directives. great to have you. i have to imagine for civil engineers like you, this has got to be an incredibly exciting time, when the president proposes a nearly $2 trillion infrastructure bill, but more seriously, this is meant to address some very serious deficiencies in our country. could you just give us a snapsh

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitechool of journalism at arizona state university. judy: this was day four of the trial of former mini app list police officer -- minneapolis police officer derek shelvin. he's charged with second and third degree murder and manslaughter in the killing of george floyd last may. a special correspondent reports prosecutors continue to lay out their case. >> a trial already filled with emotion began with more tearful testimony this morning. george floyd's girlfriend court eney ross took the stand and cried as she told the story of how the two met at a salvation army shelter and 2017. -- in 2017. >> he had this great, deep southern voice like raspy. he was like, you ok, sis? to come up to me and say, can i pray with you, it was so sweet. >> ross described floyd as a mama's boy who loved his two daughters. >> we both suffered from chronic pain. we got addicted and tried really hard to break that addiction. >> derek show vince defense is trying to convince jurors that floyd's drug use, coupled

. >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitechool of journalism at arizona state university. amna: with the world's highest covid-19 vaccination rate, israel recently began using a vaccination passport program to give immunized people access to some degree of normality that's not available to those who have not had shots. as marn hill reports, the program's in israel is not mirrored in the palestinian territories where the virus runs rampant. martin: for the schreibman family this is the real victory over the pandemic. last passover holiday, they conducted this feast virtually, via zoom. the vaccine has significantly reduced covid in israel. it is a special occasion for hilla and her daughter. >> are you happy the corona is not here anymore? >> yes. >> and that everything is ok and all the family can be here together? >> yeah. >> this is our first gathering for 13 months, and it is all because of the vaccine, which ought our life back together. martin: israel has the highest per capita covid vaccination rate in the world. almost

. >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite journalism. judy: we returned to the president's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan by september 2021. for that we get three views. retired lieutenant general doug lute served in both the george w. bush and obama administrations focusing on afghanistan. he also served as u.s. ambassador to nato during the obama administration. annie pforzheimer had a 30 year career in the foreign service. she was the deputy chief of mission in afghanistan from 2017 to 2018, and was acting deputy assistant secretary of state for afghanistan until 2019. david sedney was deputy assistant secretary of defense for afghanistan, pakistan and central asia during the obama administration. until recently he was the president of american university of afghanistan. we welcome all three of you. david, i will start with you. we heard president biden say that threat to the u.s. over the last 20 years has spread around the world and it has metastasized and does not make sense to keep troops in one coun

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from w eta studios in washington anin the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizonaversity. judy: lawmakers today continued to assemble their picture of what went wrong on january 6. an internal watchdog testified about his ongoing review of us capitol police and shared his initial conclusions abouwhy their defense of the building failed that day. lisa desjardins has that. >> blue sky above. dark security fencing still on the ground. capitol hill today focused on the most blistering report yet about its own security failure. >> simply stated, capitol police were overrun, they weren't prepared for an insurrection, and i'll lay blame at the feet of capitol police leadership. >> in a virtual hearing, house members expressed dismay to the man whose report found broad problems within capitol police. >> those areas are intelligence, training, operational planning, and culture change. >> michael bolton, inspector general for the capitol police. has spent the past three months looking at the failures of january sixth. when pro-trump and anti-government rioters stormed the bu

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. ♪ announcer: this is the pbs newshour, from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona statey: today's upbeat u.s. jobs report is welcome news. it seems to confirm recent forecasts that the economy is on its way to a stable recovery. correspondent: an increasingly optimistic consensus says u.s. gdp could increase by 6% in 2021, much higher than pre-pandemic levels. if that happens, we could expect job gains from 700,000 to one million per month. one of the economist making those rosy forecasts is a policy director on fiscal and monetary policy at the brookings institution. great to have you on the newshour. nearly one million jobs added last month. it looks pretty great. what is your main take away from this report? >> today was a great report. 916,000 jobs added is a huge number. it would've been almost unheard of before this year, but it is good to remember despite the large increase in jobs in march, it is still true we are a .5 million jobs below where we were before the pandemic started, so we really do have a very large job deficit, and the unemployment rate ticked down

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalismiversity. ♪ judy: across russia today, protesters took to the streets in support of the jailed and critically ill opposition leader alexey navalny. they also marched to denounce the man they blamed for his imprisonment, president vladimir putin. reporter: as night fell across russia, protesters gathered in the thousands, answering the callrom jailed opposition leader alexey navalny. >> the situation is completely volatile. it is happening before our eyes. everyone things it could never happen to them. if it happens to one person, sooner or later it could happen to everyone. reporter: jailed in february, he has been on a hunger strike for three weeks over lack of medical care. he was transferred to a prison hospital on monday for so-called vitamin therapy. police responded to his supporters and force, resting peaceful protesters including one of his top allies. he posted a video message from the police van. >> i was literally detained for the thought of showing up at the rally. you know

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour wbt eight studios and washington and in the west from walter cronkitealism. judy: today saw the biden administration giving mixed messages on whether it would leave historically low caps on refugees put in place by former president trump. yamiche alcindor has more. reporter: president biden walked back an earlier promise to raise the cap on the number of refugees allowed into the united states. i'm joined now by jenny yang. she is the vice president of advocacy and policy at world relief, a humanitarian nonprofit. thanks so much for joining us. walk us through what happened today with these twists and turns on the refugee cap. >> earlier today the president signed presidential determination that cap the low refugee count at 15,000 for the u.s. refugee admissions program originally set by president trump but which president biden decided to keep. the one change he did make was to revise the program to expense categories through which refugees are eligible to come into the program, but the fact that he kept the refugee ceiling at this historically low lev

>> this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and from the west from the walter cronkite journalism. judy: yesterday, a major explosion disabled parts of iran's uranium enrichment facility at natanz, south of tehran. iran quickly blamed israel. as john yang tells us, this also comes as indirect talks between the u.s. and iran over the 2015 nuclear deal are set to resume later this week. john: the facility was knocked off line just hours after launching its new advanced centrifuges. tehran said sunday's blackout at the natanz facility -- considered a centerpiece for iran's uranium enrichment program -- had caused a fire. they called the attack an act of nuclear terrorism and blamed israel. >> various sources confirm that the zionist regime was behind this incident. john: iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarifarned natanz would be rebuilt to more quickly enrich uranium. state media quoted him as saying, the zionists wanted to take revenge against the iranian people for their success on the path of lifting sanctions and that iran will take revenge for this action. in

studios in washington and in the west from the walter concha heights school of journalism -- walter cronkiteournalism. judy: the johnson & johnson kobe vaccine appears to be on the verge of being given out once again after a cdc advisory panel recommended to do so and provide a warning. before the panel's recommendation, i spoke today with dr. fauci, the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. he is also the chief medical advisor to president biden. we should note that johnson & johnson is a funder of the newshour. thank you for joining us. you and i are recording this interview before we know what the cdc is going to say today about whether to reauthorize the use of the johnson & johnson vaccine, but whatever their decision is, how much of a setback to the overall efforts to get vaccine into as many arms as possible as this pause been in? dr. fauci: i do not think it has been significant, particularly since if they make the decision to go back out there and get this vaccine back in play, i think you will see people who are wanting to get this particular vaccin

♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west, from the walter cronkiteof journalism at arizona state university. judy: college basketball's march madness reminds us that big-time college athletics can look like big business. and as john yang reports, it is a fitting backdrop for the supreme court arguments today over compensation for college players. john: as the men's d women's college basketball tournaments had to their championship aims, the ncaa had a big contest today at the highest court of the land. the case could have tremendous consequences for big-time college basketball and football. >> it is a huge case without question. john: law school professor jeremy. >> it is one piece of a much larger puzzle, a bigger thing that has been brewing for decades about student athlete in general. john: in the name of protecting amateurism, the ncaa caps the money schools can offer student-athletes. >> it is limited to a scholarship on the cost of attendance for travel and thanks. john: the athletes argued that it illegally limits competition for their skills,

fort cronkite.h, that's right. my cool cloudy even address a lot of action behind me. as you can see here. this is the busy time at the marine mammal center. we are here for earth day and what you're looking at right here. we actually have some elephant seal pups that are in the center. this is in fact have about 100 of them that that are being treated right now and hopefully they'll get a lot of food in them and get healthy and actually go back out to the to the ocean out to the pacific in the future, but as you mentioned it is a cool cloudy day. ross, a good portion of the bay area and looks like it feels like it's june or july. now what about rain? we have been awaiting for the rainfall and as you can see, if the graphics here we have to wait a little bit longer, but this is our sunday deal. we're actually tracking a system. i'm steady rainfall for the second half of the weekend and maurad see those numbers adding up into sunday. most areas as you can see over 1/10 of an inch, maybe over a half a

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" f rom washington and in the west from the want cronkite school of journalismarizona state university. judy: delta, coca-cola, and major league baseball are some of the dozens of companies speaking out against new voting legislation in georgia and other states. georgia's law signed late last month poses new id requirements for mail-in ballots, limits the number of ballot job boxes, and more clearly defines time for early voting. supporters say it ensures of voting security and transparency. but voting rights advocates say the law will disproportionately affect voters of color. that led 72 black ceo's to write a full-page ad in the new york times, urging corporate executives to oppose the law. one of the signers of the letter joins me now. roger ferguson, ceo of tiaa, and the former vice chair of the federal reserve. roger ferguson, thank you so much for joining us. let me just start asking, why did you sign this letter? roger: i have a strong point of view that voting is a fundamental right. we know that millions have died or sacrificed their lives to ensure th

>> this is the pbs newshour from debbie ta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitealism at arizona state university. judy: yesterday, the biden administration laid out the 1.8 trillion dollar american families plan, which focuses on child care and education. as president biden pushes these sweeping new policies, he's relying on his cabinet secretaries to help in that effort. amna nawaz sat down with one of them earlier today. >> and the secretary for health and human services joins me now. secretary xavier becerra, welcome back to the newshour and thanks for being here. your one of five capital officials the present has tapped to push forward this initiative -- ambitious plan. here's what you are up against. susan collins said she is concerned about the cost. mitt romney said he wants the childcare money to go directly to families and called universal pre-k a federal incursion. how do you change their minds? >> thank you for having me. people do not think we can get the american rescue plan across the table. we do the same way. he got 200 million shots in arms for v

saturday at 8 pm eastern on lectures in history, american university professor joseph campbell on the cronkite moment. on sunday at 2 pm eastern, on oral histories, u.s. army veteran david taylor reflects on his time serving as a clerk during the vietnam war. sunday at 8 pm eastern on the presidency, a look at newly elected presidents first addresses to joint session of congress with president george w. bush in 2001 and president barack obama in 2009. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span three. american history tv on c-span 3. every weekend, documenting america's story. funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support c-span three as a public service. trail of tears, president jack baker talks about forced relocation of native americans in the early 19th century. mister baker, members of the cherokee nation also discusses his own families voluntarily moved to oklahoma. this is an all day conference hosted by the university of oklahoma, center for the study of american indian law and policy and preservation. >> now it gives me grea

now i do hope that history will prove cronkite wrong, but i will say that i do think the legacy of harry truman is something that is incredibly unique. last president i'm sure will never have another president who didn't go to college. i'm sure we'll never have a president who you know was a farmer and just came up through the ranks and local politics and made his way all the way to the oval office. i think i think that trajectory is probably gone forever, but there was something wholesome about it. there was something valuable about it and i think in preserving that legacy in this library and in this museum in this way at this time, i think that we are doing a great service for for the nation and for the world people come from all over i mean ambassadors and senators governors and and military people retired all over the world come to pay their tribute to the man from missouri who literally changed the map of the world who made the world a different place than they otherwise would have would have had so as i believe that was the last slide we had so patrick if you can. you see now my sc

museum here at westminster college past fellows include churchill's grandson winston churchill walter cronkite president eisenhower truman. we're all so churchill fellows and we are very pleased to welcome you into that honorary society today. congratulations,

climate and to the idea that you were in vietnam and you were working near rice patties where walter cronkite was reporting nightly, this was the real world. at night, -- once you begin to realize that this was your lot, everything had to fall in line to the extent you could. what i was not prepared for was the kind of segregation that began to take place. after 5:00, black troops went back to the barracks. -- to the barracks and hung out together and listened to soul music and talk. white troops went back to the barracks, back to their groups and taught -- and talked. we might share a drink in the mess hall, a place where we were able to do that. there was a sense that there was unequal treatment and resentment directed at the leadership for fostering or not dispelling them the dissonance that was developing. and i think what was occurring was that black soldiers were being reprimanded and reduced in rank and given dishonorable discharges for infractions of military law disproportional and white troops could do the same thing and get a hand slap. and so, i'm going to smoke. i'm going to hang

joseph campbell on the cronkite moment, and it's effect on public opinion toward the vietnam war on sunday at 2pm eastern on oral history us army veteran david vassar taylor reflects on his time serving as a clerk during the vietnam war and sunday at 8pm eastern on the presidency a look at newly elected president's first addresses to a joint session of congress with president george w bush in 200. and president barack obama in 2009 exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3 american history tv on c-span 3 every weekend documenting america's story funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support c-span 3 as a public service. each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history next. we visit the trail of tears gallery at the national museum of the american indian and washington dc which looks at the national debate over the 1830 indian removal act and its impact on southern tribes associate curator. paul chaat smith leads us through the gallery after an introduction in the americans e

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eastern on lectures in history professor joseph campbell on the cronkite moment and its effect on public opinion toward the vietnam war and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, u.s. army veteran david vassar taylor reflects on his clerking during the eat san ramon war and a look at first addresses to a joint session of congress with president george w. bush in 2001 and president barack obama in 2009. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on cspan3, every weekend, documenting america's story. funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support cspan3 as a public service. >>> cspan's long running series president eisenhower's treasury and defense secretaries and how their personalities and styles influenced administration policies. both won with no government experience and the other a former general motors president brought a business per speccive toive to their cabinet jobs. mr. worthen is the author of george hum fee, charles wilson and eisenhower's war on spendle. the dwight d. eisenhower pr

. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour, from weta studios in washington and in the west, the walter cronkite journalism and arizona state university. judy: at least one thing stands out in president biden's infrastructure plan, the price tag. to pay for the nearly $2 trillion plan, there are calls for revamping how u.s. corporations pay taxes, including what they pay overseas. >> and 2017, republicans and then president trump reduced the u.s. corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. president biden wants to raise that to 28%. he is calling for an international minimum tax rate of 21%. that is meant to keep big multinational companies from doing something that many have done, use offshore loopholes to pay fewer taxes. the various tax provisions would raise two point $5 trillion over 15 years. -- $2.5 trillion over 15 years. jesse trucker joins me now. welcome to the newshour. these loopholes, these tax maneuvers, a lot of companies use them, google, amazon, and facebook, but what does it mean? what does it mean for the actual pay? jesse: they have generally paid somewhere around half for that. goo

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i am america's walter cronkite.t the smuts witter was day unpaid speaking of which vice president kamala harris has not had time to visit or comment on the border crisis. that she is supposedly charged me to it public in. for a dat avenues in print yesterday to company him on a tour of a water treatment planning calendar for need that is so important calls him an environmental champion. so was the white house right to be backing newsom in the face of a recall for failing his state? and will an endorsement from campbell do anything to move the needle. joining me now auteur candidate san diego mayor kevin faulconer's backward thank you backs are pretty how would things change in speed last spoke? >> it's great to be with you. i will tell you how it's changed or continuing to see the rising anger and frustration in california all across the state. by the way to democrat republican and independent. the recall signatures have been turned in a couple of weeks ago. they are being counted. there is absolutely no doubt in my

. >> this is the "pbs newshour" from w eta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkitel of journalism at arizona state university. judy: air travel is picking up steadily as more americans get vaccinated, and while that may be good news for the industry, it is bad news for the creation of more emissions and climate change. miles o'brien looks at efforts to reduce those emissions and to help airlines fly greener skies. it is part of our coverage on the consequences of climate change, and our reporting done in tandem with the international journalism project called covering climate now. it is a coproduction with pbs nova. >> in the world of aviation, a new era is taking shape. what began with kitty hawk and then moved into the jet age is now going electric. >> in less than 12 months, we have went from zero to flying not one but two actual practical aircraft. roy is ceo of a company that makes high-powered electric motors ideally suited for flight. >> our goal as a company is to build a generational business that 40 years from now people will be flying in electric aircraft

. >> this is the pbs newshour from washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: india is in a dire covid crisis, while the biden administration pledged to share tens of millions of doses of the astrazeneca vaccine with india and other countries, that vaccine must still be approved by the u.s. food and drug administration. does doses will not arrive in india for some time. the country is breaking new records daily. today, india reported more than 350,000 new cases and 2800 less deaths. experts believe those numbers substantially undercount the true impact. in a moment, william brangham talks with one of those experts. but let's begin with a report from john ray of independent television news. reporter: death and grief. in india both are now on heartbreaking public display. where a sun begs for his father's body to be taken to the crematorium for his last rites. where the virus has returned at such speed it has far outpaced his country's ability to cope. she mourns for her brother, just 45 years old. covid is claiming ever younger

in 1976, media had a 72% approval rating in the cronkite era.ogize for not issuing the form 911 call because that is the real context, when you hear a girl pleading, she is trying to stab us, or when they actually edited out a knife in the hand of the attacker in the original report. we should have seen apologies. we should have seen retractions. we saw nothing. always always punditry on places like msnbc, which actually justified knife fights going on between kids. this was a one-way knife fight, a, and b, there was a 13-year-old girl in cincinnati that was stabbed to death by another 13-year-old. this isn't playtime now, and this is a very serious situation that we have here in terms of police and race and tensions are high. nbc had to get it right. they got it wrong, and to mollie's point, they did not get it wrong because they made a mistake, they got it wrong because they returned to push a narrative from a dangerous one that could end up getting people killed. >> ben: you mentioned the commentary on cnn and msnbc, let's run that and get so

joseph campbell on the cronkite moment and its effect on public opinion toward the vietnam war on sunday at 2pm eastern on oral histories us army veteran david vassar taylor reflects on his time serving as a clerk during the vietnam war and sunday at 8pm eastern on the presidency a look at newly elected president's first addresses to a joint session of congress with president george w bush in 1 and president barack obama in 2009 exploring the american story watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3 american history tv on c-span 3 every weekend documenting america's story funding for american history tv comes from these companies who support c-span 3 as a public service. next on american history tv a session from a conference titled john marshall the supreme court and the trail of tears chuck hoskin jr. the principal chief of the cherokee nation talks about the tribe's history following their removal from the southeast to present day, oklahoma. he describes how the cherokee rebuild and strengthen their culture despite much adversity. the conference was co-hosted by the virginia m

anchor walter cronkite. but perhaps the greatest contribution to the new golden age came from edgy emotional and uninhibited films supervised by hbo's director of documentaries sheila evans. in a time when postmodernist claim that truth is a product of multiple perspectives not objective reality. the films of errol morris beginning with a thin blue line argued how truth is discovered that is as important of what house truth is discovered is as important as what it is. but his films challenge preconceived notions and demanded that viewers question. and a politically divided environment many prefer not to. michael morris politically provocative films are forthright in the tradition of earlier activists documentaries, but he brought something new to his arguments humor. his left wing fans left his opponent struck back with right-wing films funded by deep pocket production money made possible by the citizen united supreme court decision, which declared to the expenditure of money for political purposes with an e

, american university professor joseph gamble on the cronkite moment, and the effect on public opinion for the vietnam war. on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral history, u.s. army veteran reflects on his time serving as a clerk during the vietnam war. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, a look at newly elected president's first addresses to a joint session of congress. with president george w. bush in 2001 and president barack obama in 2000 nine. exploring the american story. watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >> white house press secretary jen psaki covered a range of topics at today's white house briefing, including the ministrations infrastructure plan and its response to the covid-19 pandemic. he also here from the commerce secretary. jen: hi, everyone. >> good afternoon. jen: good afternoon. joining us today is another member of the presidents jobs cabinet. as you all know, the secretary was the first woman to be governor of rhode island where she kick started the state's economy and achieves a record number of jobs in the lowest unemployment in a gen

. >> that is of course cbs anchor walter cronkite reacting to the moment that neil armstrong and buzzwhoo, boy, in the iconic eagle lander. for the first time since the apollo program they're shoppin o go t e on. this are three designs for the artemis program. mark strassmann shows us the companiies competing for their chance to now make history. >> reporter: after years of development -- >> start -- >> reporter: and countless tests of its rockets and crew capsule, nasa almost has all the hardware it needs to send astronauts back to the moon. >> the human landing system is the missing link. it's the last step to complete the puzzle for our return to the moon. >> once you have this -- >> it's all systems go. >> reporter: lisa wat mn leads nasa's first lunar lander program since apollo. >> when i see this, lunar module was actually two spacecraft in one. the bottom half, the descent stage, lowered the vehicle and its crew to a soft landing. >> stop -- landed. >> reporter: when it was time to go home -- >> this mission -- >> reporter: the crew was ferried back to the orbiting capsule. >>

towards the end of his life, walter cronkite said i think it is absolutely essential in a democracy tocompetition in the media. a lot of competition. and we seem to be moving away from that. over a decade since his death we can agree that his warning was an extreme under statement. the harm of anti-competitive platforms, like facebook and google, feel very abstract. local investigative journalist can root out corruption, bring attention to issues that matter in our communities, but that don't and will never attract national attention. in the three years since the shooting at marjorie stoneman douglas. but local outlets were investigating the failures that contribute to that awful day. and our community has worked in our shared grief to keep alive the memory of the 17 we lost that day. they're hobbies, they're characters, and it is other local news media that has been an important part of telling the stories and demanding accountability. on the other happened, facebook, google, other technology platforms played a role in spreads misinformation and conspiracy theories about the tragic ev