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. >> narrator: tonight on frontline, "to catch a trader." >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from: and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> narrator: november 2010. a team of reporters at the wall street journal was finishing a major story about a years-long government investigation into insider trading on wall street. >> that friday, we had been just working so hard getting ready to put the story out and we knew that it was going to, like, really be a game changer. >> narrator: the article was published late that night. on new york's upper east side, a trader, donald longueuil, was alarmed that his former em

i think change will come. >> narrator: next time on frontline... >> go to pbs.org/frontline for more on kim jong un, including exclusive childhood photos and interviews with those who knew him. find out how life has changed for ordinary north koreans. plus, what are the possibilities for reform in the hermit kingdom? >> the system as it stands is just unsustainable. >> connect to the frontline community. sign up for our newsletter. follow us on facebook, twitter and pbs.org/frontline. >> frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from: and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund with a grant from millicent bell through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. captioned by media access

okay. >> you're the eck difficult producer of frontline. if i'm not mistaken the last news or documentary program that does long form investigative journalism. >> left on television. >> stephen: left on television. >> neff's given up. >> stephen: why not throw in the towel, you're the last of the mohicans. why dow keep going? >> it matters. >> stephen: why does it matter. does it make money. does it mick money? >> it-- . >> stephen: does make money. >> it doesn't make money. >> stephen: the market has spoken. the market has spoken. you're the last dodo. >> well, yeah, but i think we need to be in business. i think we need to be in the business in this complicated world and i think we do it because we can take the time to do it. we can do it in some complexity. we can do it in a way that news and journalism doesn't do it any more. the networks have given up on this kind of journalism. >> stephen: the mere fact that you take a long time to do it shows that you are not doing it well. >> the market for good journalism has taken a very complicat

that's the subject of tonight's "frontline: to catch a trader."e's an excerpt about the pursuit of cohen, including exclusive footage of a video deposition he gave in a private civil suit over these matters. >> narrator: this is a copy of sac's code of ethics and conduct, obtained by frontline. in the industry, it's called a compliance manual. it spells out the rules prohibiting insider trading. in his 2011 deposition, cohen was asked by the plaintiff's attorney if he was familiar with s.a.c.'s compliance manual. >> now, the s.a.c. compliance manual at the time provided that if you were in possession of material nonpublic information, you could not trade, period, correct? >> yeah. well, the way... >> is that correct? >> actually, i don't know what it says. >> okay, so at the time, you didn't know what s.a.c.'s compliance manual says on insider trading? >> when it comes to trading, i rely on counsel. >> you know, you're talking about somebody who's been in the industry for 30 years, and for him to be that oblivious of these very central things to h

>> the feds are asking that right now. >> to catch a trader, a frontline exclusive. >> frontline is madeontributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. additional funding for this program was provided by the arthur vining davis foundations. >> rose: welcome to the program. tonight, a conversation with a man of many talents, james franco. >> there's nothing -- i can't work any harder than i've been working. and i -- and i -- 1% of me does it to just be able to say to people, look, i'm not a fake. back off. the other 99% of me, you know, went to school and studied those things because i want to tak

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and the frontlines of the john going disaster. >> a number of workers that work is a relatively small percentage of people who work. the rest of them are contractors, subcontractors. >> david mcneil is a journalist and author who has followed the plight of the unsung heroes. >> they are recruited by some of the hundreds of subcontractors that have poured in. there is an enormous amount of money. >> america tonight found very little of that money actually makes it into the hands of those on the frontlines. >> workers tell me that they make 100 a day give or take. the lowest being $60. >> workers say they are given little training on avoiding exposure. >> a worker we will all the tanaka has traveled to japan for most of his life. he didn't want to be identified for fear of retribution. he was shocked to find radioactive hot spots where they worked. marked with tape but never decontaminated. the lack of training made him fear for his health. >> we used to wear charcoal filters. but because of the cost cuts, we got dust filters. like those who buy the convenience store. >> employees wear

country's chemical costs no lights lights in the conflict still committed to fight scene on the frontlines syrian president bashar al assad has said that the topix cannot discuss the issue of him leaving his place while moscow to a close ally of syria is disappointed with the un decision to withdraw the invitation to iran to attend the talks up the us objections. the opposition is split and a myriad of rebel groups have signed a national coalition opposition great but agreeing to take part in the tool. russian security forces have killed a senior islamic militants in the republic of tiger stomp around three hundred miles east of such a venue for the winter and takes less than three weeks old on my coat off his barricaded himself in a house with women and children was killed in the sheets help the raids came as a manhunt continues consortium for the analysis i thought he might have already reached the ring of steel around the site. the police and the on find that place does have to put up some cheese airport hotels in supermarkets. the woman so what is was on my keeper i can about believed

basically, ukraine is a frontline of democratic europe. ukrainians are not only fighting for their own freedom, but they are fighting to stop authoritarianism to spread westward. >> stephen cohen, what is your take on what is happening in ukraine right now? >> well, it is not what anton shekhovtsov said. where to begin. can we begin at the beginning? ukraine,appening in what has been unfolding since november in the streets is probably the single most important international story today. it may impact for very long time the geopolitics of europe, russia, american russian relations and a lot more. at the same time, media coverage of this story, particularly in s, has beenstate exceedingly misleading. i would characterize anton shekhovtsov's characterization to be as flat as i can, as have true. but a half truth is an entry. the realities are, there is no ukraine. all of this talk about ukraine is on the frontline of a moccasin, there are at least two to ukraine's. one tilts toward poland and the west, european union, and the other toward rus

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on its website at pbs.org/frontline. arn to you, massive business. is it fair to say that insider trading rules are vague? accounts is one of the that would get the first call from broker-dealers, the first call from research analysts. do you really know what inside information is or not? >> i think it is pretty darn and whatt is material is information that is not in the public domain. i do not think there is a lot of ambiguity. fix income is a bit different, in no situation where you are brought over the law, and you get over the law, there's a difference in determining what is immaterial and would assign the public domain. >> your gut reaction when you see the biggest equity fund manager out there say it is a little unclear what insider trading is, what do you think about that? >> i don't know, it is so hard, i mean, everybody -- he sss he that was appropriate. i think people have a pretty good understanding what is the material and what is in the public domain and that is it. it is digital. there is not a gray -- >>

. >> on the frontlines of the protests in kiev. an american missionary who has been jailed in north korea for more than a year appeared unexpectedly before reporters today. he appealed to the u.s. administration to secure his release. he admitted to committing antigovernment act. he said vice president joe biden's comments infuriated pyongyang. a warning, there is some flash photography. >> north korea's media environment is highly controlled , but also, full of surprises. , heonths after his arrest has given his first press conference under armed guard and perhaps under heavy editorial control. >> i know there have been reports that i have been treated badly, but i'm going to make clear and emphasize today that during the last 15 months, there has been no infringement on my human rights. i have not suffered any unfair or severe treatment. the government of this country has treated me from a humanitarian standpoint. >> the message, delivered through a handful of foreign media outlets, not north korea's own state broadcaster, was de

the frontline has hardened. since friday, the european union has tried to mediate in the conflict. leaders inposition kiev. >> the situation is very difficult. we talked about peaceful means to lead the country out of the political crisis. the commissioner also spoke with the president who expressed a willingness to make some concessions to the protesters by reshuffling his government and loosening restrictions on freedom of assembly. >> we are still prepared to engage in further talks to find a compromise. protesterslikelihood will be satisfied by a compromise lessons with each passing day. meetsay they were only when he resigns. >> for the latest of elements from ukraine, let's bring in mar cus from kiev. has the president overplayed his hand by underestimating the staying power of the protests and the willingness of people to stay out in hostile conditions? >> that seems to be obvious. he seems to have underestimated the protesters'staying power. the nation has awakened and realized the brutality and ruthlessness of this president after casualties earlier this week. the standoff

a makeshift hospital close to the frontline was smashed by the police and medical workers are being intimidated. this medical student, afraid to give her full name, was stopped by police as she headed home. they saw her past and immediately detained her. taking her out into a forest. what came next was worse. >> translation: that night my father was brutally beaten. his condition was critical. they left a note saying, "your daughter talks to the media too much." her father was punished after she told local journalists about her detainment. >> sasha is not the only protestor detained by the police. in what is beginning to look like a campaign of intimidation by police, by sending text messages and attacking their families. it may not be clubbing people on the front line. but it's just as threatening. president viktor yanukovych may put on a conciliatory face in talks with opposition leaders. there's an undercounter, an attempt to fracture the protest movement by picking off one protestor at a time. >> two men accused of some of the worst atrocities are in court at this hour. both are on trial, a

so the people who are elected by the people of san francisco to represent them have been on the frontline of the concerns about the shuttles and their impacts on the neighborhoods and transit system we're fortunate to have great leadership on city hall on the board of supervisors and the transportation commission who have been sharing their feedback and giving us their input and bringing leadership to you'll of the transportation in san francisco not the least of this issue. i'm pleased to be with david chiu >> i want to thank you and all the men and women that behind me who have addressed a series of headaches i know within councilmember kersey district. in recent years we've seen a wild, wild west open our streets this is a way to bring order to our city and asking companies to pay a fair share. the fact is the men and women behind us have been thinking intellectually and based on facts what rules we need to make sure we're minimizing congestion on our streets and folks not to have to travel in private cars or be in vehicles where a multiple people are and our roads are are properly mai

you can watch "frontline" online, just go to pbs.org/frontline. >> harvey pitt is a real expert on thisthe securities and exchange commission and clearly a lawyer's lawyer. his comments are germane but what was really important about said hisat mr. cohen interpretation. the reason these executives don't know the details, there are no details to mail. you can read through it -- i have done it, cfa exam, all three levels and general -- >> it is all about detail. >> but insider trading an incredibly squishy and purposely squishy area. >> technically, but he was being asked on a very broad basis, can you trade on material nonpublic information? himhat is not what i heard -- >> he was being asked him indirectly perhaps, maybe not, as clearly as you would have asked it, but still at the end of the day, fundamentally, a person who is managing that much money may be should not be getting into the detail but they should know right from wrong. >> well said. perfectly said. when you look at the insider saidng area, as mr. cohen and the peace -- knowing right from wrong, there is not toggle switch

, we were both on the "frontline" special on insider trading.ve cohen about insider trading? the case that you were bringing against cohen had nothing to do with insider trading, it had to do with market manipulation. he and other hedge funds manipulated the stock, allegedly, of fairfax financial. the case was thrown out of court. i know you're appealing, but, you know, i think cohen has been removed from the case as it stands now. why did you even go to the insider trading? it's kind of like besides the point even though it became a big issue. >> well, it wasn't, because our case was a racketeering case. fairfax was one of the first companies to allege that sac was a criminal enterprise. that's way back in 2006. and it's part of establishing that criminal enterprise, the rico enterprise. we alleged that among market manipulation, they also engaged in ram pant insider trading. and so part of our proof in showing the enterprise was to prove up the insider trading. and with respect to sac, we had e-mails where they had cohen's own group, his tradi

there was a frontline documentary that was made in conjunction with our book.t the very end of tour employer, espn, pulled out of the partnership of that documentary, and then it was-- and then news came out that it was after meeting with the nfl, the implication was that there was pressure applied by the nfl to pull out of out of the documentary. so the nfl has been-- you know, they've been uncooperative, i would say. ic we're providing information that they probably don't want people to know. >> stephen: do you ever wish you had taken on an organization that is less vindictive, like maybe the mafia or taylor swift? ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) well, steve, mark, thank you so much for joining me. steve fainaru and mark fainaru-wada. the book is "league of denial." we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: welcome back. nation, you know, i got to say, i think something's going to happen because i kind of thought i knew everything i needed to know, but i have learned absolutely so much about football this week. for

the frontline moved to the outskirts of fallujah. >> sunni tribal leaders are not allowing israeli fighters to enter the town. it's a sign of how little they trust the government of nouri al-maliki. the prime minister is not backing down, describing the operation as vital to the security of iraq. >> translation: there's nothing left in that sovereignty. we have to uni-item to fight for those -- yin ute to fight for those destroying processes. >> the sunni tribal leaders in ramadi. the other main town in anbar province have secured the city. fallujah is tense. >> sunni tribal leaders say they've been harassed targeted and arrested by government forces and are calling for the reform of the sahwa, a paramilitary force disbanded when al qaeda was defeated in 2008. with little trust on either side, the baghdad government and the sunni groups are at a stalemate. >> now to syria's war, where violence is spilling over into lebanon. the same al qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for a bombing in beirut on thursday. five were killed after a suicide car bomb exploded in an area of the city cont

. >> we are on the frontline in the drc where the army is vowing to drive out reb ejs and find out who finished out in front of one of the toughest road races. >> at least 22 soldiers are reported to have been killed in pakistan during an attack targetting a military convoy. reports say is a car filled with explosives blew up in the city of barnu in the khyber patunkwar province. we are joined from istanbul. the death toll is riding. it was obviously an enormous bomb. >> indeed. an enormous bomb and a number of wounded. at least 38 people wounded. some are in serious condition. according to the details that we have received, the bomb was planted in one of the buses which was hired by the security forces special. they were going move to north waziristan, a gaitway to the troubled agency, and were waiting for others to join them at a checkpoint for their journey which they do every sunday. it appears that the civilians hired by the security forces and the bomb was placed inside as they gathered, getting ready to move with the military cop voi which was -- convoy way was going join them.

some footage obtained by japanese journalist jiro ishimaru is featured in tonight's frontline on pbs, "secret state of north korea." here's an excerpt. >> these are pictures we want the world to see. north koreans living n. towns across the country. they risk their lives to get the footage. one of his contacts is it a states employee, but has been smuggling footage out for five years. he agreed to speak if his identity was concealed >> (translated): this is dangerous, and if i get caught, i know i'd immediately be executed as a traitor to the korean people. but i've got to do this. i've got to do this no matter what. i'm just one person. even if i have to sacrifice my life, someday, something is going to change. >> narrator: the famine which killed more than a million north koreans in the 1990s has ended. but the united nations says the country is still vulnerable to food shortages, and more than three quarters of the population don't have enough food to eat. >> narrator: over the past three years, jiro's undercover network has filmed orphaned street kids gathering in the markets begg

here that is on the frontline of global warming the oceans advance never stops. at high tide the water now covers the land all around the houses here. i said that the best people seven. a note down south salt water is contaminated this while in residence have lost their drinking water farmland is under threat with this field is now useless for planting crops it's estimated that chair that has lost about ten percent of its agricultural land for the past decade erie am i re read this in a beachside the ocean. ms is here having duty repeated flooding and dave had he not one by one areas neighbors are leaving. surrogacy being there are many other buildings yet. one family leave here. there will doubtless you can see the floor of the house. some of the small store and they have. but nothing big and don't have to move out from some other places. this is a long term computer forecasts from the japan meteorological agency and the university of tokyo. he chose dead sea level will rise an average of twenty centimeters around the world by twenty thirty five. to see little r