he was author and historian gerald hall now says the sectarian conflict in syria leaves plenty of room for provocation by the rebels or even rogue factions in damascus itself. it's deja vu all over again we will remember the disaster as an adventurous u.s. and british invasion of iraq in two thousand and three based on allegations really weapons of mass destruction that proved to be faulty therefore we must ask some very difficult and searching questions for example what was the chain of custody with regard to the samples taken from the battlefield of syria to laboratories in wonder and in washington was there or was there the possibility of contamination or foul play or hanky panky with samples and how can you show that the regime rather than the rebels actually used these alleged chemical weapons and since we already know next security divisions within the military is driving the conflict in both syria and iraq how do we know that some renegade soldier in the syrian military was actually collaborating with the rebels want these chemical weapons so as to provide a rationale for interv

reagan spotted it very quickly, what gerald ford was really talking about was contradicting the democracy that had taken place in the republican party and instead shunting in this figure alongside who actually the party had deliberately not chosen. it's interesting. >> and one more here. then we'll wrap up. >> seth. >> fitzpatrick from vision journal. the overwhelming outpouring that took place at president reagan's funeral service here seemed to demonstrate that this is a man who connected with the american people in a very special way. whether people agree with him or disagree with him, they certainly thouof

victims have been involved but it's not been independently verified this case from dallas is from gerald horne he's an author and political story i've got to say as well these pictures coming out may well find him in a very upset and we played the most best we can other gerald state media blames the rebels who in turn playing government forces it goes around a circle how is it possible to properly to properly verify what's becoming increasingly ferocious attacks that now. it's going to be very difficult to verify this horrific attack but i do find it rather curious that on the day after the most holy day in the christian calendar and speaking of easter did you find nations like united states of america for example that how it's christianity and its alleged protection of christians worldwide or saw it different to the plight of christians in syria likewise you see there in the states which has been supposedly a good friend of israel has been rather indifferent and callous to the plight of the jewish people of syria you may have seen the recent report about a synagogue sacked in syria by t

. >> warner: and poet gerald stern reflects on his working class upbringing and 70 years of writing verse in a conversation with jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by bp. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: with congress poised to take up gun control legislation in the coming days, the national rifle association battled back today as it tried to shift attention to a different proposal. it calls for arming trained personnel in every public u.s. school. the n.r.a. turned a former republican congressman asa hutchinson to chair what it calls the national school shield task force. he

become gerald rudolph ford jr.? >> what a contemporary kind of story that is. door knee gardner was a society girl in a little town of harvard, illinois, went to a finishing school and met the brother of a friend of the college, and he was the son of a wealthy omaha big businessman. she was a big wedding. they went on their honeymoon to the west coast. before they got to oregon, to portland, oregon, he had beat her on their honeymoon. he then, they went from oregon down the coast to los angeles. he abused her physically and emotionally on that part of the trip altogether. this on the honeymoon. she got back to omaha where they were to live, and she went straight home to her parents in illinois. and then leslie king, the husband, came after her and promised he would, you know, never do it again, change his ways. she went back to him. she became pregnant and had the baby. 16 days after that little boy, little son was born, who was named for his father, leslie king jr., the father attacked the mother and the son with a butcher knife. with that, she escaped that ni

stuart: keith fitz-gerald, always good. thank you for joining us.wo stories that show a growing trend toward on-line business and away from bricks and mortar stores. first up, banks across the country closing literally thousands of branches because more customers are doing their banking on-line. more than 2200 branches closed last year. and second, we've got toys "r" us, it's pulling, canceling its ipo because of fierce competition from on-line toy shoppers. people going to sites like amazon, big box stores changed the business landscape and now the internet is doing it all over again. and how is this for a headline? california as a comeback state. yes, that's in today's new york times and that so-called comeback is all because of the liberal left. so, are the democrats really the savior of the formally golden state as paul krugman says they are? we'll discuss that at the top of the coming hour. monday morning, new quarter, 7 early movers, and noticed the dow has turned positive and we're now up 5 points. so much for death watch for blackberry, a su

gerald green here. gerald green was in the dunk contest a couple of years ago and you can see why.reen. nicely done. and terrible defense also. 113-98 indy over the hawks at canseco fieldhouse. the nba to decide on the fate of the sacramento kings. the developers released the drawings. they are urging l.a. to keep the team in the state capitol instead of approving a move to seattle. we will see what they come up with there. that is this edition of abc 7 news at 9:00. for all of us here thank you for watching. i'm dan ashleyly we appreciate your time as with us. the next newscast is over on channel 7 and watch us joen channel 7 and watch us joen dee, i think what mac's trying to say is that's it's probably like the greatest movie of all times. rocky iv is not the greatest movie of all time. yes, it is. dee, what do you consider to be a good movie? i don't know, like million dollar baby or... ( men hooting ) that is ridiculous. it won an oscar, you guys. rocky iv has stallone in it and he bashes the russian's face to smithereens.

i thought i was going to die. >> instead, the gunman strikes gerald cole on the head, knocking him to the floor. >> he hits me on the right side of my face. at one point, i just thought that my life that was just over. >> i personally thought that they were going to rough him up because he was trying to get out. >> terrified, cole stays face down on the ground while the gunman continues to rob the other customers. >> my friends that were sitting in front of me, she had hid a purse behind her back and he saw that and came and snatched her purse and put it on the table and told her, empty out this purse. i'm guessing she was still in shock, because she was moving in slow motion, just taking it out, one by one, piece by piece. >> they wanted money. wallets, jewelry. he came up behind me and patted me on my wallet that was in the pocket of my pants. he is like, give me your wallet. i said, buddy, let me give you all the cash i got but let me keep my wallet for my i.d. and my social security card. >> he was like yeah, sure, keep that stuff, it's hard to get back. >> they were screaming and

be here in 3d. ( laughter ) together, together-- ( cheers and applause ) we will decide what it's gerald really meant when he say, "so we beat oboats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." it's the name of his childhood sled. ( laughter ) ( applause ) folks, i've always said that crayons are a lot like people-- they may come in different colors, but inside, they're all the same flavor. ( laughter ) and we would not have crayons if it were not for the crayola company of eastern pennsylvania, which is in the subject of the 68th installment of my 434-part series "better know a district." tonight, the fightin' 17th. the 17th is home to the oldest brewery in the united states, yuengling, whose name is anang lisized version of the german word jungling, which means young boy. but if you're ever in a bar and they offer you a young boy, please alert authorities immediately. ( laughter ). ( applause ) now the 17th was once home to papa bear bill o'reilly who cut his teeth as a reporter for nepwills-barry-scronton. it is there where he tested out the no spin zone, the stay stil

once i moved from bessie smith, i discovered elephants gerald. fitzgerald. she recorded everything.ry song of the american songbook, she recorded. she was really the first person that really got me into vocalists. , he really approaches everything from the musical side. even hearhe does not the lyrics. because i am an actress, and a writer, i approached everything as a character. what are they saying? what to the lyrics mean? for me, i cannot sing a song, connect with the lyrics. sing, these songs that i there is nothing like that, these beautiful -- nobody rides like that today. perceive how the acting experience and artistry gives you a different way of getting at interpreting the lyrical content. have his artist will or her own way of interpreting. you see it differently because you are into character. when you are in state -- onstage, how does the acting experience work? >> ella was just about as close as you could get to a perfect instrument musically. she was phenomenal. that, i got into singers were not as perfect, but had more emotion in the voice. delie holiday, blossom ari

globe award winning actor who you can now see on broadway, starring in the play "orphans" at the gerald applause ] >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about! my man, alec baldwin! [ cheers and applause ] nice to see you, my friend. and welcome back to our show. i always like it when you're here. >> thank you. >> jimmy: and it's april 1st. i thought maybe you weren't going to show up and say "april fool's." >> i thought about it. >> jimmy: you did for a second, yeah. >> isn't it weird how, like, april fool's day comes and you feel like you should be doing something to people? do you feel that way? >> jimmy: yeah. >> you should you tricking people? >> jimmy: i don't partake. >> but you don't trick people. >> jimmy: i don't trick people. i don't like being tricked. >> you don't trick people. and you don't like either to be the tricker or trickee. >> jimmy: the trickee. that is correct. yes, i don't -- i mean, the magician i will go see -- >> what's in this water, by the way? what's under this cushion? >> jimmy: yeah, that's what i'm saying. >> exactly. >> jimmy: it makes you nervous. did you

. >> warner: and poet gerald stern reflects on his working class upbringing and 70 years of writing verse in a conversation with jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by bp. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.

we start with the "uss gerald r. ford" named after the former president.n this video we can see them putting the final touches on this aircraft carrier. the first redesign in 40 years, this is an all-electric ship and it requires fewer people to operate. whereas you would approximately have about 30,000 people running a ship, this only needs about 2500. >> it's cool to see these giant chunks of the ship get put into place. >> like giant legos. >> it was finally finished on april 9th. >> it's weird to see how tiny, tiny the people look that are working around it. >> this one is pretty interesting. this is the "uss kersarge." it's being replenished and watch how they do it. >> they're snaking lines over to refuel the ship. neither one stops. they both keep moving. like airplanes refuelling in midair. you see the helicopter picking up large boxes off the smaller ship and putting them on the bigger one. you don't have to go through all that much when you refill your car up. luckily you're standing still. >> it's a full-service fill up for sure. >>> the stds sh

. >> woodruff: finally tonight, we talk with one of the country's most acclaimed poets, gerald stern, as he looks back at more than 70 years of writing verse. jeffrey brown has our conversation, part of our occasional series on poets and poetry. >> brown: at 87 gerald stern has been writing poetry a long time and has been one of the nation's most honored poets. now he's received a new honor for a collection of some of his earliest works. the prestigious bobbit national prize for poetry from the library of congress is given for the most distinguished book of verse published in the last two years. stern won for his early collected poems. his newest book is called "in beauty bright." welcome to you. >> thank you. brown: what happened when you look... i want to talk about this early collection. what happened when you look back at the early poems? what did you see? >> well, you know, i paid a lot of attention to it in the last couple of days. because i felt there that it was my duty in terms of this prize to read from that book rather than read some poems. and what struck me was two things

gerald turner is president of southern methodist university. stern is the architect of the bush presidential center. welcome, gentlemen. i will start with you, mr.lingdale. so you took on this job. why did you pick smu? i understand baylor, texas tech. what made smu stand out when you guys decided to go here? >> it's a great university. it's in a great city. it's a decision that the bushes made. he likes to say it was because of the fact that it was a great university, but also laura bush is alumni. >> that helped a little bit. a few insider lobbyists there. >> i think dallas had a lot to do with it and the amount of support he has here. the airport, light rail that's right across the road from us. and he knew that he had a lot of support in the greater dallas area. >> so, mr. stern, when you were designing the building, what were you told to sort of have influence you and how do you feel like it's reflected in what we see today? >> well, president turner has a very strong sense of the georgian qualities of his georgian campus. he fights very h

gerald wallace back the other way. chicago was in this most of the way. brooklyn rolls at the end.y're heading back to chicago for a game six. >>> this wasn't much of a series. pacers out of the break but looking to hold home court. a lot of struggles for atlanta, only 12 points in the third but had they needed buckets they got them. kyle korver from downtown. hawks win 102-91. keep in mind later today on abc, jason collins talks to george stephanopoulos about coming out as the first major professional sports athlete currently playing that is gay. look forward to that a little later this morning. and that is your espn news update. i'm zubin mehenti. have a great day. >> up next on "the pulse," that joyride that's gone viral. a 9-year-old behind the wheel of a ferrari. the cops, as you can imagine, not too happy. >> newest internet craze, baby mugging. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -

vice president of times mirror, and was a speech writer for president gerald ford. query -- very quickly, what's the important of a popular prom like downton abbey? >> guest: it energizes our support and our donor base. we have gotten a nice ride out of downton abbey in terms of being able to generate new dollars and additional donations from current donors and so forth, and the viewership has been extraordinary. and i was talking with some of the downton abbey cast, telling them that because of them everybody is taking a new look at public television and they're liking what they see. so the more they can look at downton abbey and see all the other good things we're doing and public television, the better off we up all are. >> host: patrick butler, and kamala lane. this is the community indicators on c-span2.

we're grateful to be on the ship and had the third fleet with us, please help me welcome vice admiral gerald beeman. >> good morning, everybody, thank you so very much for joining us. i know some of you thought i was the warm up band for the rock stars that are going to be here lately. but honestly it's a great honor to be able to host the third seminar. i would like to thank the san francisco fleet week association for helping put this together and grow this into the nation's largest emergency planning event. i don't know how many of you know it, but as a result of the success that we have had here developing partnerships, folks from this association and the conglomeration of people that take part have been called upon not only other places in the united states, but in fact we have at least one example where around the world they called upon a person from here to help share what we've learned as a group. this next two days, it's not just about the panels. the most important part i think for all of us that we've discovered is the personal relationships, looking each other in the eye, the abi

increasingly becoming the preferred method of transport across the continent global trends full costa gerald celente predicts they'll be more oil spills so the u.s. is investing more in its wars overseas and improving its eroding infrastructure back home one after another this atrocity after atrocity whether it's or oil big oil or banks too big to fail the word justice in america is being misspelled it's j u.s.t. the us just us not them look what happened with the gulf of mexico it's been destroyed for how many probably you know how many hundreds of years the stuff as it's us evaporate look at the united states infrastructure according to the american society of civil engineers it's going to take an estimated three trillion dollars just to bring the american infrastructure system up to par that's not improving it best is keeping it from breaking down further the united states has more important things to do and worry about the infrastructure whether he had doubts build loyalty it has was to fight overseas so we're going to see more and more of this because you have to understand who regulate

illegal agents and near the city of aleppo last month killing around two dozen political historian gerald horne explains why he believes the u.n. investigation will bear no fruit this quiet from the north atlantic countries about this chemical attack speaks volumes that speaks loudly because we all know that if this chemical attack could be pinned on the damascus regime of president all saw that they would have been showing from the rooftops about it but fact that they're not quiet about it i think says all that we need to know we all saw what happened at the arab league meeting where they were able to maneuver the rebels to take the heat of the all assad regime we all know about the recent entente between turkey and israel which does not bode well for a peaceful resolution of the syrian crisis therefore it seems to me that in a time of this chemical and investigation of this chemical attack but moscow and beijing in particular manager who worked at. a new type of bird flu has been discovered in china this week prompting the government to call tens of thousands of birds so far the virus h

around to doesn't go position however directs the blame at damascus also and political historian gerald horne explains why he believes the u.n. investigation will bad of hurt. this quiet from the north atlantic countries about this chemical attack speaks volumes that speaks loudly because we all know that if this chemical attack could be pinned on the damascus regime of president all saw that they would have been shelling from the rooftops about it the fact that they're not quiet about it all that we need to know if the investigation is a relative beginner and united nations security council it is possible to have experts from beijing and moscow on the ground investigating but we all know that the rebels and their backers in turkey and israel and in gutter and in saudi arabia or putting on a full court press we all saw what happened at the arab league meeting this past week where they were able to maneuver the rebels to take the heat of the all assad regime we all know about the recent entente between turkey and israel which does not bode well for a peaceful resolution of the syrian cri

president of the rca corporation, a vice president of times mirror and was a speech writer for president gerald ford. very quickly, what's the importance of a popular program like "downton abbey" to your member stations? >> guest: well, it energizes our support and our donor base. we've gotten a nice ride out of the "downton abbey" in terms of being able to generate new donors and additional toe nations from current donors, and the viewership has just been extraordinary. and i was talking with some of the cast not too long ago telling them that because of them, everybody is taking a new look at public television, and they're liking what they see. and so the more they can look at "downton abbey" and then see all the other good things we're doing in public television, the better off we are. >> host: patrick butler and california pal la lane of communications daily, this is "the communicators" on c-span. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your it's provide -- television provider. >> just ahead on c-span2, a look at north korea relations w

witches supplies eighty percent of its textiles to europe and america global trends analysts that gerald's the lenders says safety is optional when it comes down to profit margins. it's an international trend. that we see growing more and more as profits are put before people people who are more expendable so that it's just a lot of talk what you year from these companies in the west for example that say they watch the standards or the going on in these sweat factories around the world the edges show is really no security there's really no really no hard institutions in place that are monitoring these kind of factories there are no regulations that most countries and the countries that do have regulations of softening them so that profits could go higher and less money is spent on protecting the people and improving the plants again profits come before people and if you have to spend more money on building better plants or better equipment that comes secondary to the bottom line and again when you look at what's going on in america and see the conditions that are declining here they really