>> warner: well, hari, tomorrow i was just told that they are first going to go for what one westerniplomat called a quick win. and that is to spend a couple of days ageing for humanitarian access into parts of homes which is as you know heavily we seejd. people are really desperate there. and the opposition had said to its american and british advisors, look, if we're going to come to this conference and we're going to be criticized by the more extreme elements both in our own coalition and people inside, we've got to show we can produce something quickly on the ground. so the americans and the russians have been working heavily on this already for a week to ten days. so they hopefully can get that. then they'll move on to setting up the transitional government authority and also at the same time talking about these other measures like releasing prisoners, localized cease-fires and this list that we're familiar with. >> you said yesterday the opposition had a little momentum coming into these talks. is that sustained now? >> well, hari, i think they're still feeling good about how w

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>> hari, you're right, they have different takes but essential to one another. this conference would not be happening without the two of them. secretary kerry and foreign minister lavrov have worked hard on this with secretary kerry pressuring the syrian opposition to come. lavrov pressuring the iranians to help him persuade the syrian government to come. they also share the view that it can only be political solution and share concern about the work of the jihadi terrorist groups that have been attracted as if kerry were a magnet and are getting training and weapons and connections that would make the u.s. and russia both more vulnerable to terrorist attacks down the line. but as we know russia has been main defender on the u.n. security council, resolutely stood in the way of tough sanctions or resolutions demanding humanitarian access, and bottom ply is that russia's got long time interest in syria, it doesn't want to lose syria as at least very friendly if not quiet state and visceral reaction against any thought of forcible regime change by the out shied wo

pbs anchor hari sreenivasen is join us. i want to thank the audience for coming out on what say truly a god forsaken evening with this global warming hoax proving weather. every nation has leaders that fail to live up to the integrity of their office. whether it's greed, incompetence or an insatiable need to smoke crack. to be fair this is before mayor rob ford sought help. this is from two nights ago in toronto. >> [speaking incoherently] >> jon: it's interesting canada has two official languages and i believe that was neither of them. [laughter] of course back here in the states it's the governors currently sucking the glass palm beach metaphorically. >> new accusations against chris christie. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife face criminal charges. >> jon: both are juicy. the allegedly bullying the governor of the state where i grew up. or the allegedly corrupt governor of state i went to college. last time christie childly boxed traffic. what did they do this time? >> hoboken mayor dawn zimmer said tha

and as hari sreenivasan reports, some are wondering whether the two sides will even keep their plans to meet tomorrow. >> sreenivasan: u.n. envoy lakhdar brahimi met separately today with the syrian government's delegation and the opposition in the wake of yesterday's tense, formal opening session. he declined to comment on his conversations or about prospects for face-to-face talks that the two sides are supposed to hold tomorrow. ahmad al-jarba, head of the western-backed syrian national coalition, reiterated again today that syrian president bashar-al assad must go. that idea indeed, many of the civilian opposition groups refused to come and none of the fighting forces-- secular or islamist-- sent representatives. instead, they've been fighting among themselves and against the more extreme al qaeda linked jihadi groups. today, al-qaeda leader ayman al- zawahri released an audio message urging the islamists to unite. meanwhile, the president of iran called for elections to decide syria's future. hassan rouhani addressed the world economic forum in davos, switzerland after his count

hari is back with that story. within ladies and gentlemen, introducing the big nasty, the 2015 corvette >> sreenivasan: detroit puts its best new offerings on stage each year at the north american international auto show. previewing concept cars that may never be made. alongside those that car-lovers can expect to see in the coming years. vice president joe biden was among the enthusiasts today as chevrolet rolled out the new corvette. >> now you know that old corvette, that rear end, it wasn't what you'd call stable, right? but they tell me this new one, man, can take the porsche. i'm, i'm, i'm counting on it. >> sreenivasan: auto-makers seem to be counting on a new yearning for high-performance cars, after focusing more on smaller sedans and electric vehicles in recent years. trucks are also moving off dealers' lots. and at the auto show, manufacturers tried to spotlight redesigned models like ford's f- 150, which are lighter and more fuel-efficient. >> overall as much as 700 pounds of weight has been saved, hel

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from the tish wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. new details about that fatal shooting spree in a montana mall yesterday afternoon. authorities have identified the gunman as 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar. they say he arrived by taxi and opened fire within a skate shop inside the mall. he killed two of the store's employees before shooting himself to death with the same 12-gauge shotgun he purchased last month. investigators discovered and disabled two crude explosive devices in his backpack. >>> in pennsylvania police searching a college freshman's home fare a marijuana-growing operation discovered a homemade bomb and bomb-making materials. a 19-year-old russian national was taken into custody in altoona, pennsylvania, friday. the student told police he bought the materials for the bomb online and assembled the bomb in his room. it was unclear who if anyone he was targeting. >>> a texas hospital complied with a judge's order to end life support for a brain dead woman who was pregnant. under texas law docto

from tisch studios in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. the winter olympics in russia are only three weeks away and there's been another violent clash between russian security forces and militants. authorities said they killed seven of the militants in a shoot-out today. they said those killed were responsible for a grenade and car bomb attack outside a restaurant yesterday that injured at least 16 people including several policemen. the incident occurred in the mostly muslim region of dagestan. and late last month, more than 30 people were killed in boll get grad. and the death count continues to rise in the aftermath of that attack in kabul, afghanistan, yesterday. police there now believe 21 people including two americans and two canadians were killed after a bomber blew himself up outside the entrance to the restaurant frequented by foreigners. then two gunmen burst inside. three worked for the united nations. and the taliban claimed responsibility. it said the attack was retaliation for a u.s. air strike that reportedly killed eight c

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pbs anchor hari sreenivasen is join us. want to thank the audience for coming out on what say truly a god forsaken evening with this global warming hoax proving weather. every nation has leaders that fail to live up to the integrity of their office. whether it's greed, incompetence or an insatiable need to smoke crack. to be fair this is before mayor rob ford sought help. this is from two nights ago in toronto. >> [speaking

i'm hari sreenivasan. gwen ifill and judy woodruff are both on holiday. also ahead, syria misses a key deadline to abandon part of its deadly chemical arsenal. we update the international push to destroy the toxic stockpile. plus, we close with a conversation on a poet from medieval persia whose verse has stood the test of time, still popular in modern iran. in more. >> turkey is -- he is like shakespeare and other he all rollinged into one >> sreenivasan: those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> 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. >> sreenivasan: on wall street today, the end of 2013 went much like the rest o

hari sreenivasan has the story from our new york studio. >> sreenivasan: fans who've descended on new york for sunday's super-sized match-up are excited, as always. and so are companies looking to highlight new trends in tech. the website whosgonnawin.com for instance, has been tabulating fans daily twitter votes. each night, the winning team gets a display of its colors atop the empire state building. last night the honor went to seattle. a number of companies also have rolled out online previews of super bowl ads, hoping to maximize the return on 30-second commercials that cost $4 million apiece. last year's broadcast pulled in more than 108 million viewers, but the n.f.l. hopes to expand past the television market. this year, online viewers can see a live stream of the game on foxsportsgo.com or the company's i-pad app. some verizon i-phone users will watch using the n.f.l. mobile app. it also gives pop-up alerts on events and retail promotions, around manhattan and areas near metlife stadium in new jersey. tiny beacons transmit the alerts, based on the location of your cell phone.

hari sreenivasan has our report. >> sreenivasan: snow plows across the northeast started working early and often, in an effort to erase the first big storm of the new year. though the snow has mostly tapered off now, it's the drop in temperature that's cause for concern. >> at sub-zero temperatures you worry about frost bite. you're worried about hypothermia. >> sreenivasan: and in a press conference this afternoon, massachusetts governor deval patrick said it could have been worse. >> mother nature is fickle as you know and has a mind of her own. we had a-- from my perspective, a lucky break or two. one is that the storm came largely in evening and not in the middle of a workday. i mean, started largely in the evening. and it followed the forecast that hasn't always happened. >> sreenivasan: wind gusts of up to 50 miles-per-hour were reported in parts of massachusetts, and wind chills as low as minus-30 degrees. boston was hard-hit with nearly 14 inches of snow blanketing the city's streets, and communities to the west got nearly double that amount. coastal flooding is now the biggest

good evening, i'm hari sreenivasan. gwen ifill and judy woodruff are on holiday. also ahead: new state laws and regulations take effect today. from the opening of specially licensed stores selling marijuana in colorado to changing furniture flammability standards in california. plus, the beatles before beatle- mania. a new album features live b.b.c. radio performances from their early days. ♪ got something ♪ i want to understand. >> we foe about the beatles recording in abbey road studios making wonderful records but here we have another alternative recording history ♪ i want to hold your hand ♪ ♪. >> those are just some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contribu

good evening, i'm hari sreenivasan. judy woodruff is away. the former c.e.o. of a major health insurer on ways to change the way we pay for care to improve our well being. >> when someone has a congestive heart failure, we pay a lot of money to the care system for that. but if that same organization prevents the failure they don't get paid for it.

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conclusions didn't add up parties lex haris takes a closer look at the mit study. reproduced the very same map which the which the washington officials presented when they voiced their concerns that the attack could have been carried out by the government troops look if you look here this is the part of damascus controlled by the government at the time which was of course the twenty first of august twenty third scene and this is the part of damascus controlled by the opposition troops so if we see we can see those blinking yellow sports those are the areas where the missiles carrying the sarin gas hit the ground causing some deadly damage and reportedly hundreds of casualties and this red line here is basically to signify how far could these rockets go if they were fired from the parts of damascus controlled by the government as we can see the closest the westernmost point of attack of the sarin missiles is some way off from the maximum range of missiles this particular type of missile which was used in this attack the maximum range of these missiles is about two k

i used to be a member of hari krishna back in the old days. the skulls let the rest of the inmates know they'd better back off because i'm not an easy mark. i don't hate anybody. i'm too old for that nonsense. i had this put on my face when i was a youngster. i wanted to make a political statement. i also wanted to impress my girlfriend. but it impressed her the wrong way and she got rid of me. >> i'm the bird man of san quentin. >> mike miller is at san quentin for commercial burglary. he's got roughly eight months left to serve. >> i think the birds is a good way of releasing a lot of tension and anger. before i got arrested, my girlfriend used to chase the birds away. she didn't want me around them. and so, now i'm in here, i have a chance to mingle with the birds. and basically, that's about the only friends i've got are birds. you know, i can't trust anybody else. >> this is the mental health unit at san quentin's infirmary. the inmates who are housed here generally don't have the survival skills needed in prison. susan downs, a prison ps

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hari reid did the same thing in the senate, passed no cinderellas vote, and president obama quietly signed it and basically gutted the law. so the answer to your question is very little has changed. i think that they are aware knew that more people are watching what they're doing, so perhaps some of the more egregious stuff we saw before is gone, but it remains a problem... you know you if you see a lot of debate about you know how much we can tweak this program programmer twigg this piece at and reduce it a teeny tiny bit and whether synergy or education and i think the real debate should we you know whether these programs or department should even exist at all and if you did that you would just take the contribution correction out of it. >> i think that is a great, i think that's a great point. we need to have a more fundamental debate and i do think that one of the problems i talk about in "extortion" is the fact that both democrats and republicans in the house at the system of so-called party dues and they make it sound like a country club thing. you have to pay your dues in the countr

hari sreenivasan is our guide, beginning with some background. >> sreenivasan: net neutrality is the idea that broadband internet service providers: comcast, time warner cable, verizon and others should treat everything that flows across the internet equally. that means preventing service providers from creating fast lanes for sites they have business ties with, such as streaming video services like hulu or netflix. and slowing access to others, like amazon. it also means not charging more for youtube and other sites, based on their heavier bandwidth use, or in exchange for faster speeds. all of which, could affect what consumers see online how fast, and at what price. the principles were set out by the federal communications commission nearly a decade ago. the agency enshrined them in its open internet order, adopted in 2010. but verizon sued to challenge the agency's authority, and yesterday the u.s. district court of appeals for the district of columbia found that the f.c.c. acted improperly. the 81-page ruling said the agency is wrong to classify internet service providers as inf

hari sreenivasan narrates our report, produced in partnership with the pulitzer center on crisis reporting >> reporter: near a remote village in the eastern philippines, at a small camp in the forest. a man bites down on a plastic tube, adjusts his mask and disappears into water as opaque as chocolate milk. descending as deep as 40 feet, he breathes from a small diesel- powered air compressor, while blindly digging into the sides of a narrow tunnel. for hours at a time he fills bags with mud and rock that a partner hauls to the surface, where the sediment is broken down and, using mercury, panned for gold. according to thomson reuters, in 2012 the philippines was the 18th largest producer of gold worldwide. large companies are responsible for much of that, but there are also many unofficial, small- scale mines like these. many lie in the poor coastal province of camarines norte, about 200 miles southeast of manila. where some of the country's highest concentrations of the precious mineral can be found. but much of it is trapped in ore underwater. so-called "compressor mining" originated in

hari sreenivasan, in our new york studio, explores the potential impact of the guidelines. >> sreenivasan: we get two views. sherrilyn ifill is president of the naacp legal defense fund. and chester finn is president of the fordham institute, which focuses on the reform of elementary and secondary education. >> woodruff: the how big of a problem is this? what is the administration reacting to with these guidelines? >> well, the administration today really took the important step of recognizing what is a wide spread problem. what we saw in the clip is just the tip of the iceberg. not only in texas but in states throughout this country. we litigated a case in brian texas where students can get a class c misdemeanor ticket for using profanity in high school. and this essentially then leeches students with a record and puts students on that school to prison pipeline that we talk about. this whole idea of discipline, of changing what used to be in fractions that got you sent to the vice principals office and criminalizing them has essentially introduced the criminal justice system into our sch

hari sreenivasan has the story. >> reporter: ground zero is this freedom industries plant that makes chemicals for the mining, steel and cement industries. state inspectors say a foaming agent used in coal preparation leaked from a 40,000 gallon tank yesterday. some of it overran a containment area, and ended up in the elk river. an estimated 300,000 people are affected in nine counties, many of them reporting a smell like black licorice. emergency hotline centers like this one are fielding calls. >> we've had some complaints about eyes burning, things of that nature. best advice is to stay inside right now until they get this taken care of. >> reporter: for now, people are being told to avoid using tap water to bathe, drink, cook or wash clothes and dishes. jeff mcintyre heads the charleston water treatment plant. he says the chemical is not especially toxic, but it's not worth taking a chance. >> we don't know that the water is not safe. but i can't say that it is safe. >> reporter: testing shows contamination levels in the river are already falling, but mcintyre says it's too earl

do not like the hari. -- the hair. mccartney show up? >> yes, he did. they won awards. also won a best song. >> i remember sitting in david's basement staring at the first led zeppelin album. >> enough nostalgia, tom. >> vampire weekend! >> you are dating yourself. >> what was your favorite grammy moment, tweet us @bsurveillance . back to hard news. >> 2006, content is king. >> vampire weekend was king. tobo peabody from greycroft talk about this. facebook, i do not like the newsfeed. >> so you are not clicking on anything? >> it is useless, what do they need to do to make these feeds work? the people inside of facebook are deciding what is going on on the feed. you are seeing social, sometimes it can work for you, sometimes it doesn't. >> content, in your world, what do you mean? >> the stories we are talking about, they are either showing up or not. depending on how many people like them and what the facebook algorithm is doing. >> if companies like facebook and yahoo! art owing to become content companies, are they going to do away with their obsession with hardware?

hari via de la valle looks at the perils of silicon's valley push's into a realm once dominated by governmenttractors. >> the >> sreenivasan: this race in the private sector for the "next big thing" is well under way. google calls them "moonshots" like the driverless car, a computer you wear as glasses, to these advanced robots. amazon founder and c.e.o. jeff bezos fueled the buzz last month when he announced his company is working on using drones to deliver packages. to help us move beyond the "gee whiz" of all this to the broader questions these projects raise about changes to society, i'm joined by: jaron lanier, a computer scientist and a pioneer in the field of virtual reality- - he is author of several books, including "who owns the future?," a look at how network technologies affect our culture and economy; and andrew mcafee-- he's associate director of the center for digital business at the sloan school of management at m.i.t. and co-author of "the second machine age: work, progress and prosperity in a time of brilliant technologies." so andrew, you want to start with you. how differe

hari sreenivasan explores that from our new york studios. >> i'm joined now by mike pesca from in additionlic radio, the sports correspondent and he brings us up to speed. so if people haven't been paying atension wa, were the dehail shall did -- details of this nfl settlement between players that was announced a couple days ago. >> right, so in august they said there was this settlement, big dollar value was attached to it but who would get what. so that is what this next step details. mostly what they've done is taken ail ams that could occur from head trauma and assigned a dollar value to it. there are a few moving parts of this. one is what is the ail am. so als, lou gehrig's disease, if you are a player who played in the league for four, five years, you're 45 years of age or under and you have als, you get $5 million. then there are sort of lower grades, so if you had type ii demeant ya, you would get less money, i think $3.5 million. also, if you are an older person you get less money. the idea being the payment is made in one lump sum, so over the course of your life, you'll need le

the book, there's a little description of a phone call you got from the senate democratic leader, hari -- heirry reid, who wanted the defense department to spend money on research of irritable ball syndrome and this is while you were dealing with wars in iraq and afghanistan. there's a big day general here in deploying certain metaphors and i'm going to try to avoid that. how did that conversation go? well, i very politely told him i would look into it. he came out yesterday and was very critical of the book to which my response was, you know, it's just a fact of life that members of congress vote on things they haven't even read. so, -- [applause] >> well, as they say, you have to pass the bill to find out what's in it. >> host: he actually called you at one standpoint asked you whether you'd be interested in running with president obama as his vice presidential candidate. how did that go. >> guest: one of the more bizarre conversations i've ever had. he called up and -- we were talking about something else and then he said, you know issue was largely responsible for getting -- talkin