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i'm hari sreenivasan. pbs "newshour weekend." i'm hari sreenivasan.e'll see you tomorrow. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ ( horns honking ) mexico city-- one of the largest concentrations of humanity anywhere on the planet. it's currently estimated that around 26 million people live here, and the city stretches for miles in all directions. but scratch the surface and you'll find there was once another great city here, one that rivaled in size and complexity the cities of europe, but whose religion, rights and ways of life and death, were utterly alien to europeans.

." >> good evening, i'm hari sreenivasan. thanks for joining us. the budget impasse continues and a federal government shutdown is now set to begin in a little more than 24 hours. today, a top democrat said the partial shutdown is all but certain. >> we know what's going to happen. tomorrow the senate will come in session, the house position, which is basically the same one they sent us the last time, is going to be rejected again and we're going to face the prospect of the government shutting down come midnight monday night, tuesday morning. >> durbin warned a government cloture would create hardships and jeopardize the snags's economic recovery and blamed houmgs republicans for tying the fate of the budget to the health care reform. >> if there's to be a constructive conversation about the future health care reform, it's going forward. i fully support that, but let's sit down in a bipartisan and calm way, not with the prospect of shutting down the government or shutting down the economy. >> the first portion of the divided question is adopted. >>

hari's on the set now, with a preview of what's to come on the premiere episodes. hari? >> we're pretty excited about program. coming up tomorrow we have a piece from a refugee camp in jordan where u.n. officials and aid agencies are preparing for another potential flood of people if there are military strikes. we're also going to check this with margaret warn frer egypt, and martin fletcher is going to bring us a piece from israel about the natural gas discoveries offshore. what that means for israel and possibly the entire region. on sunday we have a fascinating profile of steven sondheim, the that jeff brown filed, and kristina ball tony is going to give us a look ahead at a very busy week on capitol hill. >> brown: and to help you watch all those stories, we have a "newshour weekend" user guide with tips on how to dvr the show, and ways you can watch live streaming online; plus, a link to find when it airs on your local station. that's on our homepage. >> woodruff: on monday, tune in or the news and analysis you've come to trust, but with a different look and a bit o

hari sreenivasan asks: does that make it easier for hackers to disrupt our daily lives? >> woodruff: and, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's the story of superman through the ages. >> there is no more symbolic character than superman, who created the archetype of the superhero. and everything that's come after him that's touched on the idea of somebody who dressed up in a weird outfit and fights for the powers of good, comes from him. >> 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 the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> 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. >> brown: the u.s. push to punish syria over chemical weapons use dominated the g-

i'm hari sreenivasan. "pbs newshour weekend." i'm hari sreenivasan.nks for watching. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> pbs "newshour weekend" is made possible by lewis b. cullman and louise hirschfeld cullman. mutual of america, judy and josh weston. . additional support is provided by -- and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.

i'm hari sreenivasan. the president of syria, bashar-al-assad, said he is readying his nation for an attack by the united states and plans to retaliate if there is one. assad made his comments in an exclusive interview with charlie rose. rose talked to us by phone . >> my first question would you expect a strike. he said he did not know. asked if he was move things around. he talked about that retaliation if there is a strike he couldn't talk about that but suggested clearly that both syria and some of his friends would retaliate in some way. he denies that he had anything to do with the chemical attacks, basically says -- make all of the obvious points he pointed to the evidence that john kerry has, he says why would i make it public. there have been other cases in which we suggested somebody had when they hadn't. >> this occurred as the obama administration launched an all-out media blitz today in an effort to persuade a skeptical public and congress about the need for a military attack. the president wi

hari sreenivasan reports on efforts to make the big apple a little more age-friendly. >> woodruff: and are colleges too focused on career training? jeffrey brown sits down with the author of the new book "why teach?" that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf. >> 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. >> ifill: president obama began a trip to europe today for an economic summit, but syria stayed at the top of his agenda. the administration's push for military action advanced in congress even as the president issued a new appeal to the world. >> my credibility's not on the line. the international community's credibility is on the line. >> ifill: arriving in stockholm today, the

and it was under the administration of a remarkable social worker from iowa named hary hopkins. he was the forerunner of the wpa and the prototype for it. this is a page from the cw a and it showed kids getting hot lunches. that was important. he put 2 million americans to work. and that included about 50 thousand school teachers sent out to rural areas. this is a cw a project. that's stern grove behind it. they are using wheel barrels. for this reason, many projects were well built. there are no cw a plot. this was one in berkeley placed there and the tennis court at coat niecis park. i was showing a montessory class there. this is an amphitheatre. it's a wonderful amphitheatre. there was from the sidewalks and they just reused it to create other things. down in menlow park. they built into a caretakers house. the wpa is must more famous. it came after the cw a. it did everything. they put eight and a half million people to work. they built roads. they sewed clothes. they built roads is in san francisco. this one, i have seen them on sidewalks in san francisco. this is on a ret

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but hari sreenivasan dissects new revelations saying the n.s.a. can crack those codes. >> woodruff: and we return to syria, starting with two looks at its impact on the middle east.

. >> woodruff: new york city mayor michael bloomberg is not on the ballot, but hari sreenivassan reportsis legacy has dominated the race to replace him. >> new york city is

. >> woodruff: and hari sreenivasan reports on a california town's unique plan to stem the damage from the housing downturn, by taking control of underwater mortgages. >> the city may invoke eminent domain, seizing the loans, and then working with owners to try to refinance their homes at today's lower price. >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. 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: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> 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. >> ifill: our lead story tonight: republicans and democrats were locked in a standoff over the president's health care l

. >> woodruff: new york city mayor michael bloomberg is not on the ballot, but hari sreenivassan reports legacy has dominated the race to replace him. >> new york city is thriving. its economy is growing. crime is at historic lows. and the city's 8 million residents are healthier and

. >> woodruff: new york city mayor michael bloomberg is not on the ballot, but hari sreenivassan reports his legacy has dominated the race to replace him. >> new york city is thriving. its economy is growing. crime is at historic lows. and the city's 8 million residents are healthier and living longer than a decade ago. >> ifill: margaret warner sits down with egypt's prime minister, as the country is divided by yet another political crisis. >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. 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. >> ifill: our lead story tonight: the furious pac

. >> woodruff: and hari sreenivasan reports on a california town's unique plan to stem the damage from the housing downturn, by taking control of underwater mortgages. >> the city may invoke eminent domain, seizing the loans, and then working with owners to try to refinance their homes at today's lower price. >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill.

. >> woodruff: and hari sreenivasan reports on a california town's unique plan to stem the damage from the housing downturn, by taking control of underwater mortgages.

. >> woodruff: and hari sreenivasan reports on a california town's unique plan to stem the damage from the housing downturn, by taking control of underwater mortgages. >> the city may invoke eminent domain, seizing the loans, and then working with owners to try to refinance their homes at today's lower price. >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. 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: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> 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. >> ifill: our lead story tonight: republicans and democrats were locked in a standoff over the president's health care l

on wednesday, hari sreenivasan reports on the mayoral contest in new york city, and the legacy left by michael bloomberg's 12- year tenure. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. on behalf of all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> 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. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ( theme music playing ) ♪ you must remember this ♪ a kiss is still a kiss ♪ a sigh is just a sigh ♪ the fundamental things apply ♪ ♪ as time goes by. ( doorbell rings ) jean: oh. - morning. - morning, john. i don't see... you said you'd look after them.

i'm hari sreenivasan.nks for watching. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> pbs "newshour weekend" is made possible by lewis b. cullman and louise hirschfeld cullman. mutual of america, judy and josh weston. . additional support is provided by -- and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> coming up next on "voces"... >> it's something i guess you kind of have in your blood. >> we want to compete like no other team has in california. >> we made it. i'm gonna go to mexico, finally. >> the top 18 teams don't get there by being lucky. >> if i wasn't scared, now i am. >> this series has been made possible by...

of come cast talking with hari sreenivasan in new york. here's some background on the changing t.v. landscape they discussed. >> sreenivasan: with all the new ways to consume media-- phones, tablets, laptops-- you can now watch t.v. shows without a television set or a cable connection. but established companies are reluctant to give up their hold on the media industry. among them: cable giant and owner of nbc-- comcast. it's the largest cable company in the u.s., and one of the biggest broadband internet and home phone service providers. in 2011, it acquired nbc universal, making it a major content player in the market. >> we can't wait to show you what's next. >> sreenivasan: but new companies are starting to threaten media veterans like comcast, and their service models. one of those is aereo, which allows customers to stream live free t.v. to phones and computers for a monthly subscription fee, but without paying a cable bill. the c.e.o. and founder of aereo, chet kanojia, says that there is a transformation underway in the media industry. >> the goal of aereo was to create an al

hari sreenivasan has the story. >> climate change caused by carbon pollution is one of the most significant public health threats of our time. >> sreenivasan: at the national press club in washington, e.p.a. administrator gina mccarthy said the stakes are too great to wait to address climate change. >> power plants are the single largest source of carbon pollution. new power plants, both natural gas and coal-fired, can minimize th eir carbon emissions by taking advantage of available modern technology. these technologies offer them a clear pathway forward today and in the long term. >> sreenivasan: under the proposed rules, new power plants would have to install technology to capture and store carbon emissions. natural gas plants would be limited to one-thousand pounds of c.o.-2 per megawatt hour. while coal-fired plants would be limited to 1,100 pounds per megawatt hour. to put that in context, the most efficient plants running today emit about 1,800 pounds. but the guidelines would not affect existing plants, which will be dealt with in a separate proposal next year. last year coal-fired

. >> hary, happy and digger.e coming. >> reporter: the national guard's most recent tweet says it best. pets are people, too. ginger zee, abc news. >>> and coming up next right here, it is our friday instant index. we'll show you amazing pictures we did not want you to miss. including an amazing escape. i've always tried to give it my best shot. these days i'm living with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. at first, i took warfarin, but i wondered, "could i up my game?" my doctor told me about eliquis. and three important reasons to take eliquis instead. one, eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. two, eliquis had less major bleeding than warfarin. and three... unlike warfarin, there's no routine blood testing. [ male announcer ] don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliqu

i chant hari crsri krishna. if i don't come i won't have anything. will i feed myself if i don't come here? >> while widows across the country receive an annual pension of $60, several others receive nothing. why the widows pension scheme does not work for all? >> the main problem is that we don't have an identified residence. we go by the information that is collected through service, and that's how we carry out inspections. but often, we are given wrong addresses, but we don't change hopes and that becomes a problem in receiving pension. >> the challenge is finding shelter, electricity and water. almost a third of them live on the street or often empty plots of -- on empty plots of land. >> i had a little by th beacon e and this room is made of clay and brick. with temperatures rising about 30 degrees in summer you can imagine it's easy to bake in here. but there are advocates demanding a better life for them. uses the profit to provide a patrol wage to over 900 widows. >> it is important that we look after all their names, their food their work th

so i asked the prop master torrie haris, to teach me how to make the fake kitty litter and fake turdslnuts. >> crushed walnuts. that's a lot of -- that's fresh step, that's a lot of -- [ laughter ] do you have cats? >> jimmy: i do not. >> okay. neither do i. all right, then you're going to add some cocoa i guess to darken, you know -- >> jimmy: the walnuts? >> yeah, this will look good rubbed all over your face wouldn't it? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you were thinking about doing it. >> yeah, i was, i swear. [ southern accents ] then you're gonna toss it like so. >> jimmy: all right yeah! >> toss it like so. >> jimmy: uh-huh, you ever have a dinner party you can do this. >> do a dinner party for six. [ laughter ] then you're gonna -- to make the cat turds, you're going to use this 100 grand bar. did you ever eat these candy bars? >> jimmy: i don't think so. i know them, though. >> and if you have small children, because their hands are little, they can probably do it better. you know what i mean? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: 100 grand bars and you rub them around. >> and you rub them -- already

our report is narrated by hari sreenivasan. >> reporter: this is theophile. he's tossing shards of ore into a bucket 150 feet below ground. his eyes are glassy and his movements are rote, trained by repetition and circumstance. down in this cramped, humid space, theophile's small body moves about more freely than an adult's would. >> i thought i was near the bottom, and then i realized there's another 40 or 50 feet to go. >> reporter: a fact photojournalist larry price found out for himself as he descended the shaft to meet the boy. >> this has really, really been hard to get down this far. this shaft is about four to five feet in diameter, and at its narrowest, it's probably less than 28 inches. >> reporter: above ground is the small mining village of kollo, one of the many boomtowns that's sprung up over the last few years in burkina faso. slightly larger than colorado in acreage-- and among the poorest countries in the world-- this landlocked nation of 18 million people is a relative newcomer to the gold trade. but the precious metal-- used in everything f