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i'm jim lehrer. on the "newshour" this wednesday: the lead story is the on-going politics of health care reform. then, we have the other news of the day, including the latest round of tough questions for federal reserve chairman bernanke; a report on twitter-- the 140 character online communication service. and a take on secretary of state clinton's mission to asia. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: >> tiny little thing, it's just... not big. ah... okay, i found it. ( cheers and applause ) okay. >> we are intel, sponsors of tomorrow. chevron. the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. 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. >> lehrer: president obama goes national tonight in search of action on health care reform. he plan

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i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this tuesday, the lead story is the day of tough questioning of supreme court nominee sotomayor; then we have the other news of the day, including a house health care reform plan with a surtax on the wealthy, and a report on california's budget crisis as the state pays its bills with i.o.u.'s. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: intel. supporting math and science education for tomorrow's innovators. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. 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. >> lehrer: u.s. supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor defended her record and her speeches today. it was day two of her confirmation hearings before the senate judiciary committee. newshour congression

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i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this friday, the lead story is renewed clashes in iran five weeks after the contested elections. then, we have the other news of the day: the latest on the deadly bombings in indonesia; a conversation about the role of the naacp, 100 years after its founding; an update on health care reform legislation; and the analysis of mark shields and david brooks. major funding for the newshour major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: chevron intel. supporting math and science education for tomorrow's innovators. the atlantic philanthropies. 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. >> lehrer: major new protests erupted in iran today in the wake of last month's disputed presidential election. police and militiamen squared off with thousands of protesters. lindsey hilsum of indep

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i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this wednesday: the lead story is today's questioning of supreme court nominee sotomayor on abortion and other issues; then, we have the other news of the day; a debate about who pays for the overhaul of health care; a look at the rising death toll and changing public opinion on the war in afghanistan; and the story of a british couple's end of life. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: >> tiny little thing, it's just... not big. ah... okay, i found it. ( cheers and applause ) okay. >> we are intel, sponsors of tomorrow. >> the world is changing, and how we use energy today cannot be how we use it tomorrow. there is no one solution. it's not simply more oil, more renewables or being more efficient. it's all of it. our way of life depends on developing all forms of energy, and to use less of it. it's time to put our differences aside. will you be part of the solution? chevron, human energy. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and

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i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this monday, the lead story is opening day of the senate confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor; then, the other news of the day, including the latest on what secrets the c.i.a. did or did not share with congress; a report from california on how the economic downturn is affecting the price of milk; and a debate about making it easier for labor unions to organize workers. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: >> we are intel, sponsors of tomorrow. >> oil, energy, the environment, where are the answers? this isn't a liberal or a conservative issue. it's a human issue. as an energy company, chevron has a great responsibility, so we've improved our own energy efficiency 27% since 1992. and now we ask you to join us in one of the most important efforts of our time: using less. will you join us? chevron, human energy. the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineeri

lehrer: do you see it the same way, mark? >> not completely. i think first of all, jimhat the president on his own presentation this week did not have a good week. >> lehrer: he didn't, a bunch of television interviews including one with us. >> with us. >> lehrer: then the news conference, he has been everywhere. >> but the news conference was the wall to wall. that was the national, i mean people who were wise enough and shrewd enough to watch the newshour saw something else. but in that presentation, i really thought that all i could think of was add lay stevenson once said when introducing sqon kennedy, whenever scisero spoke people reacted and said he spoke so well. but when -- spoke, the people said let us march. and after the wednesday presentation, there was nobody that said let us march. it was a listless, overly academic, and at a time when you really need to distell and to explain to people and to inspire and motivate them, and education -- educate them, i think the president who was a great professor, according to everybody who sat in his classroom, failed th

the alabama newspaper and the newshour proposal you put forward the newshour with jim lehrer? >> guest: this involves the nonprofit world. i welcome the nonprofit solution. i don't think they're necessarily ones that will be the most sustaining. what i say just about the newshour is it you happen to be a billionaire out there who have some money that you want to use to change the world, the way to do most quickly and powerful in my opinion is to wind down the news hour and instead of making it a talking head program give it the money that it needs to become a genuine high-quality television news gathering operation with the standards that has under jim lehrer. newshour house one hour of prime unused time on every television sat in america every public has that on. if you take the quality the newshour represents and add to that the muscle of a news gathering enterprise on genuine terms than you would transform television news and by doing that he would transform the old news and firemen which would create genuine rival to cnn and fox news and msnbc and focus on high quality tel

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i'm jim lehrer. on the newshour this friday, the lead story is general motor's exit from bankruptcy today, as seen in a newsmaker interview with c.e.o. fritz henderson. then, we have the other news of the day, including a margaret warner report on the last day of the economic summit in italy; a preview of the upcoming confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor; the analysis of david brooks and ruth marcus; and a media unit look at the saturation coverage of the michael jackson story. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: >> tiny little thing, it's just... not big. ah... okay, i found it. ( cheers and applause ) okay. >> we are intel, sponsors of tomorrow. >> the world is changing, and how we use energy today cannot be how we use it tomorrow. there is no one solution. it's not simply more oil, more renewables or being more efficient. it's all of it. our way of life depends on developing all forms of energy, and to use less of it. it's time to put our diffe

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keep up with daily development on the newshour wih jim lehrer on monday jim sits dn with president obaa and on wednesday, the preside holds a prime time news confence. before we go tonght, we want to send our cndolences. we've bee told there are may news reports onight that legendary bs newsm alter cronkite has passed way. we send ur condolences to those at cbs and tohe con cite famly. we will see you next wee on "washington week." goodight. wnload our weeklypodcast and take us with you. it's the washington week podcast atwashington wee onine atpbs.org. >> "washington week" was produced by weta whic is sole responsible for its content. >> corporate funding for ashington week" is provided by -- >> we kno why we'e here. to rdefine air travelfor a new generaon. >> to ensureour foces are safer and songer. >> to tae the world we share to tomorrow nd beyond. >> around e globe,the people of boeing are working toether. to make a ifference. >> tha's why we're he. >> crporate fundingfor "washington weekis also provided by t national mining associion. mar funding for washington week" is proded by

. >> unprecedented move, chairman ben bernanke sitting down for a town meeting with jim lehrer over thed. the fed chief taking his case directly to the american public. in today's cull of the wild is this a bid for transparency or a bid to save his job? i don't like that bring in steve liesman, cnbc senior economics reporter and mark cal will be a write ya, cato director. let's see, cato director of financial regulation studies. mark, you say that this is strictly a charm offensive. why are you so jaded about this? i mean, he went on "60 minutes" the market bottomed right after that totally repaired his image? why are you so jaded?? yonch have a problem being a ? contrarian, i try to lack at what the facts are in terms of decisionmaking he has made in the past. ? i have yet to hear anybody at the fed say, hey, maybe that contributed to the housing bubble. >> in truth, a good point, green spam's co-pilot, bubbling up the money supply and house and commodities. steve leaseman, i want to go back to this very interesting jim lehrer interview and the published stuff. i personally, althoug

it came in a town hall meeting in kansas city hosted by the pbs program "the newshour with jim lehrer". bernanke took questions on everything from the fed's handling of the financial crisis to exactly what his agency does. and some of the questions were blunt. a small business owner asked why the fed rescued big banks while short-changing small companies? bernanke responded saying he too was disgusted by the bailouts. >> let me just emphasize that nothing made me more frustrated, more angry, than having to intervene, particularly in a couple of cases where taking wild bets forced these companies close to bankruptcy. there's nothing that made me angrier than having to do that. why did we do it? because if that company had collapsed in the middle of a crisis it could have brought everything down. >> paul: you can see more of bernanke's comments on the newshour on pbs tonight, tomorrow night, and wednesday night. also, the fed is taking a closer look at how the financial crisis is affecting americans. it's doing a new survey of consumer finances. the last one was done two years ago just

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keep up with daily developments on the newshour with jim lehrer. on monday jim sits down with president obama and on wednesday, the president holds a prime time news conference. before we go tonight, we want to send our condolences. we've been told there are many news reports tonight that a legendary cbs newsman walter cronkite has passed away. we send our condolences to those at cbs and to the con cite family. we will see you next week on "washington week." good night. download our weekly podcast and take us with you. it's the washington week podcast at washington week online at pbs.org. >> "washington week" was produced by weta which is solely responsible for its content. >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. to redefine air travel for a new generation. >> to ensure our forces are safer and stronger. >> to take the world we share to tomorrow and beyond. >> around the globe, the people of boeing are working together. to make a difference. >> that's why we're here. >> corporate funding for "washingto

this from jim lehrer, public broadcasting sponsored town hall meeting. i've never heard him talk in such stork terms. wouldn't be the chairman to preside over the second great depression. what do you think? >> i think that's an exaggerati exaggeration. i wish he would have had this backbone when he cried fire in the theater. but i tell you this. right now, it's about clean-up. do you want the government in control to clean up this mess that in many ways mr. bernanke and paulson created? no, i think i would rather have mr. bernanke -- maybe not the best two choices but lesser of two evils. >> so you think he is rationalizing the fed's huge t.a.r.p.ness, the money they pumped in in, the bailouts of the too big to fail aig. you think bernanke is not persuading the public or is, rick? >> i think he is going a bit towards per situating the public. but at the end of the day, the public is going to demand something. they're going to demand some religion come back in the marketplace, they don't want the market's tab and tax dollars to back every are market in th

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>> well, mike is a crack reporter but the president actually was asked this the other day by jim lehrer and what he said was this was, you know, that this was an intriguing idea to put an excise tax on high end healthcare policies like the ones that the executives at goldman zach have the $40,000 policies the big breast is keeping the yoke of this, the burden off the middle class who are struggling in this the economy, if it meets that test, then he will certainly give it consideration, and i think that is certainly a possibility, there are other possibilities out there as well. >> i just want to go back to my previous -- >> and by the way, but i want to respond to your previous question by saying, the president laid out a specific proposal on this which was after all of the cuts that he proposed that will pay for most of the cuts in unwarranted subsidies to the insurance industry and so on he said that we ought to cap the deductions for the very wealthiest americans on their taxes and that is a proposal that he believed in, others in congress had a different view. so we are having a di