jim lehrer. thank you so much. (cheers and

i'll rest my case. >> for now from boston i'm jim lehrer. thank you and good night. >> from carl cables florida, i'm jim lehrer, good night. from oxford mississippi thank you, senators both. i'm jim lehrer. thank you and good tonight. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. taliban insurgents targeted the u.s. embassy and nato headquarters in coordinated assaults in kabul, afghanistan. a court in iran set bail of $500,000 apiece for two american hikers convicted of spying. they would be released within days. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: jim reads passages from "tension city" on the rundown blog. plus, explore today's poverty numbers and newly released figures on the numbers of uninsured. and tonight's "frontline" features an extended conversation with ali soufan, an f.b.i. interrogator, who says c.i.a. enhanced interrogation techniques are ineffective, and that the agency's failure to share information with him altered his investigation of 9/11. "frontline's" martin smith con

welcome back to the program jim lehrer. sir. (cheers and applause) nice to see you again.y nice to see you again. >> good to see you, sir. >> jon: how are you? the book is called "tension city" and how much of a donation do i have to make to get this included in my toth bag froincl? >> $25 in pennies. >> jon: nice. make them count it. you have moderated how many presidential debates? >> 11. >> jon: incredible. will you... have you seen it since when you started what has been the greatest change that you have seen in the evolution of these presidential debates? >> well, there's some format changes. when they first started you'd have a moderator and you'd have three journalist panels and now it's down... we've gone through several transformations. now we're down to basically a sole moderator format. one person with all the dine mate in one person's hands. >> jon: right. and now they do these youtube debates. pretty soon they'll just take twitter questions, nobody will even be there. (laughter) >> you're exactly right. the other big change was the coming of the "town hall" pu

good evening, i'm jim lehrer. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight: we assess the palestinian bid and the israeli reaction. >> lehrer: then, jeffrey brown examines president obama's changes to the "no child left behind" law. >> suarez: from orlando, florida, judy woodruff has the latest on the g.o.p. presidential contest. >> republicans have gathered in this crucial battleground state and last night brought yet another showdown between frontrunners rick perry and mitt romney. >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. 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. we spend billions on advanced technologies. >> it's all about investing in the future. >> we can find new energy-- more cleaner, safer and smarter. >> collaborating with the best in the field. >> chevron works with the smartest people at leading universities and tech companies. >> and yet, it's really basic. >> it's

so enjoy. >> good evening, i'm jim lehrer.in the news this evening john merrow, our education correspondent, has written a book. "the influence of teachers." i believe john is a leading education journalist in america. he should become he's been at it for a long time. john is the only reporter to have interviewed every u.s. secretary of education. often for this program. statistics, at the money and labor from a b+ in psychology, and a in bible one, i don't because a very strong record. i won my case but i think we would say no. >> the most difficult thing is what comes up comes in the office and says why did you do this to me? and then begins to cry. >> john can be confrontational as he was with his union leader in philadelphia. >> you're asking can you evaluate on the performance of the student. >> was secretly receiving money from the makers of ritalin. >> you don't see that as a conflict of interest taking money from the drug companies? >> we see it as a responsibility of the drug company to give us that money. >> he knows

. >> rose: we continue with our friend jim lehrer from pbs. he's written a new book called "tension city" about hisu experiences as the leadinga moderator of presidential debates. >> presidents are truly judged in the final analysis of acting unexpected, not the expected. they talk about all these issues "well, i'm going to do this and here's my plan for the economy and this and that" and whatever. but what they really want to kn about people as best they can find out were they vote is how he would handle... he or she would handle the unexpected. >> rose: we conclude with peter bard, a former journalist and studio executive who's written about about his experiences called "infamous players" a tale of the movies, the mob, and sex. >> here's the outrageous thing about the '70s in hollywood. the people who ran studios actually made pictures they wanted to see. you know, that's unthink bt today. i asked a couple of heads of production recently if summer pictures you made, were you really looking forward to seeing any? and they sort of blanched and

i'm jim lehrer. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, ray suarez walks through the numbers with mark zandi, chief economist at moody's analytics. >> lehrer: then, paul solman examines whether high u.s. unemployment is a structural, not cyclical, predicament. >> there is a mishmash between what a lot of people are trained or able to do and the kinds of work that are available for them. >> brown: we look at scandals and turmoil off the field as the college football season gets underway. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: and from afghanistan, we close with a special report on what afghans today know of the al qaeda attacks on the u.s. ten years ago. >> in a country where for ten years a war has been fought with 9/11 as its root cause and justification, 92% of av began men an other afghan provinces have no idea what 9/11 was. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 ye

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i'm jim lehrer. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the heightened vigilance and the investigation from dina temple-raston of npr. >> lehrer: then, ray suarez examines president obama's pitch for republican support of his jobs plan on a day the stock market fell sharply. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> lehrer: we have two stories about the home countries of the 9/11 terrorists. margaret warner reports on the egyptian roots of the radical islamic movement. >> warner: egypt was an incubator of militant political islam. we've come to cairo to explore that history and find out if that ideology still has appeal, even after the arab spring. >> woodruff: plus, jeffrey brown talks to caryle murphy of globalpost about saudi arabia ten years after the attacks. >> lehrer: and we close with a look at a new way to see our reporting online, and a preview of our 9/11 special coming sunday evening. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newsh

i'm gloria borger of cnn and with me is the executive editor of the news hour jim lehrer is written a wonderful book tension city my view from the middle seat which is going to be on bookstands on september 13th, and it's all about the presidential debates. we watched the presidential debates, some of us cover the president colby yates but you were the only person i know whose moderate presidential debates among how many of them? >> guest: even. >> host: 11 of them and you are the man as you say in the middle seat at the center of the stage. you have written fiction about the debates but you've never told us what it is like to be in the middle of it. why did you decide to write a nonfiction book about debate? >> guest: i thought it was time to do it. i felt that in 2008i did one of the obama-mccain debates and i knew this was probably going to be my last presidential debate and so i decided pretty much that was the case so i started collecting my thoughts and i took a lot of notes through the of their previous ten and i realized i had some things i wanted to save a would be hard to sa

to talk about this on moral locky after nine eleven there was a mainstay on the news hour with jim lehrer he was in the washington post as a voice of moderation condemning nine eleven but also condemning u.s. policy so it's quite likely that anwar lucky himself was radicalized as a result of what was perceived widely in the muslim world to be a war against islam we don't spend a lot of time studying or talking about blowback in this country but we should because you could make a reasonable case that he was a product of u.s. policy he seemed to be a guy that was very much critical of nine eleven up to the u.s. invasion of iraq and in fact of course there are a lot of you tube videos out there that the u.s. government tried to get taken down and some of which they did speaking in very good english and of course you know preaching his philosophy is there ever any direct proof will we ever seen a government disclose any direct proof that he's actually been behind. and any plot society and maybe being an inspirational people like. the fort hood shooter is there any direct proof that he was inv

tension city by jim lehrer, my view from the middle seat. you should have said the middle hot seat. thank you. >> guest: thank you, gloria. ..y to offer a lot for our members. >> next on booktv, in his book "black and tired," anthony bradley applies christian teachings to the summits of race -- subjects of race, politics, contemporary culture, globalization and education. this is about an hour. >> good morning, thank you for joining us here an the heritage foundation. as director of lectures and welcyou , it's my privilege to >> good morning thank you for joining us at the heritage foundation. was the director of this seminar is it is my a privileged to welcome new fed also join us on ourin website. please make the last courtesy check that the cellphones have been turned off it will be appreciated.ve we will allow questions from our internet viewers if they like to e-mail us. and we will post them within 24 hours for your future reference. introducing our special guest is mark marshal who is director of policy studies and also religion and civilinin society but also oversees the wel

. >> host: three well-known media folks have books also jim lehrer and bill o'reilly and chris matthews. tension city inside the presidential debate comes out in september and he is on the afterwards program. bill o'reilly has said book called killing lincoln the shocking assassination that changed america up. what new can we bring to the table regarding the assassination? that is one of my questions next week. this is a myth that more books have been written about abraham lincoln than any other historical figure other than jesus christ. but a lot of writers have proven there is always something new to be said. whether bill o'reilly has that, lot of scholars have devoted their lives to writing about abraham lincoln in. >> host: new book on jack kennedy and it has a november release. >> it will be a cool book. because of his journalism career he could speak with people who knew kennedy and all parts of his life then to piece together stories that other people told him. is there is the chance it could have new things we have not seen before. >> there is a bookstore in chicago devoted enti

on tuesday, we'll review tonight's tea party presidential debate and provide a first look at jim lehrer's new book on moderating debates. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: chevron. we may have more in common than you think. bnsf. 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. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is "bbc world news america." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. ♪ ♪

. >> host: with me is the executive editor of the news hour, jim lehrer who just wrote a fabulous bookalled "tension city: my view from the middle seat." on book stands september 13. it's all about presidential debates. now, we all watch the debates. some of us cover the presidential debatings, but you're the only person i know who moderated presidential debate -- how many of them? >> guest: 11. >> host: 11 of them alone, and you're the man, as you say, in the middle seat at the center of that stage. you've written fiction about these debates, but you have never really told us what it's like to be in the middle of it. why did you decide to write a non-fiction book about debates this time? >> guest: well, i thought it was time to do it. i felt that 2008 when i did one of the obama-mccain debates, i knew that this was probably going to be my last presidential debate, and so i decided pretty much that was the case, so i started collecting my thoughts. i had taken 5 lot of note -- a lot of notes through the previous ten, and i realized i had things i wanted to say, but it was hard to say i

this week the news hour's jim lehrer in his new book, speed chaim inside the presidential debates from kennedy nixon to mccain obama." the veteran newsman and prolific writer discusses the memorable moments of televised presidential debate since 1960. he shows how he developed his questions and kept them secret and reels which he believes were better left unasked treaty talks with cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. >> host: welcome to "after words." i'm gloria borger of cnn and with me is the executive editor of the news hour jam lehrer who's just written a fabulous book called "tension city: mauney view from the middle seat," which is going to be on bookstands on september 13th, and it's all about the presidential debates. we will watch the presidential debates, some of us cover the presidential debates but you are the only person i know was moderated the presidential debates how many of them? >> guest: 11 of them. >> host: 11 of them alone and you are the man in the middle seat at the center of the stage. you've written fiction about these debates but you have never told us w

. >> in my last 15 seconds, does anyone want to comment on the things discuss odden jim lehrer, to change the debt they own? >> we tried it back in the 1960's, they had a -- it didn't work. why? well, think about it. if you suppress long-term rates, short-term rates, what do you think the market people are going to do? they're going to go the other way. >> my time has expired. thank you. >> the chair recognizes dr. burgess. you are not meant to speak, dr. burgess. >> doctor melzer, you talked about the cost of medical care in the last months and weeks of life. i'll tell you something, for a number of years, the principal problem we have is the lack of transparency on the part of the patient. they don't tell us when that last two weeks begin so it's difficult for us to balance our decisions. along that line, you talked about the cost drivers contained within medicare and medicaid. you talked bt perhaps changing things so that they don't take away future benefits. i'll submit within the health care realm, there's probably $1.3 trillion in immediate savings that will not take away future ben

. >> host: thank you very much, jim lehrer. this is a fabulous book not just because i'm a political junkie, but a lot of interesting things here. "tension city" by jim lehrer. my view from the middle seat. you should've said middle hotseat. thank you, jim. >> guest: thank you, gloria. >> the second day of the 11th annual national book festival. watch today's coverage no one but tv. >> host: welcome to today's booktv live coverage of the 11th annual national book festival here in washington d.c. we have nearly six hours of live coverage ahead. here is our lineup. it just a minute, we'll go to the history and biography tent down here in the mall, where doug waller will be talking about his 2011 book. >> c-span basses all sit down here and we are handing out a fax. if you are an area in washington, comment down pick up a book back and say hi. the national book festival is sponsored by the library of congress in president and mrs. obama are the honorary chairs of the national book festival. now we are going to go to the history an