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most of them are in the range of john d robert feller -- john d rockefeller. these giant monopolies that are impossible to challenge and they become a vastly profitable. you get a sense of best. 13 of the largest companies in terms of market value are internet companies. 13 of the 32 largest. sometimes it is 14. it fluctuates. comparison, three of the too big to fail banks are the most valuable. only three of them. 13 of the internet companies. all the companies that i mentioned. facebook is still not in the top 32. these are enormous companies. they are monopolies. cap immense political power. they are used to getting their way. have immense political power. they will always get their way
most of them are in the range of john d robert feller -- john d rockefeller. these giant monopolies that are impossible to challenge and they become a vastly profitable. you get a sense of best. 13 of the largest companies in terms of market value are internet companies. 13 of the 32 largest. sometimes it is 14. it fluctuates. comparison, three of the too big to fail banks are the most valuable. only three of them. 13 of the internet companies. all the companies that i mentioned. facebook is...
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most of them are in the range of john d robert feller -- john d rockefeller. these giant monopolies that are impossible to challenge and they become a vastly profitable. you get a sense of best. 13 of the largest companies in terms of market value are internet companies. 13 of the 32 largest. sometimes it is 14. it fluctuates. comparison, three of the too big to fail banks are the most valuable. only three of them. 13 of the internet companies. all the companies that i mentioned. facebook is still not in the top 32. these are enormous companies. they are monopolies. cap immense political power. they are used to getting their way. have immense political power. they will always get their way with our government. it is why it's considered by democratic eric to be such an theorye -- by democratic to be such an enemy of government. of cannot deny that sort power. that if the situation we are in. these companies all make their money to varying degrees. degreethem to a certain by collecting data on people and invading privacy. they say online that if you get somethin
most of them are in the range of john d robert feller -- john d rockefeller. these giant monopolies that are impossible to challenge and they become a vastly profitable. you get a sense of best. 13 of the largest companies in terms of market value are internet companies. 13 of the 32 largest. sometimes it is 14. it fluctuates. comparison, three of the too big to fail banks are the most valuable. only three of them. 13 of the internet companies. all the companies that i mentioned. facebook is...
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major support ffrontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by tfrontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> narrator: the orontes river valley tells the story of syria. it reveals a warring nation that is breaking apart. in this valley, neighbor is fighting neighbor. every day is a struggle to survive. a land where regime and rebels are fighting to the death. this is the story of the people who live and fight on both sides of the front line-- neighbors now divided by religion, ideology, and the river that runs between them. ahmad is 20 years old, and works in his dad's garage. nine months ago he defected from the regime police force to join the rebel free syrian army. >> (translated): i was a policeman. we were sent out to quell the protests, and s
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john: d district -- disabled people a good customers. >> you know that's wrong.the free enterprise system works so well we would need the ada hidden. that kind of thing that when everyone else supports it may e want to rethink your position. john: thank you. stick around. more later. coming up, fraud caught on tape. this man said his fingers were crushed and h was 200 work. here he is working. also. stupid warning labels. never see this? aplastic warn that people fish with. it comes with a warning that says not for human consumption. tonnght our studio audience gets to vote the pursuit of a better tomorrow is something we all share. but who can help you find your own path? who can build you a plan, not just a pie chart? who can help keep your investments on course, whatever lies ahead? that someone is a morgan stanley financial advisor. and we're ready to work for you. ♪ >> did not actually produce anything theelve they're just trying to essentially leverage and hijack somebody else's idea to see if they can extort some money out of them courses has been describe
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those sort of monopolies almost never, ever exist, and they don't even -- john d. rockefeller with standard oil did not have a monopoly in that sense. economists mean when you have such a large percentage of the market that you basically can control the market and control who's allowed in it and not in it on what terms. when you've got 50, 60, 70% of that market, you definitely have a no thoply. and all the firms i just named are way above the 50, 60, 70%, many of them are in the same range of john d. rockefeller and standard oil in the 19th century which i think was in the low 80s. so we have these gigantic monopolies online that are impossible to challenge, and they become vastly profitable as a result, and to get some sense of this, 13 of the 32 largest companies in the united states in terms of market value, sort of who investors are betting on, are internet companies. 13 of the 32 largest. sometimes it's 14, it fluctuates. put it in comparison, there are only three of the too big to fail are among the 32 most valuable companies, and these are the banks that ev
those sort of monopolies almost never, ever exist, and they don't even -- john d. rockefeller with standard oil did not have a monopoly in that sense. economists mean when you have such a large percentage of the market that you basically can control the market and control who's allowed in it and not in it on what terms. when you've got 50, 60, 70% of that market, you definitely have a no thoply. and all the firms i just named are way above the 50, 60, 70%, many of them are in the same range of...
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my name is john d. liu. i've been documenting the changes on the plateau for 15 years. i first came here in 1995 to film an ambitious project where local people were constructing a new landscape on a vast scale. transforming a barren land into a green and fertile one. the project certainly changed my life, convincing me to become a soil scientist. the lessons i've learned in the last few years have made me realize that many of the human tragedies that we regularly witness around the world, the floods, mudslides, droughts and famines, are not inevitable. here on the loess plateau i've witnessed that people can lift themselves out of poverty. they can radically improve their environment. and by doing so, reduce the threat of climate change. >> [singing] >> when i first came to the loess plateau, i was astounded by the degree of poverty and degradation. and i wondered, "how could the chinese people, the largest ethnic group on the planet, and my fathers, and my own ancestors come from a place that was this barren?" china's loess plateau is a region that stretches for 640,0
my name is john d. liu. i've been documenting the changes on the plateau for 15 years. i first came here in 1995 to film an ambitious project where local people were constructing a new landscape on a vast scale. transforming a barren land into a green and fertile one. the project certainly changed my life, convincing me to become a soil scientist. the lessons i've learned in the last few years have made me realize that many of the human tragedies that we regularly witness around the world, the...
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that is from chairman john d. rockefeller.en hearing from the airline itself that is saying that they -- as i find this actually here it is. they are headquartered in seoul. and this is a statement from the airline itself. as far as asiana is concerned, they are investigating the cause of the accident. they have not yet received any official information from aviation authorities or government authorities so cannot confirm casualties that the point as no details have been very sided. they will closely -- provide. they will cooperate with the investigation by authorities. at this time asiana are only saying that they are investigating the cause of the accident. we have from the south korean government, who is vowing support to the u.s. government and all authorities who are actively involved in investigating this incident. also vowing cooperation are the manufacturers of the aircraft itself, boeing, and prat and whitney, who manufactured the engines of this 777 aircraft that crash-landed earlier today. >> milissa rehberger, keep
that is from chairman john d. rockefeller.en hearing from the airline itself that is saying that they -- as i find this actually here it is. they are headquartered in seoul. and this is a statement from the airline itself. as far as asiana is concerned, they are investigating the cause of the accident. they have not yet received any official information from aviation authorities or government authorities so cannot confirm casualties that the point as no details have been very sided. they will...
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the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. for each of us, there are days that are turning points. a day that changes our personal life, or a day that changes the nation. sometimes, very rarely, it's one and the same day. just such a day happened to me on wednesday, august 28, 1963. i was 29 years old, the deputy director of the peace corps, with offices one block from the white house and a short walk from the lincoln memorial. that morning, largely on impulse, inspired by a friend, i joined the quarter of a million americans, people of every age and color, who had come for the march on washington. the event is now most famous for martin luther kin
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major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> smith: in late 2009, an army intelligence analyst stationed in eastern iraq logged onto a classified server. >> you see all those people standing down there? >> that's a weapon. >> yeah. >> smith: he opened a file that had been flagged by army lawyers. >> ...have five to six individuals with ak-47s. request permission to engage. >> smith: it was footage taken from a us army helicopter gunship. >> light them all up. >> come on, fire. ( machine gun fire ) >> hey, roger! ( machine gun fire ) >> keep shooting. ( machine gun fire ) >> keep shooting. ( machine gun fire ) >> all right, we just engaged all eight individuals. >> oh, yeah. look at a
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major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by tfrontline journalism fund, with a grant from millicent bell, through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. >> bergmacsi is the most watched drama series in the world, brimming with flash and glamour, where cutting-edge forensic technology always reveals the truth. (siren wailing) but crime scene investigations in the real world are rarely so simple. >> (on radio): go ahead. >> county 51, can you advise the tow yard that's housing the 187 vehicle from the ninth? case number 275. >> 10-4, you there? >> negative. i need to know so i can... >> 10-4, give me just a momen. i'm finishing up with a spanish interpreter. >> bergman: detective joanna grivetti leads the crime scene investigation unit for the police department in richmond, c
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the story that you probably know is that john d. rockefeller junior who is nelson's father made a gift of $8.5 million to purchase a site in midtown manhattan which at that point was a slaughterhouse. it had been partial together by real estate developer with the idea of building something new along the lines of rockefeller center so it was put together and there was an option on the property and john d. rockefeller gave the gifts. because of that, that site is now the united nations. it's maybe not the capital of the world of everyone's dreams. the planner who supervised the architectural work here referred to it as a workshop for peace so it's not so grand. it's a more workaday sort of place and just to conclude i want to read just a little, because it might -- it's the story of the end of world war ii and the beginning of peace. it's a panorama that era but i think it also touches deeply into american culture. because today capital of the world survives as a slogan for new york city rather than a place of dreams. as reporters not
the story that you probably know is that john d. rockefeller junior who is nelson's father made a gift of $8.5 million to purchase a site in midtown manhattan which at that point was a slaughterhouse. it had been partial together by real estate developer with the idea of building something new along the lines of rockefeller center so it was put together and there was an option on the property and john d. rockefeller gave the gifts. because of that, that site is now the united nations. it's...
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major support ffrontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> increasingly, americans in money trouble in this bad economy are borrowing from their 401(k)s... >> the number of workers borrowing from their accounts has reached a ten-year high... >> a record number of workers now raiding their 401(k)s... >> martin smith: let's begin with one simple fact: america is facing a retirement crisis, and the statistics are grim. half of all americans say they can't afford to save for retirement. one third have next to no retirement savings at all. >> i just don't know if i'll be able to save that much. god willing, social security will still be there. for someone like me, it'll probably be enough to keep me ou
major support ffrontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> increasingly, americans in money trouble in this bad economy are...
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the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. time again to talk with marty kaplan. loyal members of "moyers and company" know him as one of the keenest and most sensible observers of politics, the press, and culture. he runs the norman lear center at the university of southern california, an independent promontory from which he lets his mind range wherever his insatiable curiosity takes him. most recently, brazil. for several weeks, the largest country in latin america has been shaken by a massive citizen uprising protesting political corruption, economic injustice, poor health care, inadequate schools, lousy mass transit, a crumbling infrastructure,
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the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> bill moyers: welcome. 22 years ago, we began to document the story of two working families in milwaukee, wisconsin, families whose breadwinners had lost good-paying factory jobs. little did we know when we began in 1991 that this would become the defining story of our times. there was hardly anything more american than the belief that if you work hard, you will be able to make a living and build a better life for yourself and your children. but these two families, the stanleys and the neumanns, like millions of others who thought they were pursuing the american dream, discovered that something had gone terribly wro
the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> bill moyers: welcome. 22 years ago, we began to document the story of two working...
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the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. my generation was moved and shocked by one of the most powerful documentaries ever made. broadcast the night after thanksgiving in 1960, edward r. murrow's "harvest of shame" exposed us to the callous exploitation of the migrant workers who pick our fruit and vegetables. >> this is an american story that begins in florida and ends in new jersey. it is a 1960's "grapes of wrath" that begins at the mexican border in california and ends in oregon and washington. it is the story of men and women and children who work 136 days of the year and average $900 a year. they travel in buses. they ride trucks. they fol
the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. my generation was moved and shocked by one of the most powerful documentaries...
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the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> bill moyers: welcome. the summer blitz of blockbuster movies has arrived. super heroes or lesser mortals with excellent motor skills are here to save the earth from super villains, asteroids, aliens or other disasters, natural in nature, but probably induced by global warming. yes, it's another summer of excess and escapism with the thrills and chills of hollywood scaring us down to our popcorn, yet always with a happy ending. meanwhile, back here in the real world, where we actually live, the best film of the summer isn't an epic tale of horror or adventure but an eye-opening, heart-moving and mind-expanding remin
the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> bill moyers: welcome. the summer blitz of blockbuster movies has arrived. super heroes...
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major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by tfrontline journalism fund with a grant from millicent bell through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. >> a.c. thompson: so this is 1940, is that right? >> yes, this was the championship game. >> oh, look, there he is. >> there he is. >> carrying the ball. that's daddy, number five. >> right in the middle, with his curly hair, yeah. >> thompson: is that him? right there? >> yes, he's got the ball right there. >> there he goes. >> yeah, he just intercepted that and now is just running and making his way through and just scored. >> scored a touchdown. >> i believe this is when they scored... the score was 73 to nothing. >> it was a game that daddy talked about the most, i think. >> thompson: george mcafee had a remarkable life. in the 1940s and 50s,
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supported by the john d.d 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 "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and susie gharib brought to you by. >> sailing through the heart of historic cities and landscapes on a river, you get close to iconic landmarks, to local life, to cultural treasures. viking river cruises, exploring the world in comfort. >> facebook surprises wall street with a strong quarter and investors are hitting the like button. but with the stocks still well below the ipo price, is there any reason to buy? >> tour, aka fabulous fab takes the stand, the former goldman sachs trader who has become the symbol during the financial crisis breaks his silence in court. >>> and a new retirement playbook.
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supported by the john d.d 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 of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in. working for new ventures and providing capital. we offer tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america" reporting from washington. at least 35 people have been killed after a playing derail the outsi
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supported by the john d.d 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 >> welcome to dw's "journal" from berlin. the saga continues -- edward snowden's lawyer says the u.s. whistleblower will remain in a moscow airport for now. >> earing his visit to brazil, pope francis puts out a solemn warning not to seek out the false idols of money and success -- during his visit to brazil. >> france confirms what most have feared -- most of the riders in the tour de france have been doping for years. have been doping for years.
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issue of crime against passengers is drawing the attention of senate commerce committee chairman john drockefeller. >> cruise lines are on notice that the safety and protection of passengers is now their number one priority. whether they like it or not. >> reporter: according to the committee report, the number of crimes alleged aboard cruise ships is 30 times more than those reported publicly. the report says since 2011 cruise lines have reported 959 ale alleged crimes to the fbi while the coast guard reported only 31 crimes publicly. miami maritime attorney jim walker says this leaves passengers extremely vulnerable. >> it lulls families into a false sense of security and complacency when really they that sbe on heightened awareness there are potential dangers. >> reporter: under a law passed three years ago the company must report cruise ship crimes on the website but only those solved by the pb. not those involving children or sexual assaults. >> close to 18% of the victims of sexual assaults on cruise ships are children. >> reporter: in his report the committee chairman points out
issue of crime against passengers is drawing the attention of senate commerce committee chairman john drockefeller. >> cruise lines are on notice that the safety and protection of passengers is now their number one priority. whether they like it or not. >> reporter: according to the committee report, the number of crimes alleged aboard cruise ships is 30 times more than those reported publicly. the report says since 2011 cruise lines have reported 959 ale alleged crimes to the fbi...