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[captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: joseph stiglitz is a nobel prize-winningnomist whose new book is called "freefall." mr. stiglitz, could have you back on this program. >> nice to be here. tavis: i have not seen you since this was news, although it is old news at this point. did ben bernanke deserve the honor of person of the year? >> well, he certainly get some credit for bringing us back from the brink, but he deserves a lot of blame for pushing us to the brink. it depends on how you balance that. the fact that the fed, he and his predecessor, alan greenspan, were largely responsible for the mismanagement of the economy, failing to have regulations that would have stopped us from getting into this mess, even as we have been pulled back from the brink. unemployment has soared. people have said we will not be back to normal unemployment until the middle of the decade. yes, it is great the banks are paying bonuses again, it is great they are making big profits. america is still in not good shape. tavis: how do you respond to the notion that i have read that t

>> "bbc world news" is presented by kcet, los angeles. funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." "gmt j this is "gmt." with an election in next few weeks, alistair darling faces a choice. fees in the voters or those who want record to -- record movement on the opposite. benjamin netanyahu, is it no deal at the white house? pakistan's military cooperation under the spotlight as there are talks in washington. 30 years on, the people of san salvador remember the murder of oscar romero. the british finance minister, alistair darling, is performing a balancing act today. his pre-election budget has to satisfy voters in financial markets of the same time. international market movers want to know how serious he is about cutting the deficit. a challenge tha

>> "bbc world news" is presented by kcet, los angeles. funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> this is bbc world news today. new allegations of of a child sex abuse scandal and the catholic church shakes the vatican. questions raised whether pope benedict was himself involved in covering up abuse by a priest for a school -- at a school for deaf children bearded, we need to know why he did not let us know about him, why he did not let the police know about him and why he did not invent him and why he did not take his caller away from him. >> all smiles and brussels as france and germany agrees to strike a deal to help greece out of its economic crisis. when the choice is education or tradition, how can yet is making sure even nomadic children ge

>> "bbc world news" is presented by kcet, los angeles. funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. the newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its -- union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news." >> saudi security crackdown. more than 100 militants arrested and accused of plotting attacks on oil facilities. edition resigns over his mishandling of child sex allegations. britain's finance minister delivers a pre-election budget. very warm welcome to "bbc world news" broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. coming up later, moments of collision. dramatic pictures emerge of two red arrow planes colliding, and a saudi woman's powerful column attacking radical muslim clerics could win her more than $1 million -- a saudi woman's powerful poem. hello to you. more than 100 suspected militants sai

[captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: senator lamar alexander is a member of the senate's health, labor, and pensions committee. he joins us from capitol hill. senator, good to have you back on the program, sir. >> thank you, tavis. tavis: before i get to the details, now that this has been signed into law, let me start with honestly and frankly some of the uglyness that's taken place over the last few days and get your thoughts on that. in no particular order, on sarah palin's web site they now have that emblem of the gun target that's being placed over certain districts around the country, number one. number two, we saw members of congress being spat upon, some of them members of the congressional black caucus being called "nigger" as they went to vote on this bill. newt gingrich said republicans should be happy if this bill passed because it would do for democrats what l.b.j. passing the civil rights did for democrats back in the day as l.b.j. predicted for about 30 years. i could go on and on and on. therare members of congress now who have around-the-clock ca

[captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: shankar vedantam, the national science writer the "washington post." his new book is called "the hidden brain," how our unconscious minds elect presidents, control markets, wage wars and save our lives. great to have you on this program. >> thank you for having me. tavis: who knew our unconscious minds could do all of that? >> well, i didn't. i thought like everyone else that our minds were conscious and that we did things intentionally and distributely and it turns out we don't. from politics to the criminal justice system, the unconscious plays a significant role in how we react and behave and think. tavis: what does that say about our conscious mind? >> well, our conscious mind is very useful. it helps us think about a lot of things systematically and usefully. we essentially outsource a lot of our thinking to the hidden brain, the unconscious mind. so if we were to do many of these things more consciously, the criminal justice system and politics, i actually think we would end up with better decisions than we often do than wh

[captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: steven gray is a correspondent for "time"azine who lives and reports in a home in detroit purchased by "time" to raise awareness about the motor city. steven gray, good to have you on this program. >> thanks for having me, tavis. tavis: as i mentioned, "time" bought this house. when and for what purpose? >> last summer to concentrate on detroit and the things that are it is going to take to turn the region around. tavis: is there a point to be made purchasing a home in the city of detroit? >> it has been on the minds of people in the country and the world in that it hasn't been put on the public's consciousness in 30 or 40 years. we think this is the perfect time to dig in our heels and become stake holders in the state and in the city of detroit and determine what it is going to take to turn this region around. tavis: without giving out the address and where the home is, is there a reason they bought the house they bought and the neighborhood that bout it in? tell me about where the house is. >> about a 10-12 minute drive aw