filmmaker ken burns's documentary follows a group of boys as they work to memorize the address. ott shafer sat down earlier with burns to discuss why a speech from the civil war moved him to make a film. first, a clip from the documentary. >> okay, guys, let's sit up straight in our chairs. let's get ready to start morning meeting. today we are introducing a tradition here at greenwood, studying and memorizing the gettysburg address. and in a lot of ways, it is a right of passage. >> this is one of the most famous speeches of all time, and this was, like, 200 or 300 years ago? so, even if you say it for, like, two minutes, it still means a lot. >> four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. >> well, ken burns, welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> your latest film weaves together the gettysburg address with the story of this school in vermont where boys who have learning disabilities memorize and recite the gettysburg address. what was it about th

filmmaker ken burns says he loves the access to the content it provides, but is he happy about his filmsng on netflix? take a listen. ♪ my traditional platform has been, for 30 years, distribution on pbs, which reaches the largest number of eyeballs. every kid in america when i grew up had memorized the primetime schedule. now we have hundreds of choices. we cannot possibly memorize and have appointment tv. i am thrilled with the access, thrilled with the idea that i can fly across the country and watch episodes of "house of and that is terrific. finally we yielded to the idea that the customer is king, not the programmer. this is liberating. we have been convinced sort out that it works. everything is in flux. modelis not really the that sends us into the future with any real confidence the way that we used to. now we are in a new area in which the middleman rates the lines share. there are too many middlemen getting too much stuff on the cheap. netflix is going to make a deal with pbs and we get a larger share of that because we are the most watched of the pbs shows, butg with "downton

filmmaker ken burns says he likes the access to the content netflix provides but is he happy about his on netflix? ♪ >> my traditional platform has been for 30 years, distribution on pbs that reaches the largest number of eyeballs. every kid in america when i was growing up had memorized the entire primetime schedule. now we know we've got hundreds of choices. we can't possibly summarize and have a point on tv. i'm thrilled with the access, i'm thrilled with the idea that if i'm flying across the country and want to watch three or four episodes of "house of cards" i can do that. we have yielded to the fact that the consumer is king. it's not the almighty network ties says you shall watch it now. this is liberating for everyone. we have been convinced, sort of, that works. everything is in flux. there's not really the model that sends us into the future with a real confidence the way we used to. now we are in a new area in whthe middlemen read the lion's share. there are too many middlemen think too much stuff on the cheap. netflix is going to make a deal with pbs and we get a large sha

documentary filmmaker, ken burns, talking about netflix.the bwest byte, where we focus on one number that tells a whole lot. feet,ave 53, as in 53 which is the length of an 80 ton steel snow removal vehicle which is going to be helping to do some heavy lifting in and around new york city, getting snow off the train tracks, the long island railroad has 16 pieces of the snow off.ng there is a summer shot of the beast which does the heavy lifting for those trying to make inious transportation moves a less sunny and environment that is the east coast right now. >> is good to know they have technology on their side. i'm feeling a bit guilty talking about this from our cushy seats in san francisco and los angeles. i deftly know people at their stay warm and they safe. if you need a room, hotel tonight, they are stocking up on inventory. and good tracking technology. if you go to the new york city website, you can very easily find when the snow plows are hitting your area, since you are probably leaving your car at home and it will be potentially

for that you get this entire channel from downton abbey to the kids stuff to ken burns documentaries. this just turned into a pledge drive, what the hell just happened here? [laughter] all i'm saying is you get this tote bag and a copy of the flaiter mouse signed by beverly sills. that's at the $60 level. >> jon: do you feel like news budgets have shrunk. when you look at the news business are they doing a diss service by creating -- disservice by creating so much noise ands that had a solved problems or is is that putting too much emphasis on the power they wield? >> i think it's an inappropriate amount of emphasis? if you continue to create a content that is weak, to put it mildly, i don't that i this you are going to have an informed citizenry that makes informed decisions. if you watch the half hour nighty newscast, it shifted a tremendous amount since i immigrated here. at that time there were three guys. >> jon: wait a minute, now you cell our news? >> yeah, there's that. >> jon: that's my people's job. it's a little back and forth ethnic humor. [ laughter ] but i understand tha

check this out my man director ken burns, love that dude, ken burns, man.vealed that his next documentary is about franklin roosevelt and it is 14 hours long. you know it's bad when your movie is so long that even franklin roosevelt would have stood up and walked out. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] it is like 13 hours too long. 14 hours of president roosevelt which sounded like too much until you realize there is over 30 hours of tv dedicated to honey booboo. might as well give it to franklin roosevelt, right. [ applause ] the u.s. postal service is in the news again. gosh, i don't know about this. i'm starting to not like them. i don't know what's going on. why do they raise the price of stamps. every year they raise the price a penny. 49 cents for a stamp. just make it 50 cents. you want to wait in line for people wanting your change back, i gave you two quarters, i need a penny back. just make it 50 cents come on. anyways, clearly i'm on my own on that one. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ no, no, no. >> steve: it sounds like you've been licked. [ laughte

and filmmaker ken burns on why we should all memorize the gettysburg address. >> four score and seven ago -- >> our fathers brought forth on this continent -- >> a new nation. ♪

and filmmaker ken burns on why we should all memorize the gettysburg address. >> four score and seven>> our fathers brought forth on this continent -- >> a new nation. ♪

and filmmaker ken burns on why we should all memorize the gettysburg address. >> four score and seven years ago -- >> our fathers brought forth on this continent -- >> a new nation. ♪

and filmmaker ken burns on why we should all memorize the gettysburg address. >> four score and seven years ago -- >> our fathers brought forth on this continent -- >> a new nation. ♪

and coincidentally, ken burns has a new documentary out about him. >> general sherman continued his marchouthward, finally taking atlanta on september 2nd, 1864. after a long and brutal siege. he wrote to president lincoln. >> dear mr. president. i'm gratified to report that atlanta has succumbed at last. our victorious soldiers occupied the streets and the battlements, bearing eloquent testament to the fact that i'm the greatest general of the entire u.s. army! don't you ever talk about me. ever! yours sincerely, william tecumseh sherman." [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you understand what i'm saying? it's a family with a long history. [ cheers and applause ] of anger issues. i have to say, you know, i work for fox sports, nfl for a bunch of years. i love richard sherman's post-game interview. most of these players are so boring, so rehearsed. this guy's eyes were about to pop out of his head. he looked like a cartoon character. which gave me an idea. what we did is we took the audio from the sherman versus erin andrews rant and combined it with an episode of "the flintstones," and a

be here tomorrow morning and that is standard when bodies are found inside of a home burned in a residential fire. kenthank you. >>> today we learned the security breach at target during the holiday shopping season was larger than thought. now it is between 70 and 100 tell million effected. ktvu's tom vacar reports a new scam is revictimizing customers. >> reporter: folks hasn't hardenings the 40 million credit cards and debt cards -- heard the 40 million credit cards and debt cards hacked, 70 mill were now. >> over a third of the united states population. >> crazy to think somebody was able to get into and find out bout this information. >> reporter: two shoppers were not among the first 40 million. >> i didn't thought about that today when i came in. now i am scared. >> everything is out there. i would imagine just about anybody is susceptible. that makes me uncomfortable. >> reporter: two other customers had been compromised. >> i received a new credit card. >> it is not the fault of honest people and honest businesses. this is unfortunately a criminal. >> reporter: e-mail and phone scams are alrea

be here tomorrow morning and that is standard when bodies are found inside of a home burned in a residential fire. kentchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> today we learned the security breach at target during the holiday shopping season was larger than thought. now it is between 70 and 100 tell million effected. ktvu's tom vacar reports a new scam is revictimizing customers. >> reporter: folks hasn't hardenings the 40 million credit cards and debt cards -- heard the 40 million credit cards and debt cards hacked, 70 mill were now. >> over a third of the united states population. >> crazy to think somebody was able to get into and find out bout this information. >> reporter: two shoppers were not among the first 40 million. >> i didn't thought about that today when i came in. now i am scared. >> everything is out there. i would imagine just about anybody is susceptible. that makes me uncomfortable. >> reporter: two other customers had been compromised. >> i received a new credit card. >> it is not the fault of honest people and honest businesses. this is unfortunately a criminal. >> reporter:

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