every night ted koppel. >> the hostages were eventually released at the stroke of the swearing in and so jimmy carter had to go over as a former president and escort them back -- it was -- it was the most compelling. nightline was born out that -- out of this. it made the president. it diminished the presidency. it made the president seem wea and if you talk about the malaise, there never was a malaise speech. it was that drum beat of the president held hostage could not campaign for the election. chris: it was embarrassing. it was so embarrassing to be, to be involved in the administration that couldn't do anything about this. >> the whole sense of -- of the embarrassment permeated the campaign as well. it wasn't until the last few weeks of the campaign that it became fairly clear that are not aled reagan was going to win. it was the hostage situation that overhung those last two weeks more than anything else. chris: the turning point that marked the beginning of the new century was september 11th. if every american back in 1941 knew where they were when they heard the news of pearl

john simpson rerts from koppel -- kabul. >> this is e bizarre in the nter of -- bazaar in the ceer ofabul. there is no running water here. no sanitation. just stkingiles of ruish. i havcome bk to find someone in that a couple years ao. he makes his living the best he can, selling vegetaes. since i saw him last, lf a dozen of the world'sichest tions have poured o huge amounts of ca and hundredsf soldiers lives in ghanistan. he has a huge family -- 12 childr. they all liv together in this one room. the hers are ot, either at school or te market. hasnything improved in his family'life? thing at all, he says. "our ves are just as ha as ever." the poverty here is as difficult s anywhere on earth, yet the cost ofeeping a single soldier in afghanistan wouldompletely change theives ofveryone here. but yu know it is not going to happen because the system is too corrupt. it simply would not get thugh. it is dangeroufor afghans to pot out these home uths. we are gog to a secret cation where a woman is in ding after speaking out about corruption andomen's rock -- women's rights. >> the situation it i

marketing from a traditional ad buying scenario one is going to be fueling growth in years to come koppell have your hands and a lot of different industries doing this consultant what is your sense of overall economy? it's been rough as you can imagine prom the from past year i'm sensing from our clients which we aren't reaching the bottom and i can give you a couple and adults around it about travel freezes and i use and on-site consulting firms in and seize the bins are banned to some degree we are starting to see request for proposals a repetition and repairing and how we build a brand in sectors like forma like cp g like the entrance car starting to see the willingness to tell a different story. and willingness to invest a little bit maybe at this point. i believe so. scott davis and susan and the name of the book is the shift. the nation's major retailers get ready to issue their own report cards, their earning results this week. we'll look at the charts coming up in chart talk next. will if you wanna look into the pulse of consumers, there's no better place than to look at the nation

it is irrational, koppel, and sensible way -- >> i have been there in madison. -- medicine. you sign something in advance, and you end up in the hospital, a doctor is not going to look at that unless you are unconscious, unless you don't have a family. what you say in the hospital at the time, no matter what is written -- >> i went through this with my own mother. she wanted to die, there were three doctors who wanted to do procedures on her. they were not unkind or mean, but it is a way to do more procedures. she had to insist that it was time to go. it is a difficult area and we never have an honest conversation about it. >> let me go to a question that is not wacky, but just to democratic senator ben cardin in towson, maryland. >> how are you going to keep my employer from stop offering insurance and forcing at to the public option if that is cheaper for their bottom line? >> that is a pretty good question. does anybody have an answer for that? >> that is a question that the democrats do not want to face. that is why every business group that does provide insurance really

them and she apparently put one child on one hit and one child on the other and walked in a sleeve koppel which means she was chained by the neck to the person in front of her and behind her and she carried these children all of those miles, and that is why i when i have to decide whether i wanted to be alice walker i decided that in honor of her walk i would remain alice walker. postcode the first book you ever published, 1968, once, a book of poems. you have written several poetry books. how should one read poetry? >> guest: one should read poetry as often as possible and especially now because poetry is so connective. the outer world is connected to the inner world in a way that is holistic so that it is almost like homeopathy. you can have one of little column and it goes so directly to the source of your sadness and anger and frustration that it begins to heal. utterly necessary. >> host: what was the first book you ever remember reading? >> guest: the first book i ever remember reading was probably goal of first novels, but i must have read many before that because as you know, call

was unclear whether voucher students beared better in the program then the koppel students in t publicschools. as a state superintendent i always ask the question, what is good for our children and actually i do believe that communities goals or charter schools are good for our children. is hard for schools to address the needs of a children and public education needs to experimentation and innovation particularly now in the era of individualization and customization, so i look at charter schools the same way al shanker look that charter schools which was for the research and development portunities for public school system and you might remember that al shanker was the first person to proposed charter schools at the time when my friend shakir was the assistant secretary who then opposed charter schools so i always thought it was the divine justice that i was the state's superintendent guys the voucher. given that, i really see that charter schools can in fact be part of a larr school strategy, however is state superintendent i really focus very hard on raising the bar for all children