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margaret, you wanted to add? >> in terms of people benefiting from the current policy, we have very large corporations like boeing, which is being paid millions and millions of dollars to the effect these border walls and faulty virtual tower is that so far -- we are projecting i think 6.7 billion we want to pay to put virtual towers all the way across the southwest border. so far i don't even know the numbers are. i have it written down some place that we've put a lot of money into this already and they don't work but it's almost like on some level of you want to look at the economic benefits in addition to things felt mentioned which i acknowledge, there are many interests the united states benefiting financially by border enforcement. >> thank you. gentlemen, please. >> thank you, phillip and david for serving. i'm a veteran of the corrine korean war. thank you comedy that, for the rumor of war mad. i used it for my source of my book bridging the gap after vietnam. my comment and question to you is there is a

margaret returned to work, returned to the world's front lines.ack to sarajevo. >> most of humanity are what i would call hurt animals. she is the antithesis of hurt animal. she is a solo artist. what distinguishes a non-herd animal as a human being is their demand of themselves that they go forward into darkness with their ice opened looking straight into it. >> reporter: margaret looked straight into it when she was diagnosed with cancer three years ago. she dealt with it as she did everything else, with honesty, courage, with her eyes wide open. >> so, i really would have liked to have done that a little bit more flair. so i feel if i can die with dignity then that's the main thing, you know. to me, it doesn't matter if i die in six weeks or 20 years. i don't think it matters how long you live. it is only to say i got everything out of life. >> reporter: margaret moth died sunday, at age 59. she had ridden the waves of history and ran toward what others ran from. she relished her life and lived so it well. i had the pleasure of working with mar

watch for margaret's dispatches from yemen in advance of her stories next week. and on "art beat," jeff's conversation about the largest art heist in history, still unsolved 20 years later. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff. >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions

margaret warner talking to us tonight from dubai. thanks again. we'll see you soon. >> warner: thanks, jeff. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: the senate passed a bill reshaping parts of the new health care law and sent it to the house for final approval. and, on the "newshour" tonight, white house chief of staff rahm emanuel said elected leaders should work to calm down the threats against lawmakers who voted for health care reform. and republican congressman mike pence of indiana said those making the threats should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. the "newshour" is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: on health care, find out about the law's provision requiring some restaurant chains to post calorie counts on menus. and on "newshour extra," there's a lesson plan for teachers to help students understand the basics of the u.s. health care system. plus, the story of new fossils found in siberia. maybe pointing to a new human ancestor. all that and more is o

you are surrounded by marines, margaret or kerry served in the marines in the mid-1960s out of which came his highly acclaimed mr, a rumor of war. his magazine roe files authors such as william staton, actor robert redford and the soviet invasion of afghanistan. in 1974 he won a pulitzer prize for the "chicago tribune" and that was investigating, corruption in chicago. following that he became a foreign correspondent at the left for the glamorous world of freelance writing. his books include acts of faith faith set in the sudan, 13 seconds a look at 50 kent state shootings and meetings of escape, a war correspondent memoir of life and death in afghanistan the middle east and vietnam. with all that i am proud to present the author of "crossers," philip caputo. [applause] >> i would like to second david's thanks to everybody that has been involved and that is attending the tucson book festival. i have got to say that this is really really encouraging. my wife and i were a fund-raising cocktail party last night. there were probably about close to 1000 people in attendance they are. and

national law journal. >> my pleasure, margaret. >> ifill: and finally tonight, oh, canada! the maple leaf has its moment on the world stage. the vancouver olympics which began with the tragic death of a georgian athlete ended last night in jubilation for its host nation. an enthusiastic crowd of 60,000, most of them clad in patriotic canadian gear packed bc place stadium for the game's extravagant closing ceremony. just hours earlier the canadian men's hockey team had capped a week of competitive build-up by defeating the upstart u.s. team in sudden death overtime. the 3-2 win gave the canadians bragging rights on home turf in its most popular sport. and also set a new winter olympics record of 14 gold medals won. among the gold medal firsts for canada, alexander billideau in men's moguls and tessa and scott in ice dancing. canada finished third in the overall medal count behind the u.s. and germany. but last night's celebration which began inside the stadium continued on the streets outside. now for more now, for more about the for more about how the olympics resonated in

. -- in margaret -- marbury. they naturally develop personal familiarity with the political figures and pressing issues of the day. it was not uncommon to see senators such as henry clay walking down to the supreme court chambers and arguing cases. their virtues of familiarity, but there are vices as well. it may be too easy for a judge to forget his limited role in our constitution system. the courts physical location place them right in the midst of an expansion of slavery in the new territories. perhaps the close proximity to congress made them a participant to the political process and skewed them to the court's perspective. surrounded by elected representatives on the slavery question, they signaled that the court could conclusively settled the matter. the result was that catastrophic decision and dred sc -- was the catastrophic decision in dred scott, which place the court in the middle of the public policy debate, tarnished the court's reputation, and only deepened the national divide. near the end of his

. >> ifill: then, margaret warner reports from yemen on the fight against al-qaeda. >> the lethal presence in this country, they've demonstrated that on a number of occasions. >> lehrer: judy woodruff talks to the federal pay czar kenneth feinberg about his decision to cap executive pay... again. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown has the story of the little-known players who saw the financial meltdown coming, a conversation with author michael lewis. >> they're complicated heroes, i mean, they're heroes in the sense that if everybody had seen the world as they saw the world, this crisis would never have happened. >> and they wouldn't have gotten rich. >> and they wouldn't have gotten rich. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> every business day, bank of america lends nearly $3 billion to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses in every corner of the economy. america-- growing stronger everyday. monsanto. producing more. conserving more. improving farmers' lives. that's sustainable agriculture. mo

. >> brown: margaret warner files the first in a series of reports from yemen. >> we came to yemen to explore why this country has emerged as home base for the most effective new al qaeda offshoot. >> woodruff: and ray suarez looks at the politics of the president's fix for immigration. >> i know he's got a lot going on now and i know he's trying to fight for health reform but immigration reform was on his agenda too. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. 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. >> brown: democrats celebrated today after the house passed health care reform late last night. the focus now shifts back to the senate for a final round in this

see more of margaret's interview with a.p. reporter mike warren in concepcion, chile. plus on "the rundown" blog, a physician from houston's m.d. anderson cancer center helps decipher the latest guidelines for prostate cancer screening. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ( laughter ) ♪ >> we are intel, sponsors of tomorrow. every business day, bank of america lends nearly $3 billion to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses in every corner of the economy. america-- growing stronger everyday. 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 contri

margaret warner reports. >> lehrer: then, the commander of u.s. forces in iraq, general ray odierno, talks about the elections, the conflict, and americans' perceptions of what it's like for the troops. >> i don't think they understand what it takes for these young men and women to operate in this environment. they have done extremely well, balancing non-violence and violence, having to be able to determine who is bad and who is good. >> ifill: political and sectarian tensions collide in nigeria-- a look at the latest cycle of violence. >> lehrer: and one for the record books-- judy woodruff looks at the university of connecticut's women's basketball team. >> it's pretty remarkable. i am probably ... tonight at some point i'll sit back and think, wow, that's a lot of wins. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy

our second panelist is and margaret regan. she holds a bachelor's degree from the university of pennsylvania. and studied french in paris and a tiny school in guatemala. her travels have taken her through central america. in addition to working as a children's book editor what i like most about her resonate is that she worked as an editor for the french edition of tv guide. she has lived here for almost 25 years, the last ten of which she has reported about the border paying particular attention to the deaths of migrants. her coverage has appeared primarily in the tucson weekly for which she has won a slew of journalism awards. she has been an art critic and writes about the irish immigrant experience. she is here today weeks after the release of her first book. [applauding] >> thanks, everybody, for coming here today. i did not find out until recently that i was going to be speaking in between two marines. i am not a marine. never have been. i have been a journalist for about 20 years. i have been writing for the tucson weekl

. >> woodruff: margaret warner reports from yemen on a popular drug that is the country's leading cash crop. >> people in the politics found it easy to control the people who are doing other things and they cannot revolt, they cannot demonstrate, they can't do anything. >> lehrer: we get an update on charges of a vatican cover-up in decades-old child sex abuse cases. >> woodruff: john merrow explores why some teachers' unions are saying no to new federal funds called "race to the top" for their schools. >> race to the top would require that we talk about making changes to our contract. and that my members are opposed to that, vehemently opposed to it. >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks offer analysis of the big week for health care reform. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: 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. >> woodruff: pr

. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner reports on the rising earthquake death toll and devastation along chile's coastline. >> excuse me. this is a senator-only held meeting. no, you may not. >> brown: one senator's power to block an extension of jobless benefits. gwen ifill explains. >> lehrer: an on-the-ground update from helmand province in afghanistan on the offensive against the taliban. >> brown: neither rain nor snow nor the neighbor's dog, but can your mail carrier deliver through big budget cuts? we look at the troubled u.s. postal service. >> technology has made obsolete many aspects of the usps model that worked so well for us for so many years. >> lehrer: and paul solman talks with historian paul kennedy on the rise and fall of the u.s. and other great powers. >> if you're a proud american, you have to assume you only got to be a proud american because of bounds of economic power and technological power shifted to us in the second half of the 19th century. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: monsanto. producing

margaret warner reports. >> secretary of state clinton is in latin america, and learning first hand that many of the countries there are ready to go their own way. >> lehrer: a before-the-oscars peak at "hurt locker," an iraq war movie nominated for nine awards, including best picture. >> brown: and fred de sam lazaro reports on the growing religious tensions in egpyt. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> every business day, bank of america lends nearly $3 billion to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses in every corner of the economy. america-- growing stronger everyday. >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. monsanto. producing more. conserving more. improving farmers' lives. that's sustainable agriculture. more at producemoreconservemore.com. this is the power of human energy. chevron. the national

margaret is joining us. we welcome your call. go ahead, margaret. margaret, are you with us?we will try beth in maryland if you're with us. good morning to beth. and if neither is with us we will get a question over here. stand up. >> i know that most -- from washington, nebraska. most teenagers in high school will say that being called homosexual or transsexual is the worst insult possible. the average public high school student will your 26 derogatory gay slurs during the school day. what are your feelings on this, and how do you plan on stopping gay bashing and hate crimes in high school? >> guest: i abhor any kind of discrimination, any sense of intolerance. i think so much of what we have to do is to teach young children, not just teenagers, but young children to have respect for diversity. we will work as hard as we can to make sure we are creating climates in schools where students feel safe, emotionally, physically safe, where students are respected. where you have those kinds of insults and bullying, it is very hard for students to be successful academically. we have

how has margaret thatcher been these days?: she is well into her 80s and she no longer does extended public speeches. there are occasions which we have seen where her mind tends to wonder a bit like a lot of old ladies. but she has to -- to wonder a bit bulike a lot of old ladies. but she has good days and bad days. she likes to be out there seen supporting the military and the conservative party. and david cameron goes to see her. i would say she is for real -- frail. host: winston churchill passed away recently, the grandson of former prime minister winston churchill. did he leave beyond any political legacy? guest: he was half american as well and spent a lot of years after he left parliament mainly in the united states. host: his mother being pamela harriman. guest: exactly. i think he did leave a legacy behind. he flirted with some causes, but was someone who put public- service, a duty to country for most. but he was always trying to look to the reputation of his grandfather, especially having the same name. and there wa

the progressives, margaret singer was trying to wipe out the african-american that's your planned parenthoodfor. this guy reinstituted segregation. listen to what i said reinstituted segregation in the military. did you know that? we didn't have segregation until a progressive got into the office. things like senate democrats, like former klansman robert byrd who organized a record filibuster again the civil rights act in 1964 that was a democrat, still in office. republican minority leader dirk son fought hard for the passage. i've never seen a picture of this guy, have you? there is no way african-americans should be married to the democratic party or hispanics. i don't think we be married to any party. let's judge them on what is happening today. what are you doing today? but unfortunately, i think this is what is going to happen to our country's estimated 11 million illegal immigrants then it is lights out . they going to continue to use their organizing groups to ingratiate themselves with these new groups that i think they've forced into hiding. it is modern day slavery what we have go

we are learning more about margaret. he is employed by the john w. ritter trucking company out of lowell, maryland. according to court documents, in may 2009 he was found guilty of having parts and accessories not in a safe operating condition on his 2007 volvo truck. the same type of vehicle that was involved in tuesday's crash. technicians on the scene have to repair the overhead lines and two concrete pylons that will hold the line in place. one of the pylons suffered major damage and will take place the week to repair, meeting further disruptions to the line. >> please tell us charges are pending against the driver of the truck. at this point, nothing is official. we could get the word within the next several hours are several days. morton is in serious but stable condition with major damage to her legs. >> still ahead, some maryland schoolchildren are mistakenly delivered tainted milk. details on how it happened. >> tracking since this is just a mouse click away. how you can buy-area community is responding. -- how you can find out how your comm

. >> ifill: and margaret warner gets the latest from chile, where the military has begun handing out food aid to earthquake victims in outlying areas. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? everyday, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. bank of america-- committed to helping the nation's economic recovery. 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. >> lehrer: the president stepped up the pressure today for votes on health care reform in the next few weeks. and, he challenged republicans not to block action. jeffrey

ambassador jeane kirkpatrick or margaret thatcher. >> we help college students bring a balance of perspective to their college campus. many students never hear a conservative position articulated. we work with those students to help bring that to their college campus. >> women try to get involved in politics and they do not know what to expect. they can't get a lot of offensive language of the internet and it is important for them to reach out. >> who are you aiming at with that? >> it is on our website to let people know what we do. god bless those wonderful supporters all over the country that sends us a better if the dollar check -- there $50 check. --their the dollar check. i met up with one of our interns recently. she went to the university of center sysco and she said that was because she got a full scholarship. i asked her what she got out of her summer with us. she looked at me and said that it made her brave. and not just one time, but a thousand different times. she said that she went back to school and she would stand up and speak up to the professor and france -- and friends. she

margaret crisp has been ordered into alcohol rehab several times. but then she always relapses. she's been order to do community service and pay fines. luckily, nobody has been injured in any of the accidents related to her dui arrests. >>> two highly educated men in illinois say they have lost faith in police. all because of a video they say shows them being attacked by plain clothed police officers. they are taking the city of chicago to court. >> this is surveillance tape that two men say shows how they were viciously beaten by chicago police officers in plain clothes. they were shoved to the ground. bloody faces, broken noses. conunitedconcussions. >> i'm thinking this is some horrible nightmare. >> they had just eaten at this restaurant. maladruco was trying to put on his coat, accidentally blocking the path of the officers, clark says. clark charges they were shoved aside and then moments later, attacked in the restaurant's parking lot. clark called 911. and as you can see, uniformed officers arrived. >> we thought, we're safe upon. here are the cops. they're here. everyth

. >> here, the artists have chosen outfits, owned by both princess margaret and princess diana. >> that'srful image of her, of being free and dancing. >> this is queen victoria's room. >> that's why the princess and the pea is a room in which she slept with her mother, until she was over 18 years old. >> oh. that's my idea of a nightmare. >> reporter: plastic soldiers replace lead soldiers in this will royal play room, where would-be kings never lost a battle. >> well, the magical exhibit called the enchanted palace opens tomorrow. if you happen to be traveling to london, that is. >>> it's a mild, dry sunny day. there's a big change on the way. and bob turk has your updated and bob turk has your updated firsrs,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> this batch of rain around driftol, southern west virginia is moving directly toward our region. later tonight, probably after 10:00, 11:00, it will cloud up this evening. in addition, this front is going to slip slowly southward. behind it, much cooler. it's cleared out. only in the 30s now in chicago and southern michigan. but it got clearing skies. right along th

. >> hof because margaret heckler reminded us that wind hold up half of this guy you should have us come and i was the only american in corresponded in china as well i reported for cbs for that moment there i met jack and his wife that spring on the hot-button issue shrewd america recognized red china after nixon's trip. they came up at a coffee break and she introduce them and my jaw dropped because of a college june either in the middle about his persecution and history of a service officer. out of the first meeting developed a very special person relationship first then a very special personal relationship. in 1978, december 15, when they announced formal diplomatic relations would be established, i was with them and jack ordered a bottle of champagne and we toasted the french above the people of china and the united states. he told me for the first time in a guerrilla stronghold when mao was begging for cooperation from the united states and american capital is to help rebuild china after the war. also in 1989 when they tanks rolled through tiananmen square i was in his home for lunc

in the tradition, because there's a history here, ed, think of the good congresswoman from maine, margaret smith, who in 1950 in a declaration of conscience spoke to her country and party and said enough about the smears during the mccarthy period. enough. we're seeing the fanning and fueling of an ugliness and viciousness that is not alien to this country, but it is at a perilous moment. i remember being on this station with michele bachmann before the election of president obama and i said, i fear for the republic. because she spoke of rooting out those who are un-american. what does that suggest to a nation which has much better work to do than talk about who is un-american? so we need, i think, ed, for those good citizens of all parties to stand strong and not let this intimidation do anything but stiffen our spine and resolve to fight for reform in this nation because we are better than this. >> i can't remember the last time ten members of the congress asked for security. and i -- this does take us back to the '60s. some of the antics. now we have the new information age and all the

margaret, elizabeth and kathy, i love you all so much. would you please stand please. [applause] this evening, more than 3,000 members of the florida national guard are proudly serving our country in iraq, kuwait, afghanistan, and elsewhere. my friends, not since allied troops trained on florida's shores nearly 70 years ago have so many floridians fought to protect our freedoms. on behalf of these thousands of floridians, please welcome two members of our standing florida national guard. with us tonight, is sergeant michael makai. while serving in afghanistan, his determination and self-less service were vital in the detachment's success. in addition to insuring minimum down time for sentinel air defense radar, he volunteered his time, assisting the medical team when a high number of casualties were brought in. would you please stand, sir. [applause] also, with us tonight, is staff sergeant paul ligman a west point graduate, who's military career has spanned four decades. one month ago today, after a training exercise in preparation for his detachment's deployment to a

photo journalist, margaret, lost her battle with colon cancer today.ory he she covered are the stuff of legends. for two decades she traveled the world for cnn covering conflicts and war zones. in 1992 she was shot in the face by a sniper in sarajevo. six months later she was back at work. born in new delazealand, she ne aspired to be a photo journalist. her path was driven by love of history and desire to see it unfold firsthand. watch her story on our website at cnn.com. documentary titled "fear less." >>> want you to check out this amazing -- lk at that. that's video out of iceland. a vol cane know and glacier come face to case face. it's a state of emergency. declared for several communities. the volcano is southeast of iceland's capital city. and authorities say no injuries or damage have been reported so far. still, pretty cool video. stay on that for a little bit. sometimes you can see stuff like that. they don't let you fly right over a volcano in an airplane anymore. if you're flying in hawaii and other places where there are volcanos you can

and one of the criticisms is coming from former bush education secretary margaret spellings who callsverall a mixed bag, but is critical, specifically, that your reform would no longer mandate those options. why the change there? >> well, again, i think washington should be less involved and so those are great options. i think local educators can decide what's best option for their children, whether it's more after-school tutoring, whether it's choice. but for us to mandate, to be prescriptive here, i think that's fundamentally backwards. let those great teachers, great principals figure out the best way to help their children. >> but don't. >> other schools could be a piece of the solution but those decisions should be made not by washington but at local school level, at the local community level. let them figure out the best ways to help children. with cannot milk ro manage 95,000 schools. >> i hear that but at the same time don't you run a risk if there's not a mandate there and you're relying it to happen at local level that you will allow students get stuck at underperforming or

they made margaret thatcher and honorary spice girls.we're freshening of feminism for the 90's they told the guardian. feminism has he come a dirty word. girl power system 90's way of saying it. they proclaimed a new which feminism meant to have a brain, a voice and an opinion and hot pants. all right. fast-forward to 2008. talk about girl power. millions of women and men voted for one woman who ran for president and another who ran for vice president. the one who ran for vice resident had five children, one of them before month old infant, yet it was verboten to even ask whether she could even handle the job while also turning to a baby. other issues, like whether she ever read a newspaper, or related the plot of all stock from her window did seem a team more pressing. at the same time with a female secretary of state and the woman who had run for president became her very high-profile successor. there were female ceos, a woman angry in the cbs evening news and female attorneys, surgeons, police chiefs, and judges all of her dramatic tv

former secretary of education margaret spellings and michael lomax, president of the united negro college fund, argued that we need more college graduates. george leef, director of research at the john william pope center for higher education in raleigh, north carolina, and richard vedder, professor of economics at ohio university argued that many jobs being created today don't require college degrees. here's an excerpt, moderated by "newshour" economics correspondent paul solman. >> is it not the case that the united states needs to have a more and more sophisticated workforce? isn't it the case if other countries with whoum we're compete regular becoming more sophisticated that that's a challenge to us, george? >> oh, it's a challenge. by putting more people through college is not the way to meet it. at the margins-- remember, we're not talking here about are we going to educate most of the american s who have high skills and high aptitudes, the high s.a.t. kids, the motivated students-- they're going to go to college. the question is are we going to get a few more at the margin into co

. >> up next on c-span2, former iraq ambassador paul bremer on combatingy islamic extremism and margaret hoover, on the future of conservatism, it lasts about an hour. [applause]. >> thank you very much. congressman schaeffer for that kind introduction. i was reminded when sherry made the point about "newsweek"'s comment, we were all socialists i wanted to ask all the socialists to leave now, please. [laughter]. >> that is clear. i want to pay respects to the program which is dedicated to recruiting and training future leaders in colorado, i think it is a wonderful program. you mentioned the problem with the snow in washington and you may all -- probably all did read about the snow we had backs there, i live in washington and the fact that because we had so much snow the government was closed down for a number of days, which was probably -- [applause]. >>... one of the congressmen i know has a sign behind his desk that says the republic is never safer than when congress is adjourned but the schools were closed and there was a story there, that the mother went in to her son and said, the

. >> sreenivasan: there's an online dispatch from margaret warner on a reporting trip to yemen. she's filed her first impressions of that poverty- stricken nation, a hotbed for al qaeda terrorists. there's more from economist andrew lo about why people need religion and faith. that's on paul solman's "making sense" page. squirrels, disgraced congressmen and the movie "up"-- what do they have in common? find out on gwen ifill's blog. and on "art beat," explore a new exhibit called "size does matter. the host-- who else? nba superstar shaquille o'neal. here's a preview. >> i like this piece because it makes me feel small. see i'm 7, 1, 350. it makes me feel small, plus it's beautiful. >> there is an old saying, less is more. so i wanted to sort of bring that to this exhi business. it took me seven weeks to complete. the painting was very difficult because i had to pull out one of the fine eye lashs from the corner of my eye and place it on the end of a needwell a little piece of superglue. i have to work -- slow my heartbeat to do it and then i had to paint so gently without makin

plus, we've posted a dispatch from margaret warner in yemen. and for something totally different, there's a conversation with katie spotz, the young woman who recently rowed solo across the atlantic ocean. that's all on "the rundown" all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening with an interview with house speaker nancy pelosi, among other things. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: and with the ongoi 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 my friend, margaret. >> i was just one if you could take was going on and on the manufacturing world right now and put them, cuba, the construct of your notions hear about the problems that. >> i would be glad to but i want to say a little friend about my friend mark anderson. we knew one another when i lived in l.a. and he was a deputy chief to the los angeles police department. and i learned a lot by hanging out with mark and his colleagues, and i always said the citizens of l.a. didn't know how lucky they were to have the people, at the executive level i met and the officers i met were not that there were problems in lapd, which we know, in fact, talking about crisis management, every time in los angeles police department had a crisis, with the l.a. times would do is trot out the 40 year history of all the previous crises that lapd had in order to make the case, rightly or wrongly, that it wasn't an aberration. i'm going to tell you, because when i was studying firestone, and what i did in firestone, i take about nine weeks of that off the air and boiled it down to an hour a

the university of arizona student union gallagher theater consists of david from the east coast, margaret a well-traveled tuscsonan. and that's arizona, not argentina is that correct? thank you. we will begin to the panelists very soon but first we have some housekeeping announcements from our sponsor. this eve and will last for one hour including questions and answers from these microphones at the end of the aisles. for the time being please hold your questions. believe me, we will be getting to them. at the conclusion the panelists and myself will go to what is called the mad and media signing myriad number one tent be. got that? mad and media center tent 1 b. it's about 100 steps down to the right. we will sign books for you there. you can pick up the book at any of the vendors. for those of you watching at home these books are available at the local bookstore and you no longer have a local bookstore through the online bookstores. further, when you are back in front of a computer please go to the tucson festival of book web site and complete the survey for the festival in general and t

it is funny i have to say, back in the 1950s there was a fascinating study done by margaret mead. sheehan as other woman when a grant to all of these high school students and asked them, draw a scientists. in 1956 the vast majority of people that drew the scientists, some with a lab coat, the spectacles, bearded. this is how the scientist was being imagined in american culture. not so much so in the 60s. we start to see people, particularly with the rise of the sociology of science as a field. the sociologists are saying all those things in the 40s and 50s, this idea of the lone male maverick that sits by himself without anybody bothering him and he is hunker down and comes up with these nobel theories, all of a sudden people are poking holes through that. sciences collaborative. all of those nobel prizes were done in a collaborative way and you know those culturally feminine traits? playing well with others. it may be a good thing and good science. all of a sudden what we start to see is that science itself, epistemological he is being culturally feminized. i don't want to overst

bush, margaret spellings, sandy kress from dallas, george miller, the leading democrat in the house of representatives. senator kennedy and their staff. i was never part of those discussions, but, you know, so what? i supported it, but it continues to thrive today at least in the congress because of -- although senator kennedy is on the democrats, george miller in the house and others within the house and senate continue to believe in the principal of accountability. unfortunately, accountability has now become a center for punishment and the attitude towards schools is if kids aren't learning somebody has to be punished and right now it's the teachers who have to be punished. i take great exception to this because i feel it is so contrary to the very nature of education that you can never solve the problem by cutting someone's head off. if the teacher is a terrible teacher they shouldn't be there. but to say that you're going to close down a school or fire all the teachers is just flies in the face of any kind of common sense about how you evaluate individuals and individuals should b

margaret, gretchen and richard and all those across the country who are facing similar situations are wondering why they have to pay the price for republicans to make this point about the deficit. why them? when it was halliburton's no-bid contracts in iraq for which money was borrowed to fund them. where was the concern about the deficit then? for halliburton's no-bid contracts, the deficit is no problem, evidently. when it was part-d's hand jolt to the pharmaceutical companies -- borrowed money -- where was the concern then about the deficit? not when it's the big interests. when it was the tax cuts for c.e.o.'s, big tax cuts for c.e.o.'s, for big bankers, for derivatives traders, for hedge fund managers -- where then was the concern about the deficit when those tax cuts were passed, unfunded? when the bush administration inherited from the last democratic president a balanced budget predicted to yield a zero national debt during the course of the bush administration, a zero national debt during the course of the bush administration, and i stead the republicans left us with $12 tril

ambassador jeane kirkpatrick, or british prime minister margaret thatcher, or even u.s.mbassador clare boothe luce. >> we work with college students. we help them to try to bring a balanced perspective to their college campus. it's often the case that throughout four years of college, many students never hear a conservative position articulated. and so, we work with those students to help them bring that to their college campus. >> when women are in college and they try to get involved with politics, they have no idea what to expect once they start becoming vocal. they can get a lot of offensive language, things written on the internet. and i think it's important for them to reach out to other people who have been through it and kind of get a support system. >> who were you aiming at with that? >> it's on our web site to let people know what we do. what do you really do at clare boothe luce, and why? and god bless those wonderful supporters all over the country who send us their $50 checks, who allow us to do that. one of my favorite programs is our intern program, where