"the daily mail" presents itself as the voice of middle england. "the sun" presents itself as the voice of the kind of white working class man. "the guardian," the liberal intel gent yeah. that's the perfect thing for them to do. but i don't think that's in a sense where what you call their power necessarily comes from. i think it's a useful thing for them to say. i'm not sure it's necessarily right. >> a reader wouldn't of course necessarily have a view on a particular issue, especially of some complexity, until the agenda's set to describe, at which point opinion's moving in the direction the paper's taken. looking at paragraph 26. you say, your own assessment, this is three lines down, is they have more influence on the terms of the debate than actual power to dictate policy. >> yeah. >> so the determine terms of the debate were into areas such as the culture of negativity and matters you've outlined elsewhere. >> it's also what's important. i mean, a news bulletin running order is a set of decisions that are made by executives. if a -- at the m

of different ways, there's a piece in "the independent" no less that refers to the values of middle england. more or less sums it up, doesn't it? >> yeah. i mean, the newspaper -- a good editor reflects the views of his readership. and i would say that the area of concern that i would have is if paul suddenly went off on a wing and supported a political party which the readership did not believe in. i think, you know, a good editor has to reflect the views of its readership. not lead them but, you know, work in, if you like, collusion with the readers. >> but doesn't that involve a certain measure of leadership? to spot, to spot what is likely to work and then to take, as it were, the next step in some of the campaigns, presumably, have been very much led, and you would say very well led by the papers. isn't that fair? >> that is exactly fair, and that is what a great editor should do, he should have an affinity with what his readers care about and fight the cause that he believes they believe in. >> i think the point being made is it's not just a e -- reflection of what the readers want, i

middle. i mentioned some rain in new england and central new england. definitely an umbrella day. cool rain from buffalo to sir ruse to burlington and new hampshire and maine. up through ohio valley, ohio to pittsburgh looks like a damp wet day for you also. once again in texas scattered showers and thunderstorms. right now nothing too dangerous or concentrated. definitely umbrellas in new england and texas. beautiful in the middle of the country. typical afternoon storms in the southeast. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. slight chance of a shower or storm late in the day in areas like philadelphia and washington, d.c. we won't see much in the way of heavy rain. very scattered. beautiful weather, oklahoma city, 71 and sunny. hardly any severe storms are expected today. no tornadoes. a great thing. >>> coming up, bailout profit for uncle sam. no government deficit in april. and lady gaga's tea cup worth more than it's weight in gold. your early morning headlines ahead. and the legal tug-of-war between a supermodel and bi

an old statue of a wild boar in a region in middle england has already been threatened with mindlessic vandalism. in microcosm, this apparently trivial fetish shows how religion and faith and superstition distort our whole picture of the world. [applause] [applause] >> my name is olivia wilde. the last e-mail that christopher romey said that he had a few significant things in life. one of the most significant was be my babysitter. he was a wonderful babysitter. he later entrusted me with the beautiful antonia. i'm going to read a piece from the boston review about a subject close to my heart, haiti. even though he is a semi- colony of united states and via a client military, the object of u.s. military intervention, there is tremendous squeamishness about the idea of using force to secure the rights of the haitian people. and turning pale before a single tugboat in an october 1993, and withdrawing a large navy vessel with a touching name harlan county, without a shot being fired, the defense department counted on to public opinion born with entanglement. it also counted on a certain

"the daily mail" presents itself as the voice of middle england. "the sun" presents itself as the voice of the kind of white working class man. "the guardian," the liberal intel gent yeah. that's the perfect thing for them to do. but i don't think that's in a sense where what you call their power necessarily comes from. i think it's a useful thing for them to say. i'm not sure it's necessarily right. >> a reader wouldn't of course necessarily have a view on a particular issue, especially of some complexity, until the agenda's set to describe, at which point opinion's moving in the direction the paper's taken. looking at paragraph 26. you say, your own assessment, this is three lines down, is they have more influence on the terms of the debate than actual power to dictate policy. >> yeah. >> so the determine terms of the debate were into areas such as the culture of negativity and matters you've outlined elsewhere. >> it's also what's important. i mean, a news bulletin running order is a set of decisions that are made by executives. if a -- at the m

we'll get up to 69 in pittsburgh today, 70s through southern new england. the middlef the country's looking gorgeous. it's warm, near 90 in dallas, but it's low humidity, so it's kind of comfortable. chicago, you're looking perfect today. much of the west coast is nice. just a slight chance of a shower up around seattle. and as far as tomorrow goes, we do it all over again. this weather pattern, willie, is entrenched. looks like florida will deal with some on and off rain, but we'll deal with five days of beautiful weather in the northeast. >> that is a good-looking map. a quote, by the way, you'll only hear from a meteorologist -- that is a beautiful air mass. >> air mass. >> i love it. bill karins, thanks so much. >>> let's turn to sports now. lakers trying to even their series with the oklahoma city thunder after getting flat-out embarrassed in game one. fourth quarter, kobe and the lakers looking like they were going to do it. a fadeaway by kobe there, 6 points with the lead for l.a. at that point. 20 points, 9 of 25 from the field. hasn't broken 20 points in thei

that it was british intelligence which ran this operation, recruiting a young briton of middle eastern decent in england to take on this mission to pose as a suicide bomber. this is the same secret service that is famous for james bond. this is a new kind of secret agent. >> 2.0, i'll say. thank you, brian, for reporting in, once again, on this story. >>> and overseas, there was panic and terror in syria, still in crisis. two powerful car bombs exploded outside a government compound in damascus. 55 people killed, 370 were injured. and there is fear that this bomb signals that al qaeda has now arrived in syria. only adding to the chaos there. >>> and back here at home today, the prosecution rested its case against former presidential candidate john edwards. and on this last day, the searing family drama was playing out once again, as the memory of a mother and a wife, elizabeth edwards, loomed large in that courtroom. wrapping up the day's events, once again, abc's bob woodruff. >> reporter: the government began the day with leo hindery, a senior adviser to edwards, who told the jury that on the night ed

"the daily mail" presents itself as the voice of middle england. "the sun" presents itself as the voice of the kind of white working class man. "the guardian," the liberal intel gent yeah. that's the pfect thing for them to do. but i don't think that's in a sense where what you call their power necessarily comes from. i think it's a useful thing for them to say. i'm not sure it's necessarily right. >> a reader wouldn't ofourse necessarily have a view on a particular issue, especially of some complexity, until the agenda's set to describe, at which point opinion's moving in the direction the paper's taken. looking at paragraph 26. you say, your own assessment, this is three lines down, is they have more influence on the terms of the debate than actual power to dictate policy. >> yeah. >> so the determine terms of the debate were into areas such as the culture of negativity and matters you've outlined elsewhere. >> it's also what's important. i mean, a news bulletin running order is a set of decisions that are made by executives. if a -- at the momen

england lost a son in the war. so did his counterpart, the chancellor of germany. a man in the middle in this picture, general sir herbert lawrence who was chief of staff on the western front lost two sons. his counterpart in the french army, loss three sons. part of what fascinated me about this war that are wanted to explore in writing about it was what made men like that think the way they did? how could these generals and prime ministers and cabinet ministers day after day and week after week, month after month, year after of year order literally their own sons into battle with such a high certainty of there being injured or killed? the very madness of this war may be equally interested in another type of person. those who fought it as madness at the time and spoke out and either refused to supply or supported those who refuse to fight. in the united states for example, eugene debs gave us speaking for against american participation in this war. for that he was sent to prison and was still in prison in november of 1920 when he received a million votes for president on the socialis

it's like i go back to the good work they do in the middle of a fire in the middle of a cold night in new england 34 years ago where the first time i encountered in getting that hot cup of soup or hot chocolate for myself, but more importantly, is they work to feed and house the people who were just burnt out of their home. not new. not a new concept. the red cross. for years i started as a volunteer for the red cross. ended up before i took this job as a volunteer chairman of the board of the red cross in massachusetts. had to give that up when i took this job. but an intragoodwill part of the community. in the last two years i had traveled across the country from aalaska to hawaii and the floods in new england. to a hurricane in vermont. who ever knew vermont would get struck bay hurricane? and on the ground in joplin, missouri, 14 hours after the

touring england was a time when robert as mentors were being challenged by a quickly growing middle-class. for endeavour's crew of new artists began to assert themselves, offering new definitions of the athletics of arts and beauty. over 180 objects of avant-garde design and art from the victorian england has been collected inside the legion of honor snoot exhibition, it's the cold of the ec. -- the cult of beauty. >> there was this group of artists that were not only revolutionaries in their artistic expression but also in their personal lives and their interest in democratizing art in introducing beauty into the growing middle-class. >> one of the inspirations for the victorian avant-garde was the industrial revolution. quality household goods were now being mass-produced. artists responded by either creating elaborate unique court or by embracing technology and trying to share a beautiful creations with as many people as possible. >> william morris was in a difficult position, because he wanted the middle-class to be able to acquire really beautifully made objects. but the piece is tha

middle of may. just some light rain on long island. southern portions of new england down here. southern jersey into delaware. light rain showers but that's about it today. your forecast the middle of the country, another beautiful spring day from kansas city to denver. you've been so hot this year. this actually feels nice and refreshing. dallas around 80 today. showers and storms up and down the eastern sea board. another round later this afternoon. that will be in the southeast and head northward. even as we linger into your thursday forecast we'll still see a couple of showers down there around areas of south florida. areas on the west coast looking great, too, lynn. we're not dealing with too many weather disasters. >>> bill, thanks so much. mcdonald's disappoints. jobs posts jump. for one unemployed man, it paid to advertise. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, five elimination games in the nba and nhl playoffs and an unforgettable night for josh hamilton. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ female announcer ] lettin

middle class and particularly among women. >> from reading your late 19th century england, too, wasn't laudanum pretty much recognized in england as a problem? >> sure. i think it was recognized in the united states, too. >> at this time in late 19th century it was recognized here? >> sure. >> you can see that with the wyatt earp story, his first compani companion, if you will, whatever, was addicted to laudanum. and they recognized it as an unhealthy addiction to laudanum. >> and to make the connection to now, we -- you just mentioned oxycontin, oxycodone, all of those, are recognized as being a problem but yet, at the same time, there's a huge prescription drug fraud in those drugs, but i have back issues and my doctor has said, anytime you need it, i will write it for you, but you have to come into the office so that i can see you actually are clearly suffering from symptoms. it's recognized as a problem but is still prescribed. >> npr had two medical experts on their show and they were talking about this very same thing, addiction to painkillers, withdrawal, and how it's being prescribed and how it's being regulated. one of

all the way up by 95 through southern new england as you go throughout the day. the middle of the country looks relatively dry. we're very dry in arizona and that heat will begin to push through areas of texas and denver as we go through tomorrow. well, if you're watching us on wwbt virginia, see holiday cards dating from the 1930s to 50s at greetings from the past at the fredericksburg area musuem. that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. for the third straight weekend, nothing could stop the superhero at the box office. "the avengers" cruise to number one, taking in just over $55 million at a grand total of $457 million earned so far. it is this season's highest grossing movie ever and the sixth highest grossing film on record. well, "battleship" finished second with only $25.4 million, far below expectations. ahead overseas "battleship" has to hope for a big second and third week of business to avoid becoming a disaster. the dictator finished a strong third. w

there was a human rights crusader in england named emily hobhouse, a remarkable woman, who in the middle of the war, 1916, traveled to france, which you could do, from france into switzerland which was neutral and from switzerland into germany. and in germany she went to berlin and went to call on the german foreign minister whom she had known before the war. and she suggested peace terms. if you do this, we could do that and could this be possible on the basis of agreement and so forth. she left thinking she had, think it was an illusion, some idea of what could be a possible peace settlement. went back to england, tried largely unsuccessfully to see high-ranking people in the british government and convey these ideas to them. nothing came of it except that parliament then immediately passed a law which surprisingly there had not been such a regulation on the books before, saying it was illegal for british citizen to travel to enemy territory during the war. nothing came of it but in this war that killed some 20 million people, she was the sole human being, traveled from one side to the

robin in the middle have become -- had begun performing when the family moved from england to australiau don't know what it's like ♪ >> there were tensions. he left at one point thinking his older brother was getting more attention. later they reformed and hit the newsstands. at the peak of saturday night fever, there were five tunes by robin and his brothers in the top 10 of the same time. the backlash led to the writing for other artists. islands in the stream, a chain reaction, guilty, and heartbreaker for dionne warwick. >> they were wonderful song writers. they were songs that everyone loved. >> a teetotaler, vegetarian, and rather unconventional. his legacy are those songs. >> ♪ living in a world of fools ♪ >> there were some solo hits, but his place in history is with his brothers as one of pop's greatest songwriting teams. >> the wonderful music of robin gibb bringing the show to a close. you can find updates on our website. check out our facebook page. for all of us at "bbc world news america," thank you for watching. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> fund