>> host: p.j. o'rourke, this is a text message from craig in sacramento. >> guest: okay. >> host: p.j. o'rourke has been the only funny republican aye ever seen. >> guest: on purpose. there are plenty of funny republicans out there, i can tell you, i come from a whole family of them. i do it on purpose. i can't be the only one. i may be the only one who's admitting he's doing it on purpose. >> host: are you a humorless lot over in the republican party? >> guest: i would say when humor was being distributed, i'm not sure republicans got their fair share of it. they got a lot of indignation, although these days it seems like everybody got a lot of indignation. >> host: speaking of indignation and tolerance and political correctness, what's your take what's going on on the college campuses these days? >> guest: i don't like it one bit. i was part of the '60s generation, and we were acting up on campus much worse than people are acting up on campus today. but looking back on it with the cold, mature ey

p.j.: and will be for some time to come.n 65 hours after a landslide in the chinese city of shenzhen, a survivor has been pulled out. the 19-year-old man survived by eating seeds and fruit there he do with him. at least 70 other people are still missing. stephen evans reports. rescuers use radar detectors to seek survivors. when they found signs of life they dug. rescue.nt of after 67 hours buried under mud, 19-year-old tian zeming is pulled out of the darkness. he survived and an air pocket created by rafters when his building was overwhelmed. he lived on oranges he found around him, and on hope. on sunday, the waste covered the industrial estate. many fled, but many were trapped and are missing. the fire department has found vital signs and three spots. we are working at these points to see if others are trapped. as work continued, questions were being raised about why so much waste soil from construction was stored exactly above a teeming industrial estate. social media postings that were critical of the authorities have

it goes out there and as p.j. says, yeah, it sounds like the bar but people would rather be at the bar right now because they're angry, particularly those 40% or so of the republican party who support trump. >> p.j. gets back to the question, who would you rather have a beer with? i just wonder, the conventional wisdom is that -- >> tell you. >> when the primaries come around, you know, normality will return when voters actually go into the booth or participate in the caucuses -- >> you know, i was thinking -- >> is that true? >> i'm not sure. i'm just not sure it is. one thing you have to remember as a democracy, government by the people and 50% of people are below average in intelligence math mat call -- mathematical fact. and every now and then it comes into play. the person i don't want to have a beer with is the american voter at the moment. [ laughter ] between the support for trump and the support for bernie sanders. i -- honestly, sober up people, and go home. >> thanks for helping us digest this year. we

and p.j. what are you up to? get the kids out in the snow. so we took the food coloring and mixed it with water, and put it in cheap spray bottles, a pnd the snow ever shows up, we can stend kids outside to enjoy that, and if not, you want to have faunt he, bowls, cupcake pans, and any type of pan really, and mix blocks of ice with the food coloring and the ice skull culptures can be made there one by one, ev the wil melt, but it is a nice thing to keep them entertained. >> nice job, p.j. >> i have created a time capsule capsule, and the idea with this and you can google it, and these printables, to write out a survey of all of the things that you have accomplished this year, and the things that you predict will happen in five years. have included everything from the show, and the ribbon of how tall their children were, and throw ing in throwingct close it up, and lock it up, and it says do not open until 2020. >> cute idea, and fun thing to do as a family. >> make sure that you store it in a dry place. >> angie, thank you for coming from d.c

p.j. has more from st.is. >> the water kept coming and coming. >> reporter: a few haircuts later, this was the scene outside his barbershop. >> i really got nervous when he was walking down manchester and the rain was waist-high. >> there have been people literally trying to drive through the floods. >> cease those? they go into your businesses. >> >> reporter: rescue boats were sent to more than a dozen businesses surrounded by rising floodwaters on manchester road, but not everybody felt they needed rescuing. >> i called on the phone and said, we're all fine, there's only three people here and i'm another worried at all, and then they said, nope, dweevt to take you. >> the first thing i told them is i know how to swim. i knew it was real. i knew it was real when the boat -- when the rescue team came. they put us in lifejackets and escorted us down the road. >> reporter: a total of eight people were rescued by boat. firefighters say no one was injured and despite the dramatic scene, there were no emergency

what do you say expect thank you p.j. o'rourke. holidays to you. >> you're welcome. >> come back. >> happy holidays to you, too. >> up next, donald trump, it's a hot issue in this primary. my next guest is one of the first people to voice concerns. he is one of the original "apprentice" contestants. how does he feel right now? (vo) some call it giving back. we call it share the love. during our share the love event, get a new subaru, and we'll donate $250 to those in need. bringing our total donations to over sixty-five million dollars. and bringing love where it's needed most. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. coughing...sniffling... and wishing you could stay in bed all day. when your cold is this bad... ...you need new theraflu expressmax. theraflu expressmax combines... maximum strength medicines available without a prescription... ...to fight your worst cold and flu symptoms... ...so you can feel better fast and get back to the job at hand. new theraflu expressmax. the power to feel better.tm >>> since donald trump fir

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the newshour's p.j. tobia has our story. home work, read a little bit and go to bed. >> reporter: this 15-year-old is like any other american teenager. at school, being muslim just isn't a big deal. >> overall, i think my school is good. >> reporter: on the way home, sometimes there is trouble. >> there is this man who sits on the sidewalk sometimes and he starts, you know, harassing -- well, calling me names and telling me to go back to my country. >> reporter: she lives in northern virginia, one of the most cultural diverse regions in the nation according to the last census. >> when i'm walking, i see people duck their heads and if i smile they don't smile back and i think, oh, is it because of my scarf or what's on the news? >> reporter: in the news, the paris attacks and san bernardino, california, killings in the name of the islamic state. in response the temperature of america's political response is rising leading donald trump's suggestion to ban all muslims entering the country, a policy which one in four americans s

the mother and daughter were in their p.j. s. >> the shootings took place while they were laying in the bed. >> edgewater police came to the scene on christmas after getting a call from a man in missouri who said his sister and her family didn't show up for the holidays. >>> hate crime detectives have launched an investigation after flyers promoting the kkk were found on vehicles at brookhaven memorial hospital and an apartment complex on christmas. a similar investigation was launched after kkk flyers were found in shirleyy. >>> a college student and a mother of five were found dead he opened the door holding a bat. an officer opened fire killing him. a 55-year-old woman inside the home was also hit during that gunfire and killed. chicago's mayor issued a statement reading in part any time an officer uses force the public deserves answers. >>> from texting to distracted driving car accidents kill six teenagers every day. >> car companies are adding new features to make driving safer for teens. cbs 2 brian conyberry introduces

>> p.j. got the funnest game of all. get the kids out in the snow, that's what parenting team members say, we took food coloring, mixed it with water, put it in cheap squirt bottles. and they can spend hours outside doing that. but if not, this is really easy. take everything from bowls, cupcake pans, any kind of pan really, freeze blocks of ice with mixed food coloring and water, and you have your ice blocks. you don't want to touch them right now. but you can make your own ice skults tours. and eventually they'll melt. >> and finally, this is one of my favorite things. what i created was a time capsule. you want to get these printables. and they give you these chances to write out a survey and what you've accomplished this year and also what you predict is going to happen in five years. this is the copelin family. they have included everything from mementos. ribbon, that's how tall their child was that year. throw the pictures in. i don't we don't have all the time to do it. you close it up. >> lock it up. >> lock it u

. >> here's p.j. from staten island, new york. >> caller: hi, professor gordon. thank you for taking my call. we've talked a little bit before about blame. i was wondering throughout the beginning of the war there was a policy of prisoner exchange. and when grant and lincoln realized that this would be a sheer war of attrition, that policy was ended. do you think ending that policy contributed to the increased population of prisoners at andersonville? >> right. that is the question. and it was in this point that lincoln and grant and stanton start to appreciate that if these exchanges continued, that men, you know, confederates exchange would go back into the army, right? but it also was this question of, as i said, how the confederacy -- they refused. once the emancipation proclamation was passed, became law january 1st, 1863, the confederacy refused to treat black troops as prisoners of war. they declared black troops as fugitives, fugitive slaves. so this also played a role in the policy decisions. and thus, yes, i think it's a combination of issues. again, i

p.j. tobia talked to the founder of migrant offshore aid station, on the podcast shortwave. find out how to listen, on our home page. all that and more is on our web site, pbs.org/newshour. >> ifill: tune in later tonigt, on charlie rose: the latest on the san bernardino shootings, and the former acting director of the cia michael morrell. and that's the newshour for tonight. on friday, jeffrey brown sits down with famed director spike lee to discuss his new film chi- raq. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. join us online, and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> the lemelson foundation. committed to improving lives through invention. in the u.s. and developing countries. on the web at lemelson.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station fro

an oversized tabloid with weird illustrations and all these amazing writers like p.j. o'rourke and tom wolfe and really was an influence. >> over here. >> hi, greg. this is elizabeth brown, we used to work together at intel. >> oh, my god, still working out, i see. >> yes. and i used to make 23,000 back then. >> i remember. >> i was making more than you. >> i remember you at the energy center, working out. you were teaching arrow -- aerobics. you gave me -- so -- >> a collection of strange videos can only get them in germany. >> we did an interview together for men's health and you said you should be something sexy like the kitchen vixen. >> that's the kind of wisdom you get from me. you're hot. be the kitchen vixen. >> it was good interview. >> terrible now. >> i lost track of you after that. you ended up on fox news. so i want to know how you made the transition to all the different venues. >> it's interesting because most of the stuff in my career i didn't plan on, which i think is a great piece of sad vice, just move forward and work honored, sooner or late are you

the american spectator was after oversized -- weird illustrations and all these amazing writers like p.j. o'rourke, and and joe queen and tom wolfe, really was influenced. >> hi, greg, this is elizabeth brown, we used to work together at intel. >> oh, my god. still working out, i see. >> yes, and i used to make 23,000 back then. >> i remember. >> i was making more than you. >> i remember you at the energy center, working out. you were teaching arrow picks -- arrow -- arrow picks. i was teaching kitchen class and you gave me my name. >> host: kitchen vixen. >> we did an interview together for -- you said you should be something sexy, look kitchen vixen. >> that's the kind of wisdom you get from me. be the kitchen vixen. i lost track of you after that. you ended up on fox news. i want to know how you made it to those different venues. >> it's interesting because most of the stuff in my career i didn't plan on, which i always think is a great piece of advice. if you just move forward and work hard, sooner or later you end up where we're supposed to be. on fox news what i do is no different

p.j. has more now from st. louis. >> reporter: a few haircuts later, this was the scene outside his barbershop. >> i really got nervous when he was walking down manchester and the rain was waist-high. >> there have been people literally trying to drive through the floods. >> >> reporter: rescue boats were sent to more than a dozen businesses surrounded by rising floodwaters on manchester road, but not everybody felt they needed rescuing. >> i called on the phone and said, we're fierngs i'm not worried and they came and said we've got to take you. >> the first thing i thought is, i know how to swim. they put us on the life jacket and escorted us down the road. >> a total of eight people were rescued by boat. no one was injurend and despite the dramatic scene, there were no disturbing calls it's the creek that runs back by the river tracks so all the industrial centers and warehouses and everything are flooded. >> reporter: jus a few day short of this business opening, johnson hopes there will be something left t

and then, this from todd benjamin, december 10, p.j. media, america's talking about the wrong refugee problem. i would submit it is a legitimate problem we've been talking about, but this article points up a problem that certainly i and many of my republican friends have been pointing to. the article says, a few weeks ago the fangs came out when news broke that paris attackers were refugees who had entered the european continent among thousands of immigrants. elected republicans and conservative pundits challenged the american plan to resettle syrian refugees but their bite is off the mark. as many as six of the paris attackers and their leaders, i'm sorry, their leader, were not resettled refugees of the sort president obama wants to import into the country. it notes parenthetically, three attackers still have not been publicly identified. goes on, these terrorists entered europe with illegal immigrant asylum seekers of the sort who routinely show up at the u.s.-mexico border. mr. speaker, i'm still hearing rom friends on the u.s.-mexi

and then groups like the pkk or why pg, why p.j., all the different militia groups are helping to make it to the mountain pass and get into syria. let me as reporter bring you a message. from a young unite yazidi girl t on the road, in sinjar, her car had broken down to it was a beat up suv. her family was making their way back from turkey. they had escaped and are heading to a u.n. camp just outside of center hoping they would find some help for some food. she said we want the world to declare what happened to us a genocide, but where is the world? islamic state, daesh, she called, captured lots of people and they arise. many did not escape. they killed lots of children. we asked where is the world? where is the great u.s. of a? is ais in daesh a threat to your nation as well? where were we? where was europe? we all turned a blind eye to what was happening on the ground. our air force, amazing air force pilots, trying to do their job, would literally fly over, to flyovers, get calls from peshmerga fighters on the ground, i indicated. they said we would call for airstrikes. we would kn

p.j. o'rourke, i'm trying to figure out what the omnibus is. is it this book? which is pretty hefty? [laughter] >> guest: i know. >> host: or is there a political meaning to that? >> guest: no, no, we were looking for some term for anthology, and we -- omnibus, and so then what do we call it, and i said how about thrown under the omnibus. it didn't really work until my friend pat olyphant, the cartoonist, he loved the idea for a coffer. i owe it all to pat. >> host: that's quite the cover there. you're driving the bus, it looks like. >> guest: yes. >> host: and who's in this picture? >> guest: well, who isn't, you know? [laughter] i think pat with his excellent ability to do caricature, has pretty much every current american politician. i see w., i see the president, i see nancy pelosi, and i see john