additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, with grants from jon and jo ann hagler, on behalf of the jon l. hagler foundation. and scott nathan and laura debonis. >> my name is brittany smith, and i'm nine years old. it's tough because my mom and dad are poor. my dad just lost his job. it's kind of hard for us. monday i tried getting in the shower, and it was cold. i put the hot on all the way and no cold, and it was freezing. it felt like shoving your face in a bunch of snow. it was freezing! the hot water shut off because we didn't pay the bill in time. it was overdue. >> so what's the next bill due? >> electricity. it's going to be $318. we just need to put roger's ass to work. >> yeah. >> when you see the flat-screen tv and the computers and our ps3 and stuff, that's just things we've acquired over the years, stuff that we've had before all this happened, like when we were not this poor. >> sink's broke. i don't know how or why, but it broke. and the cheapest plumber is, like, $

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additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, with a grant from the orfalea foundation. >> it's time to send a message to washington: stop spending money we don't have. how can we afford this tax? ...big corporations and the richest two percent. >> what's at stake is the future of america. >> it costs us, and taxes us, too much. >> american future fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> ryssdal: i knew right away this wasn't going to be the usual story on campaign finance. one of the first surprises was finding myself driving the dark streets of denver with attorney alan schwartz, who shared kind of a strange experience. >> it was early january of 2011, and my wife, who had just been reelected to the colorado state senate, got an e-mail from someone who claimed to have some information about a group that had sent out some attack ads against my wife. >> ryssdal: the guy said he had some documents, and a week later... >> i heard from this individual again. still not

committed to buildina re just, verdant and peaceful world.additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. with grants from scott nathan and laura debonis, and millicent bell, through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. major funding for this program is provided by the kendeda fund. >> chicago is now under full national security. >> a no-fly zone is in effect, except for the world leaders who are landing at o'hare, as president barack obama and a number of world leaders... >> hockenberry: it was a big weekend in chicago. last spring, the president was in town, along with the leaders of nato, to discuss threats to global security and nuclear proliferation. at a huge convention center, the eyes of the world were wching. >> ...that demands global solutions. we came to chicago... (police whistle blows) >> hockenberry: but across town in a small hotel ballroom, the te of the world was also on the agenda. >> everything will be revealed in the second term. >> hockenberry: the eyes of the wor

park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gum the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. it's the weekend after, and barack obama is back in the white house, democrats are back in control of the senate, and republicans are back running the house. that's what prevailed before americans voted, when deadlock reigned in washington, little got done, and the country was frustrated and angry. are we in for more of the same? the talk we are hearing in washington sounds altogether too familiar. so let's consider what'

additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, with a grant from millicent bell, through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. major funding for "the suicide plan" is provided by the john and wauna harman foundation. (geese honking) >> it was a beautiful morning. the sun was out. and he said this was the day. he brought out this wretched rusty revolver. and i ran a cleaning rod through it to make sure that it was all right. he seemed a little uncertain as to just how to hold the weapon. if you tried to aim the weapon toward the top of your head, the trigger guard would interfere with your chin. so we concluded that if you turned it 90 degrees, that would be the way to do it. one of us suggested maybe he'd like to have a last smoke. so i got him his tobacco and his pipe, and he enjoyed that. and then he indicated that it was time. he took the gun-- he had loaded it-- and with the aid of his walker, we walked out to the garden. he chose the spot, and he decided he would lie down. so

additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awaress critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. >> in massachusetts, in a political fight that ted kennedy probably never imagined... >> kennedy's seventh campaign has become a desperate struggle for survival... >> this year he in his toughest race ever against a political newcomer... >> it's youth versus age, the senate's leading liberal against a wildly successful venture capitalist. >> we get a call from the boston police. and they say, "it's a mad scene down here." >> (chanting): we want ted! >> narrator: it was the night of their first debate. >> "we're going to have to get you an escort to get into the building." they had eight or ten motorcycle police officers there to guide us through the mobs of people at the site. >> narrator: it was 47-year-old mitt romney's first campaign. >> and mitt just has this big smilon his face, and he looks at me and goes, "boy, however this turns out, this really makes it worth it." >> narrator: the race had been close. romney needed a great perform

additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, with a grant from millicent bell, through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. major funding for "the suicide plan" is provided by the john and wauna harman foundation. captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> for more on this and other frontline programs, visit our website at pbs.org/frontline. frontline"the suicide plan" is available on dvd. to order, visit shoppbs.org, or call 1-800-playpbs. frontline is also available for download on itunes. they believed they could face any hardship. weather any storm. t buthing could prepare them... for this. from ken burns...g an epic saga of lands scarred. dreams buried. and hopes reborn. the dust bowl. only on pbs. to the program. this evening an analysis of the david petraeus resignation with began, with david ignatius, martha raddatz and a norah o'donnell. >> he watch his reputation so well but he allowed paula broadwell all of this access. all of us had access to general

park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. e herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. anne gumowitz. the betsy and jesse fink foundation. the hkh foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. ♪ >>> welcome. to the story of a warrior, told in his own words. what he has to say is for all of us to hear, but especially those of us who have never been in combat. karl marlantes, a small-town boy from oregon, the son of a soldier, a graduate of yale, landed in vietnam in october 1968 and was placed in charge of 1st platoon, charlie company, 1st battalion, 4th marine regiment. one year later he came home with two purple heart

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foundation! >> they partnered with the east bay regional park district in 1997 to build this state of the art greenampsite to host free camps for children and teens dealing everything from hiv-aids to asthma to autism and loss of loved ones. >> i'm here because i have a heart condition. >> it was on the left side of her brain. >> i was born with one arm. we don't really know why. >> my father and pie grandfather died. my father died of a heart attack. >> kids that come here with all these hard experiences at home, they get to play with kids and meet with other kids just like them. >> it's so much fun. i always talk about how usually the last day the girls are going home and they are going to miss their friends. but they are so tired because they stay up too late and they talk about everything about hard to eat. i can't go for a i can't go on the day. what do you think when you pass away from this disease. they share these commonalties that give them, i want to say a sense of peace and give them a feeling they are just not alone. >> outside the camp i know no one else that has a heart problem or any

. >> they were donating to a foundation found after a woman known as the mother teresa in our area. >> the no parking signs are up, the streets are all blocked off and the hot dogs they are getting nice and hot. what are they all waiting for? it's this, over one hundred fifty corvettes and other high performance cars participating in the corvette club's b gaddi can drive. >> we try to give can goods and other items to the center. if it's not jugs canned goods but it's turkeys, grocery items and everyone personal items and we're able to transfer these the corvette and bring them to the center it shows that people think about others as well as themselves and they want to help everybody and this is a community led dinner and it's organizations like this that come out to help us help others and that's what it's about, helping others and it doesn't thourt have a little fun in the process pete o'neal for abc two news. >> looks like a good time. >> tomorrow, we're going to remember our families who left us to protect sglus and we have two nice stories to tell you about from a grown up man to a little boy wa

how to deal with foundations and libraries and museums and the park service, and how does that and work with those organizations and still keep it your own and continue those legacies? so those are probably the more difficult things to do. the easier things are to sit around and talk about which route did you have and who was your chef and what was your favorite meal, and who was your favorite head of state or entertainment while you were there? there were good sides to it and bad sides to wit. >> well, i would say mostly good sides. i would love to say that i was a bosom buddy of everybody, all of the former first children. but, you know, not everybody is -- they reach that time they want to do it. but, let me tell you, you come to the lbj library in november and we're going to have a panel on first children. i think we have at least three bush's. i said, that is a lot of bush's. and they said, yes, but they have two presidents. one of susan's brothers is coming. hopefully we will have a lot more stories coming. but there are things that -- you know, if i told you about the burdens, th

foundation. their post popular pin, political quotes. a board featuring parks titled where romney could drill is a hit. there's also the golf courses of the obama administration, romney's private jet, and even pages run by those close to the candidates. no question, pinterest is popular. not the biggest driver of traffic, anderson says that's okay. >> we're able to take a little bit of our research and papers, pull out statistics and facts and put them in a visual way, and get them up on pinterest. we're able to reach people we may not have reached any other way. >> crafts, food and drinks, home dec decor, kids, photography, there are 33 categories on pinterest, none of them related to politics. and as far as politics being added to the mix? we got an e-mail from pinterest saying we don't comment on future plans. that bothered anderson. her team has posted more than 900 pins. >> politics is part of it. there's a lot of politically minded people on pinterest. >> reporter: and a lot of people looking online to be inspired. a recent pew study reported 36% of socia

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how to deal with foundations and libraries and museums and the park service, and how does that and worknd continue those legacies? so those are probably the more difficult things to do. the easier things are to sit around and talk about which route did you have and who was york chef and what was your favorite meal, and who was your favorite head of state or entertainment while you were there? there were good sides to it and bad sides to wit. >> well, i would say mostly good sites. i would love to say that i was suppose somebody of everybody, all of the former first children. but, you know, not everybody is -- they reached that time they want to do it. but, let me tell you, you come to the lbj library in november and we're going to have a panel on first children. i think we have at least three bushes. i said, that is a lot of bush's. and they said, yes, but they have two presidents. one of susan's brothers is coming. hopefully we will have a lot more stories coming. but there are things that -- you know, if i told you about the burdens, this, that, and the other, you might say, well, my

three levels of parking below grade and below that supporting the tower are 42 eight-foot diameter piles that go all wait to bed rock, and so in a way conceptually the structure of the foundation of the tower is quite similar to the foundation of the transit center itself and we are very, very careful about the interaction of the two buildings structurally, one with the other. the elevator core is also part of the structural system. it is four feet thick, at the lowest level and tapered in size of the tower and goes up and so it allows an enormous amount of stability to the tower's structure. and in a building this tall, it is very interesting, obviously seismic design is critical but at this height of 1070, it is really wind that one has to design for primarily over seismic, if you design for wind, appropriately you have designed to seismic. that is the key to the very robust central core that has a concrete box surrounding it. you see the three exit stairs and you see the great number of elevator and this happens to be one of the lowest floors and that is the low, rise, elevator core that is colored in. this is the mid point of the tower and this is about a 20,000 foot squar