and 15 we've found f that pb reduce spending. we've found that people who are making decision for spending in money they look for potential cost savings. fair spending is also related to that. while the original model was focused on reducing and addressing infrastructure qualifies by reducing participation by under participating groups and they looked at buildings that didn't exist before oppose e even without those needs we've seen that pb can create more inadmissible outcomes. they focus on the common good. they're often more sensitive to those with greater needs than these are. that's about people who question the process. they see it in their own eye we saw a father who came to join the education committee because there was a project he wanted to implement in his daughters school. it had you were and lower incomes and actually in the course of working on the committee and meeting parents who's kids go to schools in the lower income part of the city he realized there was no doors on the bathrooms. and for the project he had co

there's a lot about pb on the issues you raised. and the two ways are to number one design the process that inequity issues are prioritized and number it to allocating the resources to make sure it's implemented correctly. i want to say that out front. i wanted to start out with a short video a new video that our organization just is finishing up production on about pb and kind of to bring more of a human face to this and then get to my power presentation >> come out and vote and decide - >> is the - try to communities and you pay taxes and come out and vote and decide how our tax dollars get spent. >> budget is a different way to engage the government and decide highway tax dollars are paint e spent. >> the reality is who knows better about their community. no one else can make a better decide for you, you. this is different because you're voting for where the money it going to be spent instead of allowing them to spend the money. first poem brainstorm ideas and start to think of what kinds of projects would they like to see in the

we're ready to return to the pbs newshour.nks again for your support. >> brown: finally tonight, we mark june 6: d-day. ray is back with book conversation he recorded recently about world war two. >> more than had a hand in cementing u.s. status as a superpower, and created the map of the modern world ended almost 70 years ago. you coul could fill a library wh books about the second world war, yet historians still find new things to say and new ways to say it. award winning author just completed the third book in his "liberation" trilogy, "the guns at last light: the war in western europe, 1944-1945". and he joins me now, and, rick, if nothing else, this book is a reminder that with d-day, there was still some of the worst fighting of the war left to go. >> that's certainly true, ray. i think the horror of it is difficult to imagine seven years later. and it continues really after d-day, almost to the last gunshot. there were almost 11,000 americans killed in germany in april 1945, the last full month of the war in europe. and

and now back to the pbs newshour.beat page. >> ifill: finally tonight, it's been nearly half a century since civil rights leader medgar evers was murdered. today, outside washington, current and former leaders gathered to honor his life and legacy. the somber sounds of memorial echoed this morning across arlington national cemetery, where medgar evers is buried. evers, a veteran of world war two, died at the hands of an assassin in 1963. former president clinton spoke of evers as a warrior who fought for his country on more than one front. >> the meaning of medgar evers' life was that he came home and even though he had a gorgeous wife and beautiful kids and an unbelievable life to look forward to, he said it can't be that i was a soldier in the american army and i stood up for freedom and i can't vote. my neighbors can't vote. >> ifill: evers ultimately became the n.a.a.c.p.'s first field secretary in the south, as racial tensions boiled over. he was gunned down outside his home in jackson, mississippi. his family he

and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: a summer showdown now looms in washington over filling key federal judgeships. the president set things in motion today with his nominees to take seats on one key appeals court. >> what i am doing today my job. i need the senate to do its job. >> brown: president obama lashed out at senate republicans today for playing politics in delaying votes on past judicial nominations. he did so at a white house rose garden event announcing three nominees to fill vacancies on the 11-member u.s. court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit. it's often referred to as the nation's second highest court ruling on high profile cases of national significance. >> time and again congressional republicans cynically used senate rules and procedures to delay and even block qualified nominees from coming to a full vote. as a result, my judicial nominees have waited three times longer the to receive confirmation votes than those of my republican predecessor. so this is not about

since i do this on pbs i know the pbs audience will tell you what they think whether you want to hearor not. what are you hearing from the american audience about the future, about what has already aired? what do you hear from the pbs audience? >> we heard quite a lot about matthew dying. i was afraid to go out without bodyguards. people do not understand we are not in control of that kind of wants toand actor leave the show. i love dan, but he felt he had done his years, and that was that. we could not suddenly make y andhappy and hating marriot never wanting to see his son again. we did get a barrage of criticism. it has calmed out in a. ist i am rather touched by how these people become real to the audience. i had one woman who said, i pray for them every day. i said, you do not have to. have never had it so good. she says, i know, but i worry about cora. >> do you get the same kind of reaction? >> do people worry about my character? tavis: they are engrossed in the character and want to engage in conversation about it? >> i get letters from people who that i have details never exp

where pb washgs was first conceived they believe it is a interesting program. i spend most of my days drinking coffee and thinking about how technology can help folks. to this end i'm particle thrilled about exploring ways that technology my enhance the pb. technology can help to reap more people so in essence making the process even more representative. right now it's just a little past 3:00 p.m. on a wednesday and if we look around the room we can sense that the people at this meeting might not constitute all the folks who want to be here. it describes those kind of gap for the opportunity for those who have the time to come out and those don't. through mobile and other forms of technology we can streamline the technology so it, fit into the public's schedule. another area where teenage can make technology inclusionary any people lack competency in los angeles so the mobile would allow people to participate without knowing english. in fact, one of the delegates said it allowed folks who know spanish could flush out the words in other form. this would be parti

only on pbs. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: the push for immigration reform in congress gained steam today, as lawmakers closed in on a compromise on border security. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez on the "newshour" tonight. we hear from two senators behind the drive for a deal, north dakota republican john hoeven and new mexico democrat tom udall. >> brown: then, markets around the globe tumbled today. we examine how concerns with a credit crunch in china and uncertainty over the federal reserve have wall street

. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. tavis: natalie cole was first introduced to latin music by her legendary father, nat king cole. she has completed her first album in spanish. let's listen to a cut from the cd. ♪ ♪ spanish]in tavis: you sound so good. your daddy does too. >> we found footage of him singing that in spannish. very cool fluent one of us is in spanish. tavis: let me ask you to set aside your modesty where your father is concerned. voice --you hear his what do you think of your father now? unparalleled.is he came at a time there was no one like him. about don't just talk his singing. they loved his spirit, his demeanor. he was a really great man. he was a cool person. people could get that from him. tavis: i have never seen a picture where your daddy didn't look cool. his style. >> justin timberlake has nothing on that hat. dad was sporting that a while ago. just his was not voice, but his style. how did this idea come to be? >> this is a ten-year development. after the success of unforgettable, we started

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the american, mark twain, touring in a show about that writer called "citizen twain." 10th season on pbs. we continue to introduce you to some of the folks who make this show possible. please join my man tom freeman. he does everything to keep us on schedule and on budget. you can imagine how much i appreciate and love him. >> thank you so much. it is an honor to be on your team after all of these years and be a part of these great conversations you bring to viewers each and every night. i feel like i am in college every single night when i see your show. tavis: hi, winnie. >> we are glad you have joined us for a conversation with val kilmer, coming up right now. it's a beautiful day and i cannot stop myself from smiling i know there is no denying it is a beautiful day ♪ to youry contributions pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: any actor who decides to embody mark twain not only has to match that man's larger than life persona, but he also has to compete with hal holbrook's masterful depiction of wayne. he was credited with writing the first great american novel, "huckl

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to order, visit shoppbs.org, or call 1-800-play-pbs. frontliis also available for download on itunes. welcome to "independent lens." i'm america ferrera. to understand hate crimes, you need history. the place where two discriminations meet is a dangerous place to live. ferrera: this is filmmaker lydia nibley. she followed a murder back to its ancient and recent roots. the victim--a navajo boy who was also a girl. in traditional navajo culture, a two-spirit person was honored as a healer and counselor. in the midst of a culture war over gender and sexuality, how does a teenager reconcile history and his own adolescence. "two spirits" next. the corporation for public broadcasting. the national endowment for the arts. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you.

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. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. elisabeth moss left madison avenue and ventured to new zealand, where she stars in a crime thriller. -- directorour james campion. it has been declared to -- compared to twin peaks. >> you know you are not in any trouble. kid, and i am just trying to help. >> i don't need help area did -- i don't need help. >> how do you think you will be going three months from now? >> good. what do you think is happening to you. why do you think your tummy is getting bigger? you know, don't you? you know what that means. like this is a series for the , and the otherl series you are a part of is doing pretty well. >> it is doing ok. elisabeth moss what is it about you to it?as calling >> before i even read the script it was jane campion's involvement, and she is not only a prolific director, but she is known for female performances she gets out of actresses. of amazinglong list roles, so to get the chance to work with her and see how she did that, i was really excited, and then i did the episodes, an

pbs. >>> it's budget crunch time in sacramento.or jerry brown and lawmakers split over where to save or spend the surplus. >>> more questions and still no answers about the bay bridge's scheduled labor day opening. >> it is plausible it would make sense to replace some of the other bolts after the bridge. >>> is the america's cup too dangerous? the sailing competition under turmoil after a fatal accident. >>> plus sfmoma. we hear about the museum's major expansion project. >> we wanted to move out into the community in a robust

. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: 20,000 9/11 responders receive payment under the act that set aside 4.3 billion dollars to compensate men and women who fell ill after being exposed to the toxic dust of the twin towers. now the money has been reduced thanks to sequestration. john feal is lobbying to change new yorkjoins us from city. good to have you on the program. >> i am honored. yous: i am a big fan of and the work you have done to try to bring some justice all these years later. i assume you are angry and you are angry with legitimate reason. tell me why you are so angry and what you're trying to do about it. >> i am more than just angry. there are a lot of emotions in the 9/11 community. foot. half my left i spent weeks in the hospital. i had dozens of surgeries. i am insulted. i cannot put my arms around am frustrated. there are times where i am angry, and we are trying the best we can. there are others fighting, too. there are some good elected officials fighting and good responders that are fighting.

but first, this is pledge week on pbs.his break allows >> ifill: finally tonight, the senate lost one of its longest serving members, and its last world war ii veteran. flags flew at half staff over the u.s. capitol, honoring new jersey democratic senator frank lautenberg who died early today of pneumonia at a new york hospital. senate majority leader harry reid. >> few people in the history of this institution have contributed as much to our nation and to the united states senate as frank lautenberg. success story is really what the american dream is is all about. he is the last world war ii veteran. having served in the senate. we don't have any world war ii veterans anymore, mr. president. his death is a great loss for this institution and many many... in many many different ways. >> ifill: lautenberg was a millionaire businessman, first elected to the senate in 1982 at the age of 58. he's known for pushing through a 1989 law that banned smoking on most u.s. flights. and he was also the driving force behind a 1984 law t

but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: this week marked the 24th anniversary of the tiananmen square protests. gwen ifill has our book conversation, about a young chinese woman named in honor of that revolt and her fictional counterpart. in it, two american high schoolers set out to find a missing political dissident. the fictional girl and the real life woman who inspirespired ths story share the same name, ti-anna. fred hiatt was inspired by the search forty jana's father. thank you both for joining us. brad, tell me how you two met? >> we went about five years ago when ti-anna came to washington after graduating high school trying to bring attention to her father's case. she submitted an op-ed to the "washington post"-- about we get 100 a day-- but this one was extraordinary. and we published it and i said "would you have a cup of coffee with me?" and that's how we met. >> ifi

. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.avis: dwight gooden had what many considered a charmed career. he was named rookie of the year and 11 of the most prestigious awards in all baseball, the cy young award. he was struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. he is clean and sober now, but the road back was not easy. he has written a powerful new text about what he learned along the way. its title, as it should become "doc: a memoir." it's my pleasure to have you. want to start with one of the many stories in this book that just grab you. i read a lot of books and talk with a lot of authors and sometimes what is missing in these books, believe it or not, are just powerful narratives, powerful stories. you did a great job in this book at being authentic and being honest and just telling stories. one of the stories they grab me -- they grabbed me in this text. i will cry if i tell the story. but it's the story of the day you were on the mound for the yankees and you are flirting with a no-hitter. but prior to the game startin

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pbs. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. a ♪onversation with >>> governor terry brown and lawmakers have approved a safe budget. it includes more money for schoolers with english learners and some new funding for programs for the poor. the u.s. supreme court says no to the patented of naturally occurring genes sending ripples through the biotech industry. it could lead

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but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: for those stations not taking a pledge break. ashar quraishi of wttw chicago reports on how one teacher-led program is making sure students at risk of dropping out of high school are not only getting their diploma, but going on to graduate from college as well. it's a second look at a story from our american graduate project. >> good morning anthony. >> reporter: it's just after 9:00 a.m. when rachel bennett reads to her third period students. she's a high school spanish teacher. this is the one class she teaches each day where nobody learns spanish. >> mostly what i do, i feel, is harass my kids to be their best selves at all time. >> reporter: bennett teaches a daily 40-minute class designed by a nonprofit educational organization called "one goal." >> your two next steps. what are the next two you're working on? >> reporter: what's intere

but first, this is pledge week on pbs.his break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> brown: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we take a second look at a book that argues blaming addicts for their addictions could hurt people's chances for getting clean. and rather than seeing it as a moral failing, addiction should be treated as a disease, one that grips the lives of one in 12 americans over the age of 12. judy woodruff has our conversation. woodruff: drug abuse and substance addiction costs the united states nearly 600 billion dollars a year. they kill at least 320 americans a day. and 90% of addicts start using drugs or alcohol before the age of 18. that is despite a long battle launched by president richard nixon more than 40 years ago. and decades of subsequent efforts and numerous programs to tackle the problem. in a new book "writer and journalist david chef argues that many of our failed efforts stem from the wrong ap

. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: imagine you have just directed a blockbuster with a budget of over $200 million based on an iconic marvel comic book character and that goes onto really -- to earn over $1 billion worldwide. you have just been asked to do a sequel. what do you do with your free time? if you are joss whedon, you direct a modern-day version of "much ado about nothing" in your backyard. you work with actresses you have worked with and you film it in 12 days. this is what you come up with. >> are you sure benedict loves the address so entirely? beatrice so entirely? >> so says the prince. >> did you tell them of it? >> they did not treat me to their acquaintance. i persuaded them that if they loved benedict, wrestle with the affection. >> why did you so? does not a gentleman deserve as full and fortunate to bed? >> i know he does deserve as much as must be yielded to a man. [laughter] here notingsley was too long ago. whenever he comes through, it is impossible to go from beginning to end of a conv

. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: one in four adults in this country will experience a mental illness at some time in the lives. one in 10 kids will have serious problems that will derail their educational and social development. 80% of americans with mental disorders do not receive proper diagnosis and effective treatment. obviously, this is a serious problem in our nation and one that dr. lloyd sederer try to address in his book am a "the family guide to mental health care." an honor to have you on this program. >> thank you for having me. tavis: i just want some sense of fillbad this problem is. that in for me a bit. >> what makes it particularly bad is that the treatments are highly effective. they are just as effective as the treatments for heart disease or diabetes or asthma. not enough people are going to treatment, getting treatment that can work. that is what causes that 80%. too many people who have treatable conditions are not getting the treatment that they need. tavis: how can mental health be such

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president obama has arrived in south africa saying he is not looking for a photo with the ailing nelson mandela. he tested down a few hours ago on the second stop of his weeklong tour of the continent. it has been overshadowed by concerns about mr. mandela's health. earlier, mr. mandela's former wife spoke to reporters outside of the hospital where he is .eing treated >> i am not here to answer any medical questions, i am not a dog her. .- i am not a doctor he is still on well. a shortore, i spoke time ago to our reporter in soweto. to what extent has the visit overshadowed by the concerns about nelson mandela's health? >> quite significantly. i have the opportunity to cover president obama's visit four years ago. there was crowds everywhere, which is of the president everywhere. you could get a sense of the excitement that the first african-american president of the u.s. was visiting. fast-forward five years, the focus is on the health of nelson mandela. you going to hotel, restauran

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