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a number of liberal comment taters, jim, said it was a liberal smear job on pbs? >> it happens, i mean, even the best plans go awry sometimes. who knew that they'd take an hour out after four hour thing to talk about one incredibly tumultuous year of the clinton presidency. don't be disheartened, robert rice stuck up for clinton on the lewinsky thing saying i guess poor bill clinton couldn't say no to someone who wanted love. >> that's what he said. >> it seems like something that deserves to be covered. it led to his impeachment and a huge issue for his administration. >> it was going on just as the forces of osama bin laden were mobilizing to attack this country and we all, and that includes me, were busy covering monica lewinsky, it was a huge national distraction, with a great cost to this country. and i think it did deserve to be covered. >> jon: national distraction or national embarrassment? >> well, you know, it's interesting, i've got to tell you, depending who you looked at huffington post thought it was a smear job. usa today called it even handed and p

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welcome to viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the syrian government has been trying to crush any signs of rebellion. today was the bloodiest attack yet. the city has been pounded by a sustained assault. our correspondent and our camera man who has managed to enter. a warning, it contains some distressing images. >> daybreak. the artillery fire was just beginning. in days, he steered gently the safety. in this part of the city, it is the worst they have endured. god is great, he shouts and defiance. we are hearing an impact every few seconds. you also hear a little bit of kalashnikov fire, a pretty huge of adjuster. -- a futile gesture. the film to the injured being moved. over several days of this, most of the casualties have been civilians. the houses don't have basements, there is nowhere to hide. where is the arab league, she shouts? is a badlys son wounded. give us guns, she screams. we cannot defend ourselves. even in the midst of all this, most hide their faces. there is no telling what the regime will do. >> the want the a

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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. for five days, security forces and surry have shelled the city of -- security forces have shelled the city of homs. this is a day after president assad assured the russian foreign minister that he was ready for dialogue. the people of homs are facing a different reality. our reporter spent several days of side of the besieged city and he sent us this report. >> it began at dawn and for a fifth day, homs was under bombardment. some say it was the worst day of shelling. syrian armor roamed menacingly. people here are afraid that this is a final push to crush the uprising. the casualties are mounting, undoubtedly most are civilians. they had put their hopes in a u.n. resolution but it was vetoed by russia and china. they are bitter, without a doubt. >> he was only about two years old. is this what the u.n. is waiting for? is this what the u.n. is quitting for, for more children to be dead? -- is this what the u.n. is waiting for. >> homs is terrified after many days of this. hundreds of

welcome to our viewers on pbs in the u.s. and also around the globe. over the past year, egypt has been no stranger to violence. today erupted on a massive and deadly scale at a football match. fans of rival teams rushed onto the field, hurling objects. been number known to have died stands at 70, but many are also injured. >> egypt's worst football disaster, at a time when the country is already in political turmoil. the deadly clashes between football rivals have shaken the country to the core. it all started at the final whistle. fans of the team in portside streamed onto the pitch to celebrate the victory. but it quickly turned violent. first, they ran for their lives. and then the home fans charged in to attack the visiting supporters. this is not football, this is war, said one of the fans. is this what sparked it? egyptian tv keeps playing this footage of fans throwing flares at the moment of goal is being scored. these two sets of fans are known for their bitter rivalry and their use of violence. there are questions about the role of the police

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the violence in serious spread even further today when two explosions went off in the city of aleppo killing 28 people. this is the first attack on the northern city since demonstrations against president assad began a year ago. the government is blaming armed terrorist gangs but opposition activists are pointing fingers at the assad regime. >> a gaping crater where one of the bombs went off in aleppo. outside of a base. mangled wreckage suggests the blast. even armored cars were destroyed and a grim toll of dead and wounded. we were with the journalist shown are round here by syrian government officials who passed the blame on what they called terrorist gangs. >> these criminal acts committed by those groups will not prevent us from continuing our efforts in order to crush terrorists in this city. >> no one has claimed responsibility and rebel activists blamed a government plot designed, they said, to discredit the opposition. >> and the explosions reported by syrian television, we c

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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it is not often that a foreign vice-president gets an oval office meeting with president obama, a lunch at the state department, and enough media attention to dwarf most heads of state, but then again, this is the future leader of china we are talking about. today, xi jinping made the rounds in china while conceding the need for civil rights. >> xi jinping is known to be a fan of hollywood war films. in the oval office, a first date. a chance to see how we feels about iran, syria, and a growing u.s. presence in asia. >> we are a growing nation and we are very interested and focused on continuing to strengthen our relationships and to enhance our trade and commerce and nature that we are a strong and effective partner. >> mr. xi said that he was here to reinforce the vacations' and friendship but that the discussions would be frank. there is a strategic pivot toward asia. >> this is an integrated strategy of human-rights, economics covering asia from india to tokyo and the chinese are