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tavis: pbs, to my mind, and i am not saying it because i grew up with pbs -- because i am on pbs, i grew up with pbs, there are those that would want to get this book for one simple reason, what do i need to raise a child that will be a winner? what do i need to know about how i will raise the child to increase the science. >> i told you i am already involved in youth soccer. the most important thing that every kid needs is to feel like he or she has a fighting chance to compete, whether first experiences on a soccer field. it is some checks before they ever get to gray. they have to feel that they are not being drowned out by superior competitors, and they will make that connection that with a little more effort, i can compete. i can be successful with a little more effort. they learn that themselves, and not just telling it, they need to feel it on their own. tavis: that they have a fighting chance. what do we say to kids in inner cities that often feel at no point in their childhood that they have a fighting chance? >> for my kids, i'm focusing on what they know they can do and to giv

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. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: taylor branch is, of course, the brilliant writer of the trilogy "the king years." story distilled the epic into one book. it is called "the king years: historic moments in the civil rights movment." he joins us from washington. on the good to have you program. >> i wish i could be with you. wish we could have you in the studio. you have spent basically your life working on this icon a trilogy, and then you end up with a book that basically distills it all down. why did you do this? >> teachers have told me for many years that while they love the story, 800-page books are a little much to assign college students, let alone high school, and that weighed on me. the other thing is that it has been 50 years since the crest of the movement, and america's still does not really appreciate how much we benefit from that -- america still does not really appreciate how much we benefit from that. there are still many people hiding from the great benefits of the 1960's, so i wanted to do so

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we are now in our 10th season, on pbs, and we thought this was a good time to introduce you to some of the staff that makes this show possible. joining me now is my friend jerry hernandez. he started as an intern three years ago and is now our production coordinator, and i am proud to say he is about to get his mfa, master of fine arts, go trojans. >> i want to say how grateful i am to be a part of a show that reaches out to young students and young voices and allows them the opportunity to contribute to a meaningful production like this one. tavis: we are glad to have you on. >> we are glad you could join us tonight for a conversation with conversation david steinberg, coming up. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs statio

but first, this is pledge week on pbs.s 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 have the story of a pakistani man seeking justice for the murder of his family. jonathan rugman of independent television news reports. and a warning: some of the story's details may be distressing. >> reporter: ihtisham ul haq is going back to the home he has avoided for almost a year, to the house where he lived with his wife and two children. the walk up the stairs is agonizingly hard because inside and stacked on a single shelf is all that is left of his family. ihtisham finds his children's blankets, his wife's handbag, her pots and pans covered in dust. her name was nargis. they had fallen in love after had given her a ride in his had given her a ride in his taxi, and they were blissfully happy until she was found dead in a field, stabbed, shot, beaten and strangled. their children were killed

pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: miguel is having a breakout year irrigated his breakout album debuted at number one. now -- is having a breakout year. his breakout album debuted at number one. first at his single "candles and the sun -- in the ."n appear ♪ the sun, blowing in the wind. shot ♪ ♪ will it be too late ago,: not even two months and jeffrey osborne was on this program, and he was lamenting the death of r&b. this was before you hit the got a chair -- he got a chance to hear you do your thing. there were a lot of critics refer you as the new progressive r&b and norwich's. how you read that comment? -- r&b artist. how do you read that comment? >> i think there has always been a progressive spirit and more than anything it is the timing -- progressives, and more than anything is the timing. of thise we are tired that itial r&b music, has been all we hear in , the ofam music mainstream outlets. we are all wanting someone and a little more personal. you take the blues being the birthplace of rock and rol

and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: more jobs, less unemployment. those were the headlines from the government's latest report on the economy, released this morning. it's been a tough climb for job seekers, but things seemed to be looking up last month. today's labor department data showed 236,000 jobs were added in february. january's numbers were revised down, but the figures from december were increased. all told, monthly gains have averaged more than 200,000 jobs since november. in february, the construction sector alone added 48,000 jobs. the most in six years, spurred by a housing rebound. retail also saw more hiring and manufacturing ticked up as well. white house chief economist alan krueger. >> i think if you look at today's report and some of the other indicators that have been coming in unemployment insurance claims, i.s.m. numbers, auto sales. we see a picture of aeconmy that's continuing to recover. >> suarez: the day's other big number was the unemployment rate, which dropped to 7.7%.

and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: on the first foreign trip of his second term, president obama today reassured israelis of his commitment to the nation and renewed warnings to iran and syria. we begin our coverage with a report from margaret warner who is on the ground there. >> warner: it was all sunshine and smiles as the president arrived on a sparkling day outside tel aviv. his tense, occasionally stormy relationship with prime minister netanyahu momentarily set aside as he began his first esidtialisit to israel. >> good to see you. it's wonderful to be here. >> warner: the apparent goodwill led to a moment of levity about a deadly-serious issue that tops the agenda here-- the u.s. and israel's differing views on how to confront iran's advancing nuclear program, and what should be the trigger for military action against it. >> you hear about red lines all the time, right? >> bibi's always talking about redlines. this is all a psychological ploy! >> this was minutely planned! >> warner: netany

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. >> brown: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we take a second look at a story about the health of the world's oceans. rising carbon dioxide levels are having an impact on marine life. hari sreenivasan traveled to the pacific northwest last year to see how the shellfish industry is affected. his report is part of our series, "coping with climate change." we partnered with kcts-seattle and their program "earthfix" to produce this story. >> reporter: pacific oysters like the ones grown on this farm near olympia washington are served in restaurants around the country. >> we think our water tastes great here. that makes our oysters taste great. >> sreenivasan: but there's trouble in the water. the ocean's p.h., which measures the acidity of a liquid shows the water is becoming acid fied. most growers can only farm oysters if they can buy oyster lar

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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. >> ifill: for those stations not taking a pledge break, a second look at an "american graduate" story. jeffrey brown profiles a high school football coach who pushes for success on the field and off. >> brown: natalie randolph is a high school science teacher with a finely developed sense of the psychology of teenaged boys. you have to prove yourself. >> no. >> brown: no? you have to prove how tough you are? >> no. they have enough fun proving how tough they are with each other. >> brown: that keeps them busy. >> that keeps them busy long enough. >> all the way up. >> brown: randolph, 32, is slightly built and has a high- pitched voice, but she is plenty tough. >> all the way up. >> it hurts. >> so what? pain is weakness leaving the body. >> brown: tough enough in fact to be head football coach at coolidge high school in washington, d.c. >> come on. keep

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. >> ifill: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we take a second look at a story from our "after newtown" series about the gun debate in colorado, where two mass murders have happened in recent years. special correspondent megan verlee from colorado public radio reports. >> he was such an amazing guy. >> reporter: jessica watts has knows first hand the tragedy of gun violence. last july, her cousin was gunned down in the aurora theater shooting that killed 11 others. but that wasn't the first random shooting to touch her life. in 1999, her husband-- a student at columbine high school-- watched as 12 classmates and one teacher were killed by two students with rifles. then in 2006, a 16-year old family friend was killed in an attack by a gunman at a high school in the small mountain town of bailey, just west of denver. >> there's always a reminder

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. >> ifill: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we take a second look at a louisiana middle school trying a ique approach to ost test scores and acevement. ray suarez reports for our american graduate project. suarez: at broadmore middle school in baton rouge, louisiana, early mornings have the feel of a pep rally. all 525 students are greeted every school day by a team of young adults from the national service organization city year. the nonprofit works like an urban peace corps. it requires recruits, many of whom are recent college graduates, who work for ten months in some of the nation's highest need public schools in an effort to reduce the dropout rate. today's cheering and upbeat attitudes is in contrast to how the school was when principal denise carbonneau arrived in 2009. >> the first year i came, i almost turned and walked out the door

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. >> ifill: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we have a second look at a story about garbage. as the nation produces more and more, one city is trying to get rid of it all. newshour correspondent spencer michels reports. >> reporter: each year americans throw away about 250 million tons of garbage. that's roughly four pounds per person per day. you can find all manner of trash in a landfill: old bent music stands, plastic bags, and a lot of items that could have been recycled, like bottles and cardboard. beyond the obvious bright they cause, landfills create environmental damage and emit harmful greenhouse gases. they are monuments to waste. those concerns have prompted san francisco and a handful of other cities to aim for a once unthinkable goal. zero waste. in 2009, san francisco became the first city in the country to require that residents

and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: it was a day of diplomacy for president obama in the middle east. he promised jordan he would seek $200 million in much-needed help to cope with an influx of refugees from syria's war and before leaving israel, he brokered a critical conversation between two regional leaders. once again tonight, margaret warner reports. >> warner: this last working day of president obama's middle east trip saw an unexpected breakthrough on an issue that has hobbled u.s. efforts toñr contain the conflict in syria-- a long-simmering dispute between israel and turkey. on the ben gurion airport tarmac before leaving israel, the president facilitated an ice- breaking phonecall between israeli prime minister netanyahu and turkey's premier erdogan. despite shared concerns about the syrian conflict and other eruptions in the region, they haven't been speaking for nearly three years. mr. netanyahu apologized for the death of nine turkish activists during a 2010 israeli commando raid on an

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but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, >> brown: and finally tonight, the republican-controlled legislature in arkansas this week passed the nation's most restrictive abortion law over the democratic governor's veto. it imposes a near-ban on the procedure from the 12th week of pregnancy. hari sreenivasan has our look. >> sreenivasan: for more on what happened in arkansas and the broader context of what's happening in other states, we turn to suzi parker. she is a reporter with reuters. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> sreenivasan: it's called the human heart beat protection act. what are the political conditions that led to its passage. >> well, in november, the republicans won the statehouse for the first time since reconstruction. so for the first time, they've controlled both the house and the senate. as a result, they have decided to enact or file many abortion bills and the 12-week one was one of many including a 20-week ban th

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but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. >> ifill: and we close about with new findings about declining lifespans for some women. those come from a pair of studies released yesterday. the first reported that in 43% of the nation's counties, women 75 and younger are dying at higher rates than before, many of them living in the south and west. the second found mortality for americans under 50, particularly women, is more pronounced in the u.s. than other high-income countries. both were published in the journal "health affairs." its editor-in-chief and a newshour regular susan dentzer joins me now. susan, hello. >> nice to be with you, gwen. >> ifill: so the first question is why. why are we seeing these increased mortality rates at younger ages? >> this is an unfortunate stew of unpleasant circumstances. chronic des is driving a lot of this early death in women. a lot of this is death before the age of 50, believe it or not. so it's issues like obesity

but first: this is pledge week on pbs. we're taking a short break now to allow your public television station to ask for your support. that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: finally tonight, the u.s. senate turned it's attention to huge trading losses at j.p. morgan chase, the country's largest bank. ray suarez has the story. >> the fact that these mistakes happened on my watch has been the most disappointing and painful part of my professional career. >> suarez: former j.p. morgan- chase executive ina drew testified at a senate hearing today, speaking publicly for the first time since she resigned ten months ago. drew was the bank's chief investment officer. she oversaw the british unit that ran the so-called london whales trades, involving risky derivatives, which lost $6 billion. today, she said her oversight was reasonable and diligent, but she insisted she was lied to by subordinates. >> some members of the london team failed to value positions properly and in good faith. they minimized re

. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: has written -- bruce feiler survived a bout with cancer. it made him investigate what happiness means. he writes about that in his new book. is called "the secrets of happy families." eat smarter, fight smarter. that helps. hungry righti am about now. it was good to have you back. how are you feeling? that cancer about scared a lot of your friends. >> and has been five years since my diagnosis. i am walking. start i thought i would thesking your take on runaway success of this and bible series. is it the history channel? the numbers are off the charts because you have written about it now in the past. what is your sense about the way people flocked to this stuff? >> in society we are hearing religion is fading out, but there is still this enormous hundred people have for the source material. you may be frustrated with religion, but do not take it out for god. we just saw that with the catholic church, this huge attention around the catholic enclave. more attention than we have

and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: the temperature kept rising on the korean peninsula today, at least judging from public pronouncements. the communist north declared its missile forces are ready to launch at american targets. filled pyongyang's main square more than 100,000 north koreans filled pyongyang's main square today, shouting "death to the u.s. imperialists." the mass rally coincided with a new threat. state television announced north korean leader kim jong un has decided the time has come to settle accounts with the u.s. >> ( translated ): he has signed the plan on technical preparations of strategic rockets of the korean people's army, ordering them to be on standby for fire so that ty are able to strike at any time the u.s. mainland and its military bases in the pacific, including hawaii and guam, and those in south korea. >> suarez: state media also released photographs of kim and his senior generals during an emergency meeting late last night. they're seen looking at a map, purporte

but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. and that s >> ifill: finally tonight, a japanese town aims for a comeback, two years after the earthquake, the tsunami, and the nuclear meltdown at the fukushima reactor. our story comes from special correspondent emily taguchi, a graduate of the school of journalism at the university of california berkeley, one of our reporting partners. >> reporter: it's been two years since the meltdowns at the dai- ichi nuclear power plant. the city of minami-soma is celebrating the noma-oi festival, showcasing their heritage as horsemen and warriors. about a third of the city is still uninhabitable. but on this day, residents who fled the city return, standing shoulder to shoulder with former neighbors to honor their history. >> i'm mayor katsunobu sakurai of minami-soma. this year's noma-oi festival, in the hopes of recovery for our residents affected by the nuclear crisis, is being held per the custom. >> reporter: at 20

. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. angela bassett has played some icons, like coretta scott king. tackledfuqua has ."bjects, including "training they have teamed up for a new movie. it is called "olympus has fallen." i have seen it. i loved it. it is about the white house being taken. let us take a look at a clip from "olympus has fallen." thet is confirmed it is president. >> mr. president? identify yourself. it is one of yours? >> designator. 0-9.- >> where are you? >> and the white house. >> can we trust you? >> he was one of our best agents. is this the same guy that was removed from the president's detail? banning is a ranger battalion. he will move mountains or die trying. >> intelligence coming out of the white house. we have no choice. tavis: i love did this for a number of reasons, not the least is that it has angela bassett. you have got a brother, named morgan freeman, and you have got a brother, antoine fuqua. i want to know how you pulled that off? [laughter] it is amazing, an amazing flick. i was kidding

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