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so please call the number on your screen and support your public television station.supporting this program, you are making your life and the lives of your family better and healthier. so call now, the number right there on your screen. and now back to brenda watson. thanks so much for your support. [uplifting music] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> welcome back. most of you know my past shows have been about digestive health. so why am i now talking to you about your heart? because what happens to your heart can be directly related to what's going on in here, in your gut. and in the first segment, you learned that most all chronic disease is caused by silent inflammation in the body-- the gas leak before the explosion. since you cannot feel or see silent inflammation, you have to look for the signs. the first sign we discussed that you have silent inflammation was high cholesterol. remember, you want your cholesterol to be below 200 milligrams. the second sign you learned about is high blood pressure. you want your blood pressure to be below 120 over 80. now i'm going to share with

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support quality public television today. here are ways that we can say thanks when you do. >> with one out of every three adults suffering from the pain of arthritis, it may be time for you to join the thousands who have made yoga a way of life. when you contribute $60 to your public television station, we'll send you the easy yoga for arthritis dvd with our thanks. >> it's made me more flexible, more able to do everything i want to do. >> the dvd includes the 40-minute program you've been enjoying, and more than 95 minutes of home workout programs. learn safe and effective ways to reduce pain and increase your mobility. it's the perfect introduction to yoga for those challenged by arthritis or the stiffness that comes with age or injury. >> i've been able to still consider... pursue hiking, walking, golf, things of that nature. so yoga has helped restore some of my life's activities that i used to enjoy before. >> you too can change your life. and for your $100 donation we'll send you the easy yoga for arthritis dvd and peg

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it's been my pleasure to teach via public television.that's my classroom now, that's where i do the teaching. i thank you for being in attendance. i don't get to see you. you know, i see a camera rather than you. but now, i get to hear your calls, so that's really encouraging. i thank you for doing so. kerman? >> well, thank you, nancy. nancy raised a really good point. she doesn't get to see you in person. but every time that you call every time you join your local pbs station, and again, that starts by calling the number on your screen, you are saying yes, sewing with nancy is a show that i'm glad is on my pbs station. it's something that i want to support. we get that message. we get it from our viewers like you, that step forward and join us. of course, when you do join us here at public television, we also have some thank-you gifts that we'll be sending you. i'll run through those for you briefly. if you call and become a member today at the $60 level, we have the hardcover book that nancy was talking about, "sewing a to z." again,

public television is the only television that depends on its viewers in such an important way. narrator: with your financial support this pbs station can continue to bring you programs with dr. christiane northrup. we'll say thank you for your gift of $50 by sending you the menopause journal this is a great tool to help you start writing your own life story. when you contribute $90 we'll send you the dvd of the program you're watching. this dvd includes an exclusive bonus feature with dr. northrup on mid-life, sensuality and sexuality. for your $100 gift, you'll receive the new york times best seller, the wisdom of menopause dr. northrup's landmark book on which this program is based. the pleasures of menopause mix is our special thank you gift collection for a generous $300 contribution. this fabulous package includes the menopause journal the dvd with the exclusive bonus feature, the wisdom of menopause book plus a two cd audio track of this program, which includes the bonus material and you'll receive a beautiful second book, the secret pleasures of menopause playbook. you'l

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and public television is an old and reliable friend.g you the sort of programs that engage your intelligent, challenge your assumptions, fire your imagination and bring the world into your home. it only works if you lend a hand to keep it here. do your share for us and enjoy that great feeling that comes from having made a contribution. is it the right thing to do. >> everything you watch on public television depends on your support. whether you join us for documentaries or classic films or dramas or specials like earth songs your donation will help us keep them here. we would like to thank you with a dvd of the show you have just seen "earth songs," but one with a donation that works out to $5 a month over one year. but one after another, donations like that add up to a crucial part of our budget. they help to pay for everything from cameras to video tape and program rights and production costs. >> when you make a contribution you are doing more than helping us pay the bills. you are becoming a partner in our mission to serve you and y

this is your very last opportunity to call and pledge your support to this public television station.ters and the rolling stones. nowhere else but pbs and this pbs station will bring you a concert of this nature. >> well and you look at some of the songs in this concert get my mojo workin', baby, please don't go, long distance call these are songs that are classics in the blues genre. in fact, they almost define what blues music is and muddy waters was right there at the beginning in the middle '40's. of course he started on the harmonica because so many blues players do. that's where they learn the music is by playing harmonica. >> well and then they get the kind of the bottleneck style which is when he came to chicago back in 1943 which is the year that mick jagger was born. so this is, it kind of tells you about the generations. >>well that puts it in perspective right there, yeah. >> yeah, it does. what an amazing, amazing kind of morphing of generations right there on stage and you were a part of it. and for and $85 contribution to this pbs station, we will send you the dvd/cd co

support quality public television today. here are ways that we can say thanks when you do. >> with one out of every three adults suffering from the pain of arthritis, it may be time for you to join the thousands who have made yoga a way of life. when you contribute $60 to your public television station, we'll send you the easy yoga for arthritis dvd with our thanks. >> it's made me more flexible, more able to do everything i want to do. >> the dvd includes the 40-minute program you've been enjoying, and more than 95 minutes of home workout programs. learn safe and effective ways to reduce pain and increase your mobility. it's the perfect introduction to yoga for those challenged by arthritis or the stiffness that comes with age or injury. >> i've been able to still consider... pursue hiking, walking, golf, things of that nature. so yoga has helped restore some of my life's activities that i used to enjoy before. >> you too can change your life. and for your $100 donation we'll send you the easy yoga for arthritis dvd and peg

many are provided by native american public television which is actually an organization that produces indian producers and countries with partnership with public television and radio, so it's a fantastic organization and they have shared a lot of unique programs with us. two highlights are racing the redses, a rare view into reservation life homeland, native americans in the armed forces. you will get to meet the four local heroes. that's the term we like to use and people in the community that wins a award that is very special and i think it's important to thank the city of san francisco for hosting this event. -- plawz. thank you. this is really quite a beautiful space and honor to be standing at the base of the stair case and this incredible rotunda and i want to thank the dancers and singers and drummers for sharing their heritage with us and just adds to this special event and be sure to tune in through november. thanks. [applause] >> all right. thank you michael and i would like to call to the stage at this time mr. joaquin torres the director of neighborhood service from the ma

public television has always been the place to find shows and specials that help you improve the quality of your life. and, you know, your financial contribution to this station right now will provide the necessary resources to produce more programs like this special on a.d.d., programs that can improve our lives and the lives of those we love. when you call the number on your screen and support us at certain membership levels we have some great ways of saying thanks. i'm thrilled to have with us in the studio rick green and patrick mckenna. thank you so much for being here. - thanks for having us again. - it's always so much fun. you know, your first show was such a success: a.d.d. and loving it. why did you feel the need to do another one: mastering it? - well, everybody who saw the documentary and recognized themselves or someone they loved that they suspected had a.d.h.d. then said, "okay, got it; now what?" and that's what this was all designed for is to get you moving forward. how do you deal with relationships with your life with mastering the a.d.h.d.,

public television viewers are curious by nature and find meaning in the artifacts of the past. you can see this all around the studio in the astonishing range of items that people have brought to share with us. let's see what's arrived today... appraiser: you've brou ght a beautiful item today. what can you tell us about it? guest: well, my parents inherited this probably about 40 years ago from a very, very dear family friend who really was a part of the family. and it was always one of those things that my mother put it on the shelf and we weren't allowed to touch it. and, you know, as i got older, we started looking at markings and that type of thing. i'm aware it's russian cloisonnÉ. and i had been able to find online similar items but not an item like this, spoons and that type of thing. appraiser: one of the first things that we noticed was that the very top of the tea caddy was engraved with three initials.

it's just great to be back on public television. i've been doing public television pledge shows since 1998. my children were raised i have eight of them, and they were raised on public television, little barney things were all over my house for so many years. and of course, i think of public television as one of the great energy systems coming into our homes and i'm proud to be a part of it, to support it, and to help raise money for it. it's our national treasure, and i'd hate to think of what would ever happen if we lost it. this show is called wishes fulfilled. it's based on a book that i have just completed. i spent the last year or so in writing it, researching it, living it, practicing it, and have come to a place in my heart where i know that it's really not so much about what you want in terms of what you manifest, it's who you are. you manifest what you become as a human being, and this program is about teaching you to become the highest-consciousness being that you can be, to be aligned with your source, to be aligned with

it's exclusive to this public television station. now let us return to the final segment of the immunity solution, right here on your public television station. >> we're back with "dr. fuhrman's immunity solution." >> thank you. welcome back to the "immunity solution." and this is part three, the fun part of the show where we get to talk about food. as if i wasn't talking about it already, right? now i want you to learn two important new words. words that i made up-- nutritarian and g-bombs. i want you to eat a nutritarian diet. that's a diet that's strives for nutritional excellence. ...is a nutritarian. and my goal is to have you enjoy life to the fullest as a practicing nutritarian. i insist it'll make your life more enjoyable, not just disease resistant. now keep in mind, a vegetarian or a vegan could also be a nutritarian if the diet is designed healthfully. and a person who eats some animal products could also be a nutritarian if their diet is designed healthfully. a nutritarian learns about the most powerful healing foods and

this is exclusive to members of public television, you will find this nowhere else, call right now, supporthe pool, whatever you're doing, what a wonderful experience to have this music in your home. this is an all new collection. what we're waiting for right now is you, to pick up the phone, join the station as a member, here's just a sample of some of the great music that will come your way. $150 and keep the big band sounds playing. narrator: share the experience of the great big band sound. pledge at the $150 level, and you'll receive the amazing five cd set featuring over 60 hits from the big band vocalists. [music playing]. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this timeless pbs collection includes the greatest vocalists, singers, and songs and even a special disc of hard to find instrumentals of the big band era. [music playing]. keep your music and memories alive here on pbs with your pledge now. [music playing]. peter marshall: now boy that was really fun for me to see, "it started all over again." i hadn't seen that video in, well, i've never seen that video. i remember sinatra doing it, just after the pie

and i want to say that i'm really honored to be here on public television. you know, people have been asking me for years, isn't t'ai chi very difficult? isn't t'ai chi something you have to study for years before you can show it off in public? but i tell people, if you can wave your hands you can do t'ai chi, right? let's prove it. let's take your left hand and just wave. just "wave, hey, hello, how are you?" so, let me tell you right off the top that what i'm doing while i'm instructing you is mirroring you. if i say right, you go right. if i say left, you go left. it doesn't matter what i'm doing. across, and up and right to left. now, let's get the other hand involved and the right hand scoops under and across left to right, and down, and scoop. let's get both hands going across, and circle. oh, that's awesome. look at that. beautiful. one more time, across, let's come back to the middle, and float down. that's wonderful, wonderful. what you have just done is a movement from t'ai chi called waving hands like clouds. i'm so excited to share with you in th

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the nightclub was called kiss but was a death trap. a killed more than to wonder 30 people and is a tragedy for the whole nation. most of the victims were teenagers started a new year at the local university. three people have been arrested. authorities claim there was only one emergency exit at the nightclub. our brazil correspondent has sent us this report. >> brazil has begun to bury its dead. it does span five decades since this country face a loss on the scale. those who died were young and a sense of so many futures away at only intensified the suffering. among the dead were two brothers and two sisters, boyfriends and girlfriends. investigators are still trying to piece together the events of the kiss nightclub that led to so many deaths. witnesses tell of a flair being let as the band played on stage. flames quickly spread across the ceiling and heavy, toxic smoke. >> outstanding with my friends when the music starts. my friends started shouting "run, run." is when the confusi

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welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. the five men accused of raping a university student for hours on a bus were charged and if convicted they may face the death penalty. the 23 year old woman died last week. it has sparked a debate in india. >> protests go on on the rape that has shocked india. lawyers set up to handle the case get their first trial. none are prepared to defend the five men charged with murdering and raping the student. >> it is heinous and in respect to the girl victim and as a message that we want to send to society, we want our society to be safe and such criminals will not get representation. >> no one is at home at the shack where the bus driver was living. the juvenile suspect al ledgedly caused the worst violence. the neighborhood under a cloud of shame. they say attitudes to women need to change. >> the problem sis with men, says this woman. and their bad intentions. after boarding the bus, the medical student was raped for an hour and died of her injuries. it sparked days or protests -- and bei

welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. the five men accused of raping a university student for hours on a bus were charged and if convicted they may face the death penalty. the 23 year old woman died last week. it has sparked a debate in india. >> protests go on on the rape that has shocked india. lawyers set up to handle the case get their first trial. none are prepared to defend the five men charged with murdering and raping the student. >> it is heinous and in respect to the girl victim and as a message that we want to send to society, we want our society to be safe and such criminals will not get representation. >> no one is at home at the shack where the bus driver was living. the juvenile suspect al ledgedly caused the worst violence. the neighborhood under a cloud of shame. they say attitudes to women need to change. >> the problem sis with men, says this woman. and their bad intentions. after boarding the bus, the medical student was raped for an hour and died of her injuries. it sparked days or protests -- and bei

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. uncertainty tonight around the fate of dozens of hostages held by islamists in algeria. they launched a raid to try to free the hostages and the bbc understands there are several casualties. >> algerian forces surrounding a gas plant according to of algerian television. some hostages are dead, someone did, some are free. jihadists raided the facility looking for hostages. they had to launch an operation to free them because the kidnappers would not negotiate. >> a fluid situation that is ongoing, and very uncertain. i think we should be prepared for the possibility of further bad news, how difficult news in this difficult situation. >> it appears to have been well- planned. survivors say the kidnappers knew their way around, has reportedly strapped to explosives. the convoy of cars killed both militant stand islamists. >> when faced with terrorism, there will be no negotiation and no black male. this is the position we have maintained for some time. >> he was lucky to escape with his

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welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also throughout the globe. three days after islamist militants stormed a gas line in algeria, there is confusion about the face of those taken hostage. hundreds of foreign workers have reportedly been freed, but there are still conflicting reports about the number that might have been killed. the secretary of state level the incident an act of terror. the correspondent has the latest. >> one of the survivors of the attack, the of jury in state television has shown pictures of some that have escaped the gas complex including some for britain starting their journey home. they are just as confused about details of first hostage taking and then the algerian military response. >> obviously, yes. we still don't know what is happening. i cannot say. >> i feel safe for the moment, but i don't know. if the guy is still there, hopefully, it will be on there. >> david cameron said that a algeria's prime minister told him troops were still pursuing terrorists and their remaining hostages. >> a judge there to be an immediat

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. israelis went to the polls in general elections today. prime minister jet -- prime minister benjamin netanyahu claimed victory after exit polls showed he would likely lead, the government with a narrow majority. our correspondent is in jerusalem with the latest. >> welcome to jerusalem after three months of a lackluster election campaign. suddenly, israeli politics came alive today about an hour before the polls closed. there was growing excitement and speculation. as expected, benjamin netanyahu is likely to lead the next government. he will be the prime minister for the next four years, but it is a weakened prime minister. his coalition did not get the number of seats it wanted. only 31, according to exit polls. that is down from the 42 that the two parties had during the last election. what kind of coalition will be formed? it could be the right and religious parties. that is not what he wants. the television presenter, his party came in second place. he said his party will not exp

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. islamic militants have captured a town in mali despite four days of bombardment from french jets. they are trying to prevent their former colony from being overrun by rebels linked to al qaeda. capital, here is our report. >> of french troops on the ground in mali. france has pulled out every stop to get them there. pulling on every one of its bases in africa back and spare a man. islamist forces have controlled the deserts' of mali. they were pushing south. the air strikes began. the french claim to have pushed the rebels back. the forces push on another front. france now needs land forces to capitalize on the campaign. some of those forces will be african. they are slow in coming and they need military equipment. >> the main fighting will take place north of here. in the vast somalian desert. so far, the capital has remained unaffected. they were concerned that if the islamists cross a line in the sand, this would have been there next top. the war has come here in the form of wounde

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. it shocked the world, but remarkably, the pakistan girl targeted was discharged from a british hospital. her release comes three months after she was shot in the head. her crime was campaigning for girls to be educated. and jeremy has this report. >> a remarkable recovery, hard to believe as she walked out of a hospital. her survival was against the odds, the extent of her recovery delighted the medical staff. she says a thank-you to the nurses and doctors here. she is off to a temporary home that they have set up. something of a normal life after so much pain and separation. >> she could talk, it was a good side of her brain had not been damaged. ha >> going to school, the same right to education. her case has attracted worldwide coverage and support. >> the genuinely an inspiration for millions of other people around the world as well. the world did stand up. >> she was rushed to hospital and it became clear that the bullet wound needed a more sophisticated life-saving treatment. th

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. it shocked the world, but remarkably, the pakistan girl targeted was discharged from a british hospital. her release comes three months after she was shot in the head. her crime was campaigning for girls to be educated. and jeremy has this report. >> a remarkable recovery, hard to believe as she walked out of a hospital. her survival was against the odds, the extent of her recovery delighted the medical staff. she says a thank-you to the nurses and doctors here. she is off to a temporary home that they have set up. something of a normal life after so much pain and separation. >> she could talk, it was a good side of her brain had not been damaged. ha >> going to school, the same right to education. her case has attracted worldwide coverage and support. >> the genuinely an inspiration for millions of other people around the world as well. the world did stand up. >> she was rushed to hospital and it became clear that the bullet wound needed a more sophisticated life-saving treatment. th

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also throughout the globe. three days after islamist militants stormed a gas line in algeria, there is confusion about the face of those taken hostage. hundreds of foreign workers have reportedly been freed, but there are still conflicting reports about the number that might have been killed. the secretary of state level the incident an act of terror. the correspondent has the latest. >> one of the survivors of the attack, the of jury in state television has shown pictures of some that have escaped the gas complex including some for britain starting their journey home. they are just as confused about details of first hostage taking and then the algerian military response. >> obviously, yes. we still don't know what is happening. i cannot say. >> i feel safe for the moment, but i don't know. if the guy is still there, hopefully, it will be on there. >> david cameron said that a algeria's prime minister told him troops were still pursuing terrorists and their remaining hostages. >> a jge there to be an immediate

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welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. tonight, syria and iran are threatening to retaliate for an israeli air strike inside of syrian territory. the attack took place in the early hours of wednesday morning outside of damascus. the target was believed to be a convoy carrying anti-aircraft weapons bound for hezbollah. we have reports on how this could further inflame the region. >> the explosions are recorded by steering activists seem more powerful than anything the rebels could do. there is a different account of pensh the government saidhat planes bombed a military research center between damascus and the lebanese border. they said two people were killed in the raid. u.s. officials say that jets bomb a convoy carrying anti aircraft missiles. >> you will not allow and we will prevent any attacks for hezbollah to smuggle such weapons from syria. is israel attacks, it means that such an attempt by hezbollah was made. >> the contagion from the violence in syria worries the whole region. syria sits on the middle east religio

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. in cities across egypt today, thousands clashed violently with police. protesting the lack of change since the revolution began two years ago. the tear gas, street battles, and slogans are the same. the demonstrators say the politics are the same, too. we go to our correspondent in tahrir square tonight. >> a short while ago, the entire area behind me was shrouded in tear gas. the thousands of protesters have thinned out because of that. there are still hundreds in the square behind me. a lot of the protests across the country have turned violent. we have had confirmation from the health ministry the over 200 people have been injured in protests. we have had confirmation of five people having been killed in a demonstration. all this on the day president morsi said he wanted to be a day of peaceful celebration. there were signs early on it could turn violent. this is not what the revolution aries imagined. two years on, instability, violence, and division. in tahrir square, we saw clas