i feel like i am in school for practically the whole day because of public television. thank you, thank you, thank you. host: all right, sally. leading up to president johnson signature on this act, and after, what happened with public broadcasting? guest: well, we began -- it was a short period of time from started68, 1969, we disbursing funds to stations. we did invest in interconnection. we created the system. as i said, it was a couple of years later that pbs was created and then npr. the reason for that is that cpb does not create content. we do not own the stations. that is another really good step back to ensure that government doesn't get involved. there are so many really good, i think, caveats to what we can do and what we can't do. guest: have been working a long time. but three years later for the first time in american history, our high school graduation rate is 80 percent. and i want to credit america's public radio and television stations for telling the stories of the teachers, dropouts, and the people helping these kids graduate. host: tom in texas. call

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i feel like i am in school for practically the whole day because of public television. hank you, thank you, thank you. host: all right, sally. leading up to president johnson signature on this act, and after, what happened with public broadcasting? guest: well, we began -- it was a short period of time from started68, 1969, we disbursing funds to stations. we did invest in interconnection. we created the system. as i said, it was a couple of years later that pbs was created and then npr. the reason for that is that cpb does not create content. we do not own the stations. that is another really good step back to ensure that government doesn't get involved. there are so many really good, i think, caveats to what we can do and what we can't do. we have an initiative called the american graduate which ron attention to the fact that one million young people are failing to graduate high school. for the firstter , highn american history school maturation rate is 80%. public radio stations are telling the story of the teachers, the dropouts and the people who are working to help

of experiments, and then public television just settled.nd that's why it's doing well because it keeps scratching at every itch it can find, and that's really interesting. >> that resonates with you? oh, completely. and when ira was also talking about the difficulty of convincing people they should listen to another story about this familiar thing, one of the things we've done with 360 is this american icon series where we take the most familiar american culture things -- the great gatsby, moby dick, appalachian spring -- and people say, oh, yeah, i know all about that. then by spending hundreds and hundreds of hours on trying to make a documentary that tells you about this thing that you think you know and reveals to you how little you know and how many more interesting depths and byways and things about it that you don't know, that is the great challenge, to make what could otherwise be, oh, it's broccoli, eat it, it's good for you, into, no, it's candy, give me more! it's fantastic! what you want to do is, yeah, ultimately you're trying

why can't we have more american productions on national public television? >> guest: i love this call because i agree with everything. i can't speak for pbs but they are looking to announce pieces something more american focus. as popular as downtown abbey is and people absolutely love it, i receive phone calls when one of the characters was killed prematurely why i had killed him off. you are absolutely right, there was the golden age of television but what happened is it became more and more expensive to really attract viewers, long form dramas, playhouse 90 was wonderful and i have a lot of commercial television in my life. the problem is they are driven by the bottom line. ken burns, if you are watching the civil war, you don't want it interrupted for a commercial. this is an oasis. and the question of should we have commercial television? i have great admiration for the head of the national association of broadcasters and when commercial television does, but the fact is we have cable and cable costs money and a lot of wonderful dramas today, i love mad

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. dramatic pictures from iraq show the desperate plight of tens of thousands of iraqis. a political crisis is breaking out in baghdad. we have full coverage of both stories and we start with caroline who has met some of the refugees. >> so many others die and for eight days, they thought they would, too. the eldest daughter is 19. >> she is from the mountain. this is the eighth day without any food. they given this ride. >> it is still too fresh but they are among the lucky ones. many here are still visibly in shock. many say their children are sick. to 150 families arriving here every day. many of them have to walk down from the mountain. , all of themrving still frightened. they can only compare what they went through to hell. >> others are on their way. they tell us others trying to escape or shot dead. women the that some sold as slaves. >> and taking care of the situation. that's all we can do. >> this desolate refugee camp offers just enough to keep them alive. they say they are s

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welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. president obama said that new images of russian tanks have entered ukraine and that moscow is responsible for the violence. a thousand russian troops are operating inside the country which russia denies. separatists have opened a new front in the southeast of the ukraine. >> a ukrainian soldier warns his colleagues a sniper threatened. they were pushing back against the separatists in eastern ukraine but the victory looks possible being forced out of some areas amid claims russia has sent massive reinforcements. with theian forces guerrilla, but it is quite difficult for us. >> nato has released aerial pictures that they say show russian armor inside the ukraine. only the tip of the iceberg says one nato general. in both the level and sophistication of russia's military interference in the ukraine. forcesine's government have been squeezing the rebels hard, shrinking the territory they control. it's almost two months since rebels were forced to flee from the regional capital. >> and y

look him to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe.oday, the syrian government said it's ready to work with the international community, including countries that had supported the uprising against president assad bang -- assad. housees as the white weighs its options of when and where to fight islamic militants. jakarta, kurdish peshmerga fighters are working to recapture the city. >> the courage recaptured the city from islamic militants after a sharp data. -- sharp battle. from the frontline of it further south, we can see nearby villages are still controlled. but not here, because those villages were arab, not kurdish. this opposition was firmly in the hands of isis. now, the kurds have been out, this time without help from american air power. out, thisshed them time without help from american air power. that thee confident fighters from the vatican cannot return. but yes, i'm confident. now we are using a lot of tactics against them. >> up the border into northern syria, the celebration. islamic state radicals celebrate after they

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. president obama said that new images of russian tanks have entered ukraine and that moscow is responsible for the violence. a thousand russian troops are operating inside the country which russia denies. separatists have opened a new front in the southeast of the ukraine. >> a ukrainian soldier warns his colleagues a sniper threatened. they were pushing back against the separatists in eastern ukraine but the victory looks possible being forced out of some areas amid claims russia has sent massive reinforcements. with theian forces guerrilla, but it is quite difficult for us. >> nato has released aerial pictures that they say show russian armor inside the ukraine. only the tip of the iceberg says one nato general. in both the level and sophistication of russia's military interference in the ukraine. forcesine's government have been squeezing the rebels hard, shrinking the territory they control. it's almost two months since rebels were forced to flee from the regional capital. >> and y

welcome to our viewers on public television on america -- in america and around the low. u.s. aircraft had launched through text to stop the advances of the islamic state formerly known as isis. plighty counted by the of a minority sect, thousands of whom have been trapped in a mountain with no food or water. james robbins has the latest. >> for months the extremist called themselves islamic state have been pumping out video that they sees more of direct for threatening to break -- the break above the country. the islamists have come under direct american attack. the first was lobsterman aircraft carrier in the hirsch - ulf area to a -- [indiscernible] more fighter jets and drones convoys. on islamist >> i directed the military to take targets against convoys should they move toward the city. >> washington has been committed to helping religious minorities racing massacre -- facing massacre. fleeingctures of people to a barren mountain without food or water shocked the world. one of their leaders stressed there've owner ability. lnerability. are clashes along the final line of

if i didn't have public television, i don't know what i would do. i get up in the morning and i watch from 8:00 until sometimes 9:00 or 10:00 at night. your weekends with the book television is fabulous. i just can't say enough about it. this is all i can ever watch. all the other programs are so terrible, and i wish i could give more money so that you could be helped a lot. more than you are now and the one last thing i would like to say is i didn't realize how much president johnson did the this country. i heard this this morning from you. i didn't know. he swore law and everything. i didn't have public television, i couldn't be learning. i feel like i am in school for practically the whole day because of public television. thank you thank you thank you. >> host: leading up to president johnson's signature on this act and after, what happens with public broadcasting? >> guest: we began with a short period of time from 67 to 68-69, and we started disbursing funds to stations, we did invest in interconnection and we created the system. as i said with

et.sing down a comment welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. an attack at a military training facility west of kabul has killed an american general and wounded more than a dozen others. the gunman, who was killed shortly after he opened fire, is believed to be a member of the afghan national security forces. the u.s. general who died is being identified as major general harold green him in the most senior american officer to be killed in afghanistan and coalition forces invaded in 2001. this report from kabul. >> afghan officer cadets in training earlier this year. for this exercise, their weapons were loaded with blank rounds. but today an afghan soldier whose weapon was loaded with live rounds fired at a group of afghan and international troops close to the academy. general who died was the most senior u.s. soldier to die in combat since the vietnam war. >> there are a number of casualties, perhaps up to 15, to include some americans. seriously wounded. others received only minor injuries. the assailant was killed. that amongconfirm the casu

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. president obama is considering a range of military options for rescuing thousands of refugees trapped on a mountain in northern iraq. sent an the u.s. has extra 130 military advisors to the region. efforts astepping up well, with france saying it will armed kurdish fighters. james robbins has our coverage. we needed any more evidence of the risks taken by iraqi helicopter crews plucking people from mount sinjar, this is it. pictures of the crash yesterday that killed a pilot and badly injured many others. a week into this crisis, now david cameron says britain will play a role in the rescue. until now, the government is focused on dropping relief supplies over the mountain. this is the third reich, including the crucial shelter kits for those trapped below. minister arrived in downing street after his holiday, former defense secretary liam foxx was urging him to do much more. militants held their latest meeting before david cameron announced a shift, stopping short of arming the kurds

. >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. together -- today there is new news about the unrest in iraq. will resign to make way for his nominal placement, after a standoff earlier this week and a shot earlier against the united states. he has been blamed for a failure to tackle islamic state fighters. i spoke them a short time ago and asked if this would increase the chances for stability in iraq. >> i don't think there are good chances but with him still at the helm, i think there be absolutely no chance of bring the politics of baghdad back together, which is vital to inting the syrian population the global credit -- process and bring the kurds back in. and using that to stand up or can front the islamic radicals. without this move in baghdad that is certainly not going to happen even with the new force in power -- that will be a very tough task for him, to do all of that and bring the politics together and reach out to the kurds and the crucial thing is to be convincing enough to bring sunni opinion back on board so a whic

and public television sort of settled.but these are the unsettled people who will not settle, and that is why it is doing well. it keeps scratching at every itch it can find. and that is really interesting. >> it resonates with you. >> completely. when ira was talking about the difficulty of convincing people they should listen to another story about this familiar thing -- one of the things we have done, i think with great success on "studio 360" is we take familiar american cultural things -- "the great gatsby," "appalachian spring." people think, i know all about that. by spending hundreds of hours trying to make a documentary that tries to tell you about this thing you think you know, and reveal to you how little you know, and how many more interesting depths and byways and things about it that you do not know -- that is the great challenge, to make what could otherwise be, "it is broccoli, eat it, it is good for you," to, "it is candy, give me more, it is fantastic," is what you want to do. ultimately, you are trying t

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the u.s. defense secretary the threat posed by the islamic state as beyond anything we have seen. he was speaking as details emerge about the murder of american journalist james foley by militants. we begin with this report from the bbc's international correspondent. hunt is on for the man who murdered james foley. every detail of the gruesome of his killing will be scoured for clues, with the mi-5 and others leading the search. james foley was an experienced front-line reporter. this is some of the footage he shot. he'd worked in libya, iraq and syria. he captured wasn't just the heat of battle, but those humanity as often run through the most hostile of environments. children anden and makeshift bomb shelters. james foley was taken by held for syria and almost two years. ransom,ures demanded a sending an angry email last week saying he'd be killed unless were paid $18 million pounds. these prisoners were released after a ransom was made. american, it was more targeted by the kidnappers. of s

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[laughter] >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. in syrias in the war are committing unimaginable atrocities according to united nations investigators. the report says they have held frequent public executions, which they forced even children to watch. at the same time, the u.n. says this. government has continued new -- continue to use. weapons against its opponent. tothe outside world has been three years observing the syrian war. this was this morning as it became the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe. recruited i the islamic state. -- by islamic state. a boy seems to be shooting this howitzer. clear frontays is a to civilians. >> among the most disturbing findings are large camps were children, mostly boys from the age of 14 are recruited -- recruited and trained to fight in the ranks of isis along with all bolts. -- along with adults. >> the syrian regime also condemned. air forcee notorious intelligence detention facility in damascus. pictures have emerged of detainees who died under torture. the syrian regime, the report

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welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. we are getting more desperate accounts tonight of the plight of the tens of thousands of people who are still stranded on a mountain in northern iraq. the men, women, and children are minorityom the yazidi and have been driven by their homes from the islamic state, formerly known as isis. >> at last, the men and women through the mountain reach sanctuary of a sort. families have been streaming over the border in the hundreds into kurdistan, carrying their children and little else, their ordeal etched in every face. the memory of the day that fighters from the islamic state attacked their villages is hard to bear. >> i have tried for 15 years to make a home for us. in a minute, isis comes and destroys everything. we let them because we could not help them, my sister's children. there's news they made it away from isis and are in the mountain now. >> for the youngest, finally a chance to sleep without fear. though their mothers remain watchful. but for the eldest, simple relief at this

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. president obama is considering a range of military options for rescuing thousands of refugees trapped on a mountain in northern iraq. sent an the u.s. has extra 130 military advisors to the region. efforts astepping up well, with france saying it will armed kurdish fighters. james robbins has our coverage. we needed any more evidence of the risks taken by iraqi helicopter crews plucking people from mount sinjar, this is it. pictures of the crash yesterday that killed a pilot and badly injured many others. a week into this crisis, now david cameron says britain will play a role in the rescue. until now, the government is focused on dropping relief supplies over the mountain. this is the third reich, including the crucial shelter kits for those trapped below. minister arrived in downing street after his holiday, former defense secretary liam foxx was urging him to do much more. militants held their latest meeting before david cameron announced a shift, stopping short of arming the kurds

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. tonight israel willing to expand the current 72 hours cease-fire in gaza. according to a senior government official. the truce is in the second day and indirect talks between israeli and palestinian representatives to try to negotiate a more permanent end to the conflict are underway in egypt. and a moment our chief international correspondent reports from israel. first, our middle east correspondent spent the day with families in gaza. her report contains images you may found distressing. -- find distressing. >> on the move again. families who fled the shelling now have to leave the u.n. school where they thought they had found refuge. at this elementary boy school they told us they were on their own. today they announced on the school microphone there will be no services, no food or water. those who want to leave can leave. we are not responsible for those who stay. >> do any of you have holmes left a standing to go back to? the answer from all was no. say they are and affect being

welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. tonight, israel and hamas have agreed to a 72 hour cease-fire starting tuesday. egypt put forward the proposal. joint talks with palestinian negotiations in cairo. there were firings on both side of the border. we begin our report at hospital in gaza city. you may find some images disturbing. old and three years already scarred by war. shrapnel punctured his abdomen. he is stable but too shocked to even cry. he was among the casualties to arrive at the hospital on the day of an israeli cease-fire. >> this is a war against children and families. they should go and fight soldiers, not the children. what did they do this for? i don't think he did anything. >> survivors told us israeli missiles hit their homes, and attack that came without warning. four members of one family were .illed, two of them children casualties are still arriving at the hospital. it is chaotic. there is not room to put all the people arriving. about two dozen have been brought in so far. they say this attack happe

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welcome to our viewers on public television here in america and elsewhere around the globe. the united nations refugee agency is launching what it says is the largest aid operation in recent times. the aim is to reach more than half a million people displaced by fighting in northern iraq. the appeal comes as the iraqi government is trying to drive islamic state drivers out of to quit. -- out of tikrit. a report from jeremy cook on the plight of refugees who have arrived. >> on the road, clear evidence of u.s. airstrikes that have helped drive islamic state forces off of their strategic objective. kurdish ground troops have worked together. still, a rare opportunity to celebrate. but won victory can not erase the pain here. survived a massacre. he was lined up and shot with every other adult male in the village. he lived by playing dead in a pile of bodies. his wife and children were taken away by isis. meansitter experience that in this dustbowl landscape in the searing heat, the mood remains bleak. in each tent, a family. each family, with time now to reflect on horror and