judith crist, robert hughes and the continuing role of critics.ou so much. >> it was a great pleasure, thank you. >> woodruff: again, the other major developments of the day. jared lee loughner pleaded guilty to killing six people in tucson, arizona, and wounding 13, including former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. he'll spend his life in prison. syrian president bashar al- assad was seen publicly for the first time in weeks. he met with an envoy from iran, who pledged continued support for the assad government in its civil war with rebels. with ally raiseman winning a gold and bronze. on-line we examine a possible loophole in some parents' health insurance plans covinge? ds unde 26. >> the affordable car >> sreenivasan: the affordable care act ensures that parents can keep their children insured up to age 26, but some plans won't cover the cost of pregnancy for those dependent adults. read more about that on the rundown. read a dispatch from our partners at global post inside aleppo, syria, where government jets are facing off against rebel gue

art critic and historian robert hughes died monday in new york after a long illness. 2 years old. a native of australia, hughes spent more than three decades as art critic for "time" magazine, and reached many millions more through his work on television. his 1980 documentary, "the shock of the new," changed conceptions about 20th century art. it originated on the bbc, and also aired on pbs. later, hughes wrote and presented "american visions," another series that aired on pbs. here's an excerpt of hughes discssuing the work of the american painter, winslow homer. >> his great subject was always before him, the sea. it is a field of primal encounter. homer insists that you are always alone before it, which you are. for him it is bound up with his rejection of industrial america. the machine enslaves the men who serve it. only in the woods or on the ocean or on its rocks are we truly free, truly american. he understood the structure of waves, currents, surges, loops of foam, the sheer power of the water breaking over cannon rock, its relentlessness and its strange, fick

robert hughes appeared on this show several times throughout the years.ere is a look back at some of those conversations. >> is your best talent, skill, intellect your capacity to write? >> yes. i am a writer before i am a critic. >> rose: that is my point. it is your gift as a writer that is more important in your impact than your knowledge of art? >> i would hope so. in that, you know, i mean i think you have to to have knowledge to write about anything. but you see i wanted to get away from being viewed solely as an art critic and i did that with i think with -- shore, i think it is very important, this is something i talked with alan quite a bit, quite a lot before you are a critic of anything or a specialist in any field you have to be a writer first, otherwise it -- >> rose: you can't express what you know? >> you can't really express what you know or you can't find what you know. >> rose: you once said as an art critic if you don't understand or approach -- then you are ill lit, illiterate rat. >> yes, in the same way if you a literary critic and c

we learned overnight robert hughes has died.n in australia he later became one of america's most influential art critics. for years in the pages of "time" magazine but also in his books and tv appearances. he took no prisoners, made a lot of enemies, but also loved a lot of art. robert hughes was 74. and the film critic judith crist has died. she was among the most widely read in our nation and millions got to know her as the movie reviewer on the "today" show from 1963 to '73. she was the first female critic for a big city newspaper in the united states. at her height, writing for "tv guide", she had 20 million readers. she loved woody and deniro and famously hated "the sound of music." she was smart and blunt and taught journalism at columbia new york for 50 years. she always said to be a critic you had to first be an ego maniac. judith crist was 90 years old. >>> when we come back here tonight what the next generation back home is seeing in the eyes of the women who are here with team usa. >>> finally from london we've been t

we learned overnight robert hughes has died. tv appearances, he took no prisoners, made a lot of enemies but also loved a lot of art. robert hughes was 74. and the film critic judith crist has died. she was among the most widely read in our nation and millions got to know her as the movie reviewer on "the "today" show from 1963 to '73. she was the first female critic for a big city nape inner tewsp united states. she had 20 million readers. vi loved woody and deniro and famously hated "the sound of music." she was smart and blunt and taught journalism at columbia new york for 50 years. she always said to be a critic you had to first be an ego maniac. judith crist was 90 years old. >>> when we come back here tonight what the next generation back home is seeing in the eyes of the women who are here with team usa. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains bo

. >> this week saw the death of the art critic, historian, and writer robert hughes. his intellect and capacity for communication and his forthright criticism of the art world in the 20th-century -- he said his gift was to view modern art, as evidenced in his most famous tv series "the shop of the new." the historian simon schama spoke to kirsty wark from new york. >> it seems he had a great gift of communication. >> yes, but you know, he reveled in the gift of language, actually. he had written poetry, actually. and in some way, he turned to this incredible facility for language into an adoptive instrument, into communication, really. what he hated, kirsty, robert was a great hater of the meretricious and these sanctimonious. he hated theory-loaded discussions about art and the hated the audacious, finely dressed explicit nest of the artwork. what he loved was the rough craft of art. he went along with michelangelo and rembrandt in believing that you labor physically with art before you could get a yield of true greatness. >> did he have all blindness spot for some c

." >> brown: and we remember robert hughes and judith crist, two legendary critics of the arts whoseeaths remind us of another era. >> warner: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the en t

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." >> brown: and we remember robert hughes and judith crist, two legendary critics of the arts whose deaths remind us of another era. >> warner: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects . >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: there won't be a trial for the man who shot up a political event for an arizona congresswoman last year. instead, the gunman pleaded guilty today, guaranteeing he'll spend his life behind bars. psychiatrists medicated him for success friendna. today, the judge declared him mentally competent clearing him to plead guilty to 19 charges. he will be sentenced to life in prison sparing him the death penalty. in a st