tisch: pretty amazing. think of my father and what he went through to afford us this opportunity to be partners in the giants. betty: in 1991, bob tisch, john's father, fulfilled a lifelong dream when he bought a 50% stake in the giants for a reported $80 million. today, the team is valued at an estimate of $1.3 billion. it is co-owned by two families. if loews corporation was a football team, what is your position? tisch: probably the coach. i'm not there day-to-day. very much true in the hotel business. i can sit in my office on madison avenue, but i'm not checking people into the rooms or making the beds. in that regard, i guess i would be the coach. understanding what is in your game plan, the playbook, and then you have to articulate it, and then you have to perform it. it ain't easy. in the hotel business, it's 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and you have to get it right every time. betty: i know your family is a big football family. why do you like football? tisch: i like watching

jonathan tisch was instrumental in getting it built.the only stadium that houses two nfl teams -- giants and the jets. it's also the largest in terms of seating capacity. all of those seats came with a hefty price tag. >> this is an amazing building. it cost $1.6 billion to build. people say to us -- why is there no roof on it? that would have been another $400 million. it is important to note that there has been not a dime of public money in this building. it is all privately financed. it was quite a remarkable accomplishment. >> the stadium will be in the spotlight in early february when it plays host to the most-watched sporting event in the world -- the super bowl. >> super bowl is a great opportunity for this region, for new york and new jersey. this is a super bowl of a lot of firsts. this is the first time it is being hosted by two teams, the jets and the giants. the first time it is being hosted by two states and one big city. the first time the game is being played in a northern city in a building without a roof. >> bringing th

tisch was born and raised in a new york family. in 1959, his family branched out and bought loews theaters. today, the loews corporation has $80 billion in assets that generate $15 billion in annual revenue with interest from everything in hotels, insurance, to oil and gas. jonathan tisch runs the company with his cousin and is also the chairman of loews hotels. >> he totally took this area and made it guest friendly. >> true to his roots, he just completed a massive luxury renovation of the flagship regency hotel that is near and dear to his heart. >> i grew up in this hotel. >> but that work has not stopped him from writing three business strategy books. and bringing the super bowl to the new york region. >> you get about six hours of sleep? >> 5 to 6 hours of sleep. you will get an e-mail from me at 3:00 in the morning. >> despite a grueling schedule, he tries to make it to every giants home game. i caught up with him at his team's home turf -- metlife stadium. ♪ >> it is incredible to be out on the field. how does it make you f

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jonathan tisch, co-chairman of the loews corporation and co-owner of the new york giants.born and raised in a new york family. in 1959, his family branched out and bought loews theaters. today, the loews have billions of dollars in assets that generate $15 billion in annual revenue with interest from everything in hotels, insurance,

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, this is pbs newshour weekend. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. president obama was in alabama today along with about 100 members of congress and other dignitaries to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on selma. he spoke at the edmund pettus bridge, the site where police and state troopers beat and tear-gassed peaceful protesters demanding voting rights. that incident shocked the nation and sparked the passage of the 1965 voting rights act. the president touched on voter apathy, protests in ferguson and the historical importance of the march on selma. >> the americans who crossed this bridge, they were not physically imposing, but they gave courage to millions. they held no elected office, but they led a nation. because of what they did the doors of opportunity swung open not just for black folks, but for every american. women marched through those doors. latinos marched through those doors. asian-americans, gay americans americans with disabilities, they all came through those doors. what happen

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening thanks for joining us. time is running out for leaders to make some kind of deal with iran about its nuclear program. president obama told cbs' "face the nation" that within the next month or so, his administration needs to determine whether negotiators can get iran to truly agree to a reasonable deal. >> if we are able to verify that in fact they are not developing weapons systems, then there's a deal to be had, but that's going to require them to accept the kind of verification and constraints on their program that so far, at least, they have not been willing to say yes to. >> sreenivasan: but top u.s. lawmakers are split over whether the negotiations will succeed at all. >> looks like it will leave infrastructure in place with one of the worst regimes in the world, the fact that the president doesn't seem to want congress to participate in this underscores what a bad deal it is. >> let's see what the negotiation produces. let's hope there's an alternative to war. but at this point

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. two cities are grappling with violence and racial tension tonight. in madison, wisconsin, hundreds of mourners are expected to attend the visitation and funeral this evening for 19- year-old tony robinson. he's the biracial unarmed teen shot and killed by a madison police officer on march 6. on wednesday, robinson's mother said this: >> i want to be able to make a change. i don't want my son to have died in vain. i want us to be able to make change and do it peacefully. >> sreenivasan: a preliminary report released yesterday revealed robinson had been shot in the head, torso and upper body. the robinson shooting ignited days of protests and is still being investigated by state authorities. and in ferguson, missouri, the manhunt continues for the suspects who shot and wounded two officers outside the police department wednesday. it's just the latest incident of violence since the police shooting of michael brown on august 9. this week, following a scathing justi

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. this is pbs newshour weekend. captioning sponsored by wnet >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. officials today urged u.s. military personnel to be vigilant and to do all they can to keep personal information off this, after isis reportedly posted the names, photos and home addresses of 100 american servicemen and urged its supporters to kill them. the list reportedly includes photographs of marines, sailors and airmen, many of them pilots who have struck isis targets in iraq and syria. the list was published by group calling itself the islamic state hacking division, but a pentagon official said the personal information apparently was gleaned from public records and online searches. a day after secretary of state john kerry and iranian president hassan rouhani signaled that the west and iran are getting close to a nuclear deal cia director john brennan offered assurances today that iran would not be able to cheat on it. >> it's not a question of trusting the iranians

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york hari sreenivasan. >> thanks for joining us. the fight over funding for the department of homeland security starts all over again on capitol hill tomorrow. congress has given itself until midnight friday to come up with some kind of agreement. but the rift among republicans continues to endanger any deal. a contingent of house republicans is refusing to fund the agency unless the bill moves toward blocking the president's immigration reform plan. the intra-party division puts house speaker john boehner in a tough position: side with house moderates and senate republicans to fund the agency, or side with more conservative members to challenge the immigration policy. but this morning boehner told“ face the nation” his party is united in its goal to stand up to president obama. >> i made it clear we're going to do everything we could to block the president's executive over-reach, and that's the basis of the problem we're trying to deal with. >> sreenivasan: democrats still hope to vote on a long-term funding bill without ties to im

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good eveningthanks for joining us. tuesday is the deadline for a nuclear deal between iran and the world's major powers. and in switzerland, negotiations are intensifying to try to wrap up an agreement. the european union's foreign policy chief expressed optimism about the talks >> we have never been so close to a deal, still we have some critical points that need to be solved. >> sreenivasan: in israel today, prime minister benjamin netanyahu renewed his criticism of the apparent deal being fashioned by representatives from iran and the united states germany, france, the united kingdom, russia and china. >> ( translated ): i expressed our deep concern towards this deal emerging with iran in the nuclear talks, this deal as it appears to be emerging bears out all of our fears, and even more than that. >> sreenivasan: one of the key sticking points apparently holding up a final deal is how quickly western economic sanctions against iran will be lifted once that country agrees to conditions meant to

from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening thanks for joining us. there are new signs of progress in nuclear negotiations between the world's major powers and iran. officials from both sides said the latest round of talks in switzerland had left the two sides closer to a deal. >> we have not yet reached the finish line, but make no mistake-- we have the opportunity to try to get this right. we have made genuine progress, and we have all lived up to our obligations. we have worked long and hard to achieve a comprehensive agreement that resolves international concerns about iran's nuclear program. >> sreenivasan: that assessment was echoed by iranian president hassan rouhani. >> ( translated ): in this round of talks, shared points of view emerged in some of the areas where there had been a difference of opinion, which can be a foundation for a final agreement. differences on some of the issues still remain that could have been resolved, but more time is needed. >> sreenivasan: a day after suicide bombers killed at least 137 wor

emily tisch sussman from american progress and richard socarides, lgbt activist who was a senior adviser to president bill clinton, now a writer with the new yorker. thank you all for being here. richard, i'll start with you. the news of jeb bush on thursday supporting religious freedom measures that would allow discrimination against the lbgt community. what do you make of this? >> it's part of this backlash we see against the success of marriage equality. the supreme court, people anticipate the supreme court ruling later this year probably in the spring that there should be a nationwide right to marriage equality. no matter where you live, you can marry the person you love. in some states the more conservative states we're seeing a backlash that's taken the form of these bills which basically say if you have religious objection based upon religion you don't have to abide by the law it doesn't just apply to gay people. the thing to remember is we have a long history in this country of accommodating religious freedom, an important american value but also standing for equality. these new

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