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macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world.ore information at macfound.org. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the kohlberg foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. what happened in washington over the past several days sent me back a century in time to the gilded age when senators and representatives were owned by wall street and big business and did the bidding of their monied masters by passing favorable laws that increased their already fabulous wealth. we have just watched the senate and the house aided and abetted by president obama reward financial interests that poured almost half a billion dollars into the midterm elections. they did it by slipping into the omnibus spending bill signed by the president a provision permitting wall street to resume the predatory practice of sticking the taxpayer with the bill if the

macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the kohlberg foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. trade, money and politics are our issues this week, and my guest is the outspoken journalist who runs the iconic "harper's magazine," which for 164 years now has thrown open its pages to some of the most ferociously independent voices in american letters, from mark twain, jack london and herman melville to william styron, joyce carol oates and david foster wallace. as the president and publisher of "harper's" for the last 31 years,john r. "rick" macarthur has been as ferocious a champion of democracy and journalism as any of those illustrious bylines that have appeared in its pages. i've never known him to pull his punches, whether he's writing in harper's, o

macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the kohlberg foundation. barbara g. fleischman. and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. i imagine we will be wondering for a long time to come about the particulars of what happened at that fatal moment in ferguson, missouri last summer, when officer darren wilson and young michael brown confronted each other. and how the arrest here in new york of eric garner could get so out of hand and lead to his death. and what possessed 12-year-old tamir rice to wave that pellet gun around a park in cleveland, or the police to kill him on the spot, within seconds. it's hard to sort out how these things happen. most of us who are not police or young and black are always outsiders, and only from afar can we weigh what little we know of the causes that led to

macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. (triumphant marching band music) >> narrator: in the spring of 2012, vladimir vladimirovich putin entered the kremlin to start his third term as president of russia. it had been a remarkable ascent: in just over 20 years, a journey from unemployed spy to modern-day czar. lieutenant colonel andrei zykov has watched that climb to power. a former police investigator who once wanted to arrest putin, he says his rise has come at great cost. >> (speaking russian) >> (translated): well, of course there has always been corruption in russia, but building it into such a meticulous system was something only mr. put

macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler and additional support from millicent bell, through the millicent and eugene bell foundation. >> in tucson it was a beautiful, crisp, clear blue sky with a few puffy white clouds. it was a perfect january morning. >> narrator: 40-year old arizona congresswoman gabby giffords was about to meet constituents at an outdoor shopping center. >> i went to thank her for her being kind of a blue-dog democrat and really working for the people and not for the lobbyists. >> her first person she met with was a young man that was in the army reserve. she took some pictures with him. and that was the last picture taken

committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. at ford foundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from john and jo ann hagler. (taking oath in latin) >> narrator: a year ago, when the cardinals converged on rome to elect a new pope, they all understood what was at stake. >> the atmosphere was the most serious, the most intense that i've ever, ever known because of the issues which the church was facing. at the top level in rome things were not going well. and then the shame of child abuse has had a most serious effect, i think, on the church-- not just in the west but i think all over the world. the catholic church, and in particular the pope has the highest moral voice in the world. if that voice is diminished by scandals, tha

we're known as the evergreen state - not only because of our prodigious forests and the verdant green of our spring wheat, but also because of our ever-present entrepreneurial zeal, our social progress and our technological genius. washington state has remained evergreen throughout its first 125 years because in every moment of crisis, in every year of challenge, in every decade of change, washingtonians have chosen the path that takes us forward. we invest in ourselves. we invest in a legacy worthy of our children and grandchildren. we have done this, time and time again, with the firm conviction that our people, our communities and our economy will grow and prosper if we summon the confidence to make these investments. today, our state stands at another crossroads. one path leads to an economy that works for all washingtonians, supports thriving communities and preserves a healthy environment. the other path leads to a slow erosion of our shared prosperity, a widening gap of inequality and a deterioration of our clean air and water. if we rise to the challenge, as we always have, we

committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. (whistles blowing) >> erenberg touchdown! >> listen to this crowd, they're on fire! >> the steelers have their key receivers in. stallworth on the left, 82 swann, 88, on the right. franco harris getting out to the 30, big pileup. he fumbled the ball! and let's see... minnesota has it! jeff siemon on it. >> oh, yeah! it's still wild and woolly and i love 'em that way. >> you love 'em wild and woolly and you're seeing it now. >> impressive drive by the steelers. >> everybody loves everybody when you win. >> the drive has used a lot of time. here's a roll-out. bradshaw fires... touchdown! an awesome physic

committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world.information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. >> ifill: search efforts in the air disaster off indonesia made little progress today, in the face of rough conditions at sea. that left relatives of the 162 passengers and crew to endure another day of waiting for the remains of their loved ones. solemn and quiet, a military honor guard carried the flower- laden coffins, marked simply one and two, down the tarmac in surabaya indonesia. the bodies of a man and a woman were the first returned from air-asia flight 8501. they were taken to a local hospital for identification. but efforts to continue the search for victims were hindered by strong winds and heavy rains. by mid-afternoon, officials called off air operations. >> ( translated ): the weather now is bad over there. it would not be possible f

committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world.information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. >> ifill: it's been one week since the bloodbath at a paris publication that terrorized the city for three days. today, police launched a new crackdown on those supporting extremism and terror. as the newspaper defiantly proclaimed its return. even before news stands opened in paris this morning, long lines formed to buy a copy of the satirical weekly "charlie hebdo." >> ( translated ): in my opinion, it's a historical issue of the magazine, and it may re- launch the newspaper that was decimated. >> ( translated ): "charlie hebdo" is the french "south park." it's nothing aggressive, it's nothing annoying, even for my muslim friends. they love "charlie hebdo" for most of them. >> ifill: three million copies quickly sold out, as people snatched up th

committed to building a more just, verdant and peacefáh world.nformation at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. >> woodruff: france is reeling tonight from its worst terror attack in the post-world war ii era. an assault team shouting islamist slogans stormed an editorial office today and shot dead at least 12 people. eleven others were wounded four of them, critically. hari sreenivasan begins our coverage. >> sreenivasan: shock and disbelief gripped parisians, moments after the military-style attack. three hooded men with assault rifles forced their way into the offices of "charlie hebdo", a satirical newspaper. within minutes, they killed the editor, nine others, including two prominent political cartoonists, and a police guard. back outside, they riddled a police car with bullets and gunned down another officer. >> ( translated ): i was on my balcony and i

committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. >> sreenivasan: around the world, people welcomed the start of a new year and all the promise it holds. but for some in shanghai, the year began tragically after a street celebration turned into a stampede that killed 36 people. anxious friends and relatives filled the waiting rooms at hospitals in shanghai today. they sought information about loved ones caught in the deadly stampede during new year's eve celebrations. as authorities looked for answers, people gathered at a makeshift memorial, and witnesses recounted the horror of the city's worst disaster in recent history. >> ( translated ): it's too cruel. people in front of us had already fallen to the ground people were stepping all over them. people just needed to leave the site. it's p

committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. >> ifill: guns blazed in eastern belgium this evening as terror suspects shot it out with police putting europe back on edge. security officials say they raided a cell of extremists, with links to syria, who were ready to launch attacks "on a grand scale". two suspects were killed and one wounded in the town of verviers, about 80 miles from belgium. police said the gunmen used military weapons and opened fire as special units closed in. they said there was, for the time being no connection to last week's attacks in paris. >> woodruff: the trouble in belgium came on a day when the president of

committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world.information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. >> ifill: on this day after the state of the union, president obama took the next steps toward trying to make his agenda a reality. he sought a new setting, and a new audience far from washington. with the big speech behind him, the president journeyed deep into republican territory to sell his economic program in boise, idaho. >> middle class economics works! expanding opportunity works! these policies will keep on working as long as politics in washington doesn't get in the way of our progress! let's make sure all our people have the tools and the support that they need to go as far as their dreams and their effort will take them! >> ifill: the road trip is designed to build on last night's address to congress and the nation and on the president'

committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. >> woodruff: the european central bank announced a sweeping stimulus program today modeled on the u.s. federal reserve's efforts. starting in march, and running through september, the european bank will buy up $1.2 billion in bonds. the goal is to flood the continent's ailing economy with euros, and make loans and exports cheaper. >> ifill: the new out of europe stimulated wall street, the dow jones industrial average gained more than 259 points to close just short of 17,814; the nasdaq rose nearly 83 points to close at 4,750; and the s&p 500 added 31 to finish at 2,063. >> woodruff: u.s. offi

committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. >> ifill: the people of france spent the day on edge, mourning the victims of a mass shooting in paris, and tracking the manhunt for two attackers. u.s. officials said they were on a no-fly list for terror suspects, and french police questioned at least 90 people, detained nine, and expanded their sweep outside the capital. hari sreenivasan begins our coverage. >> sreenivasan: squads of police with helmets and shields followed armored vehicles into an area northeast of paris by this afternoon. they shifted their search after two men resembling the suspects robbed this gas station in villers cotterets, a little over 40 miles from the french capital. in short order, helicopters began to buzz the region, security forces entered nearby woodland v

committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world.information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions 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. >> woodruff: fighting flared on the tense israel, lebanon border today after hezbollah rocket fire killed two israeli soldiers, and the israelis fired back. a u.n. peacekeeper from spain was also killed. it was the deadliest incident on the 50-mile-long frontier since hezbollah and israel fought a war in 2006. the israeli military answered today's attack with air strikes and artillery fire. and, prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned hezbollah to back off. >> ( translated ): whoever is behind today's attack will pay the full price. in all of these events, our mission is to defend the state of israel. our only consideration is the security of the state of israel and its citizens. thus we have acted and thus we will continue to act. >> woodruff: he

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