>> i do not live in vermont, but i eat a lot of find organic vermont cheese. [applause] i have a question for everyone. my question relates to the fiscal policy in the u.s. it is not enough that you succeed, your friends must fail as well. our situation could be much worse would not be for the -- were it not for the crisis in europe. if you project a few years forward, people who are typically buying treasuries, a lot of those folks try up, how would you think of the fiscal situation in that context, especially because i believe that a lot of metrics used to judge how the middle class is fairing is somewhat flawed. it does not take a lot of key ingredients into account. i can look at the price of education or the price of organic cheese. i would love to get all of your takes on this. >> we are benefiting from europe's problems because the dollar is a safe haven. it is useful for people to live in vermont and new hampshire. two people the mets a bear in the was, and they said, this is horrible because we cannot outrun the bear. i do not have to outrun the bear,

from vermont.t to him as the gentleman that he was joined at the hip with the whole time we were there in the building, lieutenant general retired h. steven blum. the whole time i knew steve, he was the director of the national guard bureau, not a very glamorous, but a very critical job. he later became the deputy commander of u.s. northern command, the first national guard officer ever to serve in that position. steve is also a special forces officer, which i kind of like, because i was too. he has served pretty much in every position you can have in the national guard. he is a man of infinite imagination, infinite energy, and vision. even before the rest of the department of defense started getting ahold of the issue of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosives response, he was the one who picked up the gauntlet and said the guard can contribute to this and the guards will contribute to this. he made to the guard a critical cog in that responsibility. these two gentle

i don't live in vermont but i eat a lot of fine organic vermont cheese.pplause] i have a question for everyone. my question really relates to the fiscal policy in the u.s. and when i think about it the saying which comes to mind is it's not enough they succeed, your friends must fail as well. it seems that our her situation could be much worse were it not for the crisis in europe and we are the only safe haven. if you project a few years forward where people continue to see slowing down, people who buy treasuries a lot of those folks plan. how would you think of the fiscal situation of the u.s. in that context especially because i believe a lot of metrics used to judge how the middle class is faring are somewhat flawed. it doesn't take a lot of key ingredients into account. i don't have to look at cpi, can look at the price of education board here at murphy's or the price of organic cheese in vermont which has gone up fairly in excess of cpi so i would love to get all of your takes on this one. >> why do you rephrase the question. are we benefiting from e

this is part of the vermont character. people don't understand much about vermont. that understandably we are so liberal today and labor were so conservative. we didn't have a -- 109 consecutive years. i don't think we have changed that much. what we really are is a libertarian with a very strong feeling of communitarianism which sounds like a contradiction in terms. how can you be a libertarian and a communitarian at the same time? even today you see that where people argue for three hours about whether they should lay out $150,000 for a new greater or can they share it with the next town over? we are used to making our decisions. we are not used to having government tell us what to do but we are used to doing things for ourselves together. we never could have recovered from what happened a year and a half ago with irene had it not been for that communitarian streak and libertarian streak and that's what made calvin coolidge what he was. i think health and coolidge has anything to say today to our president or president -- i would say get with the program. it was b

it goes to vermont. right?hen these tools go up to vermont and there's 12 machines running 24/7 making this product. but i had a chance to go to new jersey and to sit with this guy at the tooling shop and hear a story of his grandfather's company getting started and making products for general motors and that entire street where he used to work used to all be tooling factories. this one street in new jersey used to be the tooling capital of the northeast. and he's the only shop left. he's the only shop left. he says because one company has said i'm not making my stuff in china, so that one company has kept him alive. but it's scaled down significantly but at least they're still in business. here he is with his two sons, trying to bring his two sons to take over. i've never felt so good about walking into a factory. usually walking into a factory i want to shoot myself before i leave. but now i feel great. >> he truly does believe that there are american jobs that need to be filled and we need to have manufactur

what i do like is the reaction from vermont. it is a great judge. >> that is good. >> keep it out of politics. would you agree with that, that while the judge may and should be appreciative, as you were of president reagan's nomination, your allegiance is to the >> the allegiance of every federal judge as to the constitution of the u.s. and the laws that are adopted by congress. that allegiance, i think, enables judges to resolve the cases. they rely on presidents. we follow the british model of years ago in which a case resolved by the nation's highest court, the principles established will be followed by the lower courts in the future until the courts to change the models ordered the rule. i think the system works quite well. it's served us well in the u.s. through the years, i think. we have a good federal court system over all, in my opinion. >> let me ask you about that. during the primaries earlier this year, there were a couple of candidates who said that those of us in political office should be more involved in the cour

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funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, shell, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix o >> this is open " bbc world news america." -- this is "bbc world news america." there are allegations of atrocities being committed. eight badminton players are expelled from the olympic games after deliberately playing to lose. call it the phelps factor. many decorated young swimmers hope to follow in his strokes. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the conflicts between rebels and government forces across syria will decide the destiny of the country. that was the declaration today in a written statement from the president praising soldiers for heroically confronting armed t

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funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm kathy kaye. the un vote to condemn the cried out and syria. tens of thousands continued to flee the violence. running dry in america's heartland, historic levels of drought are taking a heavy toll out west. >> so far, half-wise, it has zeroed out. >> as olympians get ready to burn up the track, we travel to jamaica where the team carries a dream for their country with every stride. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. the united nations general assembly to -- condemned the united nations security council over its failure to tackle the crisis in syria. as international

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vermont, and honolulu, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> egypt strikes back against islamists in sinai. could this volatile region be heading to even greater instability? of political scandal in china moves to the court start with laundering of british businessmen -- moved to the court. guitarist with laundering of british businessman. -- charged with laundering a british businessman. welcome to our viewers on pbs america and around the globe. he has only been in office for a month, but egypt's new president faces a major security crisis. after a weekend attack on order please the left 16 guards dead -- a weekend attack the last 16 guards dead. we have more on the high stakes of this volatile situation. >> -- second field army has moved in. the president said he will increase pressure. the army said they killed 20, all of them terrorists. syenite is demilitariz

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vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, shell, and union bank. >> at union bank, ourd har yotoanagers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies. that's why we're supplying cleaner-burning natural gas to generate electricity. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol, a biofuel made from renewable sugar cane. >> a minute, mom! >> let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america" reported from washington. the u.n. says that there are war crimes in syria and that their state policy. the government responds with more deadly strikes. seven more banks received subpoenas in the u.s. investigation over fixing of a key interest rate. >>no this is julia childs, welcome. >> she brought french food to middle america. 100 years after the birth of j

funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in. working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> a terrorist outrage in belarus, but did the government torture and execute two of innocent men as a result? ♪ this week, we bring you an investigation filmed under cover in the secretive eastern european state of belarus and find disturbing evidence following one of the country's worst terrorist attacks. >> over that time -- [inaudible] the boys had no choice. >> we hear how the civil war in syria is threatening the stability of neighboring jordan. >> we used to be able to fill much closer to the border. but now the military is so concerned about the possibility of violence spilling across this border, they pushed us back. >> hello. the eastern european

funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. to know your business, offering growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." standard chartered, one of the u.k.'s largest banks, takes a major blow after u.s. regulators accused of hiding to under $50 billion in transactions with iran. fleeing the violence in syria in droves. refugees are spilling across the border at a rate that hard to handle. >> about 500 people are coming every day, but the authorities are having to send them to another camp which is only just being built. >> and talk about some hometown advantage -- great britain is having an olympics to remember and the games aren't over yet. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it was a bruising day for the british bank standard chartered, with its shares plummeting after accusations fro

funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, shell, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in. working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energy. that is why we are supplying cleaner-burning natural gas to generate electricity, and it is also why with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol, a biofuel made from renewable sugar cane. let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. >> after the shooting in south africa -- they mourn their dead. how far have they moved on from their past. this week, we hear how south africa responded to the death of more than 40 people. clashes between mineworkers and police. >> it is shocking. we are all ashamed. askseece's prime minister for more time to get its economy in order. >> nic

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well, there's a guy like that in derby, vermont. the allegation here is he was angry about being arrested for marijuana possession and resisting arrest, so he got in his tractor and did the only thing he could do -- he crushed all eight police vehicles in the parking lot in town. he got them all. he crushed them so thoroughly there is not a working radio or radar detector. to get the rifles out of the trunks of the squad cars they had to use the jaws of life. he went about his work methodically and when done disappeared on route 5. things can get a little crazy up near the canadian border. tonight his tractor is parked because he is in custody. >>> this is a big weekend for us space lovers and interplanetary aficionados. the mars rover "curiosity" scheduled to land early monday morning. it's a huge mission, a $2.5 billion staggering scientific achievement. it's tantamount to safely landing a car on another planet. hopefully it will send back beautiful photos and data. we'll have special coverage of final approach on our sunday night