margaret warner begins our coverage of the tune i don't know aftermath. >> reporter: the president was greeted with applause by a friendly audience in tampa, florida. he and vice president joe biden unveiled $8 billion in grants for high speed rail, part of their new focus on jobs creation the president said again he understands what americans are going through. >> last night i've spoken about where we need to go and i've said these are difficult times, these challenging times for our country. in the last two years, we've gone through the deepest recession since great depression. think about that. a big chunk of the people here, certainly the younger people here, have never even seen a recession. they don't even... it doesn't register on their minds. this is by far the toughest thing that the country's gone through economically since the 1930s. >> warner: the president also repeated his tune i don't know plea for the two parties to work together. >> on every one of these issues, my door remains open to good ideas from both parties. i want the republicans off the sidelines. i want them

margaret warner has the story. luis rueda spent 28 years in the cia, mostly as an agent and station chief in the field, including in the middle east and south asia. his last assignment was dwep tee director for counterintelligence at the cia's counterterrorism center. where he dealt with double agent operations and security. he retired on january 1st on the heels of the foiled christmas day airliner plot and the deadly double agent attack on a remote cia outpost in afghanistan. i spoke to him earlier today at his home on capitol hill a. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> warner: osama bin laden or a voice saying he was osama bin laden this weekend hailed the christmas day bomb attempt, the same attack that al qaeda had already taken credit for. now one, do you believe this is osama bin laden, but more importantly what-- if so, what does it is a about how al qaeda is operating today? >> it's always hard to identify whether it is him or not. but as far as we know there has never been a false

. >> lehrer: margaret warner updates the guantanamo prison story, after president obama suspended transfers back to yemen.wú ou can imagine a situation in which the government as a choice between yemen and cleveland, and that's , you know, very unappealing choice from the government's point of view. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown talks with rocco landesman, the broadway producer who now heads the national endowment for the arts. >> i'm going to be outspoken. i'm iz say.çadÑiçó if people want to regard that as partisan, i can't help it. >> lehrer: that's all ahead, on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what is that energy came from an energy company? everyday, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. intel. supporting math and science education for tomorrow's innovators. >> and by the bi

margaret warner has that story. >> warner: seven months ago, the high court ruled 5-4 that crime lab results cannot be used in a trial unless the analyst who prepared those results testifies, and is subject to cross-examination. today, the court took the issue up again, in a drug case from virginia that's remarkably similar to last year's. the difference between them may come down to who's sitting on the bench. for more, we're joined by marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> warner: the glaring question is why would the court choose to take up an issue they had just decided last year? >> i think there may be two reasons here. i mean we're never quite sure why the court agrees to review a case because the court doesn't say. first of all, this case from virginia is not identical to the case the court decided last term, even though it's very similar in the issue it presents. it may be that last term's decision which was 5-4-- and you only need four justices to agree to hear a case-- it may be that the four justices who dissented last term wanted to take another shot at this issu

i think this is the kind of message that they would like to here. >> warner: mr.mbassador, thank you. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> ifill: next, a remarkable dancer, and the remarkable company she helped build. jeffrey brown has our story. ♪. >> brown: from the beginning 51 years ago the alvin ailey american dance theater has been a celebration of african- american culture and black dancers and choreographers who found few opportunities elsewhere to work. ♪ on a recent night at the city center theater in new york, the celebration continued. now focused on the woman who has long been the face of the company, judith jamison, dancer, choreographer and artistic director who has just announced she's stepping down next year. >> what we tried to do is express our humanity as we're showing you these not just steps but we're showing you parts of life. our movement to what we're doing.... >> brown: you're showing parts of life. >> we are. in its abstract form. >> brown: jamison grew up in philadelphia, her father a carpenter, her mother a school teacher. she began to dance

margaret warner has the story. >> warner: more than eight years after the deadly anthrax attacks, the.s. still isn't prepared to protect the public against a biological terrorist act. that was the word today from the congressionally chartered commission on the prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation. in an earlier 2008 report, this panel warned that it was likely that before the end of 2013, a weapon of mass destruction would be used somewhere in the world by terrorists. it recommended 17 steps to counter that. in today's report, the commission gave the white house and congress an f in three of those areas. developing rapid response capability, providing effective congressional oversight, and recruiting the next generation of national security experts. it gave them four a's in other areas including reviewing current programs to secure dangerous pathogens and adopting an inter-agency bioforensic strategy. for more we're joined by the panel's chairman former democratic senator bob graham and its vice chairman former republican senator jim talent. gentlemen, welcome. than

> warner: jay newton small, thank you for joining us. we are hearing reports of tens of thousands, in fact hundreds of thousands of haitians fleeing the city. what have you seen? >> i have certainly seen that. the port is clogged with ferries of, you know, haitians trying to leave to go to safer areas. lecay is a very popular place which wasn't at all affected by the earthquake down south from here. people are trying to get anywhere out of town. if you go out into the suburbs, when you drive towards the dominican republic, everybody who has got family anywhere outside of port-au-prince has definitely gone to the suburbs, gone to be with their family outside of port-au-prince because they are terrified of the tremors that keep happening. and they are worried another big one could hit again. >> warner: then we also hear that the government is, one, not standing in the way of this. and two, is planning to build tent cities outside of town. >> well, frankly, one of the problems that haiti had even before this disaster was that it was too muc

margaret warner has thstory. luis ruedapent 28 years in the ci mostly as an agent d station chief in the field, includi in the middle east and uth asia. his last assignment was dwep tee rector for counterintellince at the cia's counterterrorism center. where he dlt with double agent operations and secuty. heetired on january 1st on the heels of theoiled christmaday airliner plot and the deadlyouble agent attack oa remote cia tpost in afghanistan. i spoke to him earlier today at his home capitol hill a. thank u for being with us. >> thank you for havinme. >> warner:sama bin laden or a voice sayg he was osama bin laden th weekend iled the christmas day bomb attempt, the same attack that al qae had already taken crit for. now one, do you believe th is oma bin laden, but more importantly what-- if so, what does is a about how al qda is operating today? >> it's always hd to identify whether it him or not. but as far awe know there has never en a false osama bin laden tape. so t odds are that it probably is him. i thin

. >> lehrer: margaret warner picks up the story from there. >> warner: leading figures in the bankingndustry called the plan a bad idea. steve bartlett, president and c.e.o. of the financial services roundtable, a trade association representing 100 of the largest financial companies, said in a statement. "two-thirds of the tarp investment from banks has already been repaid with a large profit to the taxpayer. this proposed tax will do nothing more than stifle economic recovery. tarp was a boost to the economy. this tax is strictly political." for more on all this, we are joined again by binyamin appelbaum of the "washington post." he covers the financial industry. binyamin, welcome back. >> thank you . >> warner: that was populist rhetoric we heard from the president. why now? >> the answer seems to be that banks are about to announce very large profits for 2009. they've indicated that they plan to pay many of their employees very large bonuses. stoll so the obama administration is taking the opportunity to empathize with the anger that many americans feel about that and to show that

margaret warner reports. >> after a storm of protests, the white house has asked the justice department to scout out locations other than new york city to try 9/11 mastermind challid sheikh mohammed. >> woodruff: and in haiti, ray suarez looks at the prospects for a commercial revival there. >> lehrer: that's all ahead... on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: chevron. this is the power of human energy. grant thornton. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. 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. >> lehrer: president obama went at it with house republicans today at a conference in baltimore. it was a rare no-holds-barred session between the chief executive and the opposition. we begin with excerpts. >> part of the reason i accepted your invitation to come here was because i wanted to spea

margaret warner has the story. >> warner: more than eight years after the deadly anthrax attacks, the u.s. still isn't prepared to protect the public against a biological terrorist act. that was the word today from the congressionally chartered commission on the prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation. in an earlier 2008 report, this panel warned that it was likely that before the end of 2013, a weapon of mass destruction would be used somewhere in the world by terrorists. it recommended 17 steps to counter that.

time warner cable is no longer a partner with time warner corporate company.s sold in 2009. >>> police in georgia are blaming celebratory gunfire for the death of a 4-year-old boy. markell peters was in church new year's eve when a bullet came through the roof of the church and hit him in the head. police think someone may have gone outside and shot a gun into the air to celebrate new year's. peter's mother is asking whoever fired the gun to come forward and admit what they did. >> i want to say to whoever did this to my son, please, come forward and say something. we need justice. >> she says markell was her only child. the accident happened just 20 minutes into the new year. >>> a woman in a dispute with her former partner defied a court order to give up custody of her 7-year-old daughter. lisa miller could face criminal charges. a vermont judge ordered her to turn over her daughter, isabella, to janet jenkins but miller didn't show up. miller and jenkins were joined at a vermont civil union back in 2000. their daughter was born in 2002. when the couple brok

time warner cable is no longer a part of time warner incorporated, hln's parent company. that was sold earlier in 2009. >>> police in georgia say someone shooting a gun to celebrate new year's eve is responsible for the death of a 4-year-old boy. markell peters was in a church in atlanta when a bullet came through the roof and hit him in the head. police say someone may have gone outside and shot a gun into the air. his mother is asking whoever fired that gun to come forward and and admit what they did. >> i want to say to them, who did this to my son? please come forward and say something. we need justice. >> she says he was her only child. that happened just 20 minutes into the new year. >>> two mo defendanto, california, firefighters are in the hospital after a roof collapsed on them without warning. they were cutting a hole in the roof of a burning house to ventilate it when the roof caved in last night. >> the intensity of the fire in the garage called the roof to fail much sooner than we would regularly see in most house fires. the company officer of the truck compa

margaret warner talked earli today wi jay newton small of "time" magazine from port-- prince. >> warner: jay newton all, thank you for joining us were hearing reports of tens of thousas, in fact hundredsf thousands of haitians fleeing t city. what have u seen? >> i have certaiy seen that. e port is clogged with ferrieof, you know, haitia trying to leave to go to fer areas. lecay is a very popular place ich wasn't at all fected by the earthquake down south fm here. people are ting to get anywhere out of town. if you go out into the suburbs, when you drive towards the dominican republic, everybodwho has got family anywhere ouide of port-au-prie has defitely gone to the burbs, gone to be with their family outside of port-au-prince becausehey are terrified the tremors that keep happening. and they areorried another big one could hit again. >> warne then we also hear that the govnment is, one, nostanding in the way of this. and two, is planni to build tent cits outside of town >> wl, frankly, one of the problems tt haiti had even before thidisaster was that iwas too much of an urban untry. t

margaret warner reports. >> warner: when massachusetts senator edward kennedy died last august, it was taken for granted that the seat he'd held for decades would be filled by another democrat. family friend paul kirk became interim senator until a special election could fill the seat for real. the democratic candidate in tuesday's election is state attorney general martha coakley, a lifelong prosecutor, she's decidedly unflashy. her opponent is state senator scott brown. at 22, he posed for a nude centerfold in "cosmopolitan" magazine. calling himself an independent conservative, he has vowed, if elected, to provide the 41st vote to block the democrats' health care reform bill in the senate. from the outset, coakley wrapped herself in the kennedy mantle, and early polls showed her with a 30-point lead. >> as some have noted, no one can fill his shoes, but we must strive to follow in his footsteps. >> warner: but in recent weeks, brown has surged. a turning point came just after christmas, when brown aired an ad comparing himself to president john f. kennedy. >> ...will have both immed

margaret warner has that part of the story. >> warner: within hours, governments and aid organizations around the globe scrambled to mobilize a massive disaster relief effort for haiti. in washington, president obama, promised all out humanitarian and rescue operations for america's caribbean neighbor. >> the people of haiti will have the full support of the united states in the urgent effort to rescue those trapped beneath the rubble and to deliver the humanitarian relief-- the food, water and medicine-- that haitians will need in the coming days. >> warner: with the chaos in haiti, and the u.n. peacekeeping operation there out of commission for now, the job of coordinating the massive international response to the tragedy has fallen to washington. the u.s. isn't functioning as a gatekeeper, but definitely as a clearinghouse. the u.s. is mounting the biggest effort so far, headed by rajiv shah, the administrator for the u.s. agency for international development. shah told reporters today that the immediate focus is on saving lives, and preparing for longer term relief. >> we have two

margaret warner has that story. >> warner: explosions rocked the city this morning, and smoke billowedinto the sky. taliban gunmen, some in suicide vests, struck the heart of the capitol with a series of brazen, well coordinated attacks. they detonated bombs at multiple targets in a well secured area of government ministries, shops and hotels and did so with deadly force. this iranian reporter was covering the carnage but moments later at an in-town shopping mall civilians were hurriedly evacuated as afghan police took on the militants and seized it. the fighting raged citywide for nearly five hours. today's grizzly attacks came just as afghan president karzai was swearing in members of his new cabinet. ambassador richard holbrook, u.s. special envoy to the region who just left kabul hours earlier told reporters in india that he wasn't surprised. >> they're ruthless. the people who are doing this certainly will not survive the attack nor will they succeed. but we can expect this sort of thing on a regular basis. >> warner: the taliban claims responsibility for today's attacks telling t

last year we sought time warner and time warner cable break apart, get a divorce if you will. it would be a lot of fun to get the ceo of time warner in the same room with the ceo of comcast to debate the strategies. i think consumers are awash in more media choices now than ever before in the history of humanity. the and that is a good thing, if we manage it properly. >> along with entertainment and media, consumers may be watching more options, but there is a big transition taking place from fixed cable and satellite delivery of video and entertainment to the internet. i would like to hear your thoughts on competition in the video space. there was a complaint filed by some public interest groups saying they are afraid that the strategy called tv everywhere could be anti-competitive. in your jurisdiction of the fcc looking at the public interest, what are your thoughts on the transition and any potential cracks in the foundation of competition going forward as more media goes to the internet? >> that could keep us going all day with those questions. it is a fascinating area to

. >> woodruff: margaret warner gets the latest from martin smith of "frontline" in port-au-prince. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? everyday, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. we see beyond cars. pacific life. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broad

warner: there were actually two cases toy similar certainly to one ather. is there anythg particular about the caseor are these pretty standard drugases and the big issue is really how they were tried at the tal? >>hey are definitely standard drug poession cases. two separa cases, separate cidents. one inlving police finding drugs in a car and the oer involving police finng drugs in an apartment. at trial, the state intruced lareports in these two trials. certifying what e drug was, cocaine, a the amount of the drug in eachase. defendants oected to those lab reports sayinghat putting the lab ports in without the anysts who made them testifying olated their corontation rights. they were coicted. they appealed. that'shy they're in the supreme urt today. th lost their appeal before the virgia supreme court. >> warner:hen you say confrontation rights, yomean that rht in the constitution we all know fromelevision and civics classhat an accud has the right to confront theitness against hi >> absolutely. starting in out 2004 the supremcourt began to reexamine the

. >> brown: margaret warner gets the latest on the situation in port-au-prince from jason beaubien of n.p.r. >> ifill: paying for the "new york times" on line, but will readers buy in? >> brown: and body scanners in airports. ray suarez reports on a continuing debate. >> they're going to detect prosthetics. they're going to detect vasectomy scars, sex change operations, adult incontinence. >> are they perfect? no. but do they take us very much further down the road to security against this kind of device? the answer to that is yes. ... >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. and by toyota. 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. >> ifill: political shock waves rippled outward from massachusetts today. the loss of a u.s. senate seat raised serious doubts about democrats' plans to pass health

. >> warner: martin smit the two piecese saw from itn sugges it's a real patchwork down there now in terms of w is getting aid and who i't. is that at you're findin >> reporter: it is. it certainly is not coornated. people getting it e getting it in spite oefforts to coordinate the aid. i just came from aospital where everybody had been med into the couyard because of the lastarthquake, the tremors that happened sterday, afraid to stay the billion. d everybody there complained newborn babies had no rmula. nobody had the rig spliedz, and furthermore, it wa't coordinated. i was in refee camp where's there were complaints theyad no wer, they were drinking bad wateand getting disintery. downtown yesterday, thlooting was rampant. obviously, those people are stro enough and getting some water or they wouldn't be ab to loot as they are. so it's hard to ow where the aid . you don't see aid being distributed the streets-- or we haven't seen it in the ys we've been a around the area. >> warne what about in the refugee camps? is there a aid distribution set up there? we saw--e've seen footage o

margaret warner spoke with him earlier today. hi, ray, it's good to see you.rise. where do things stand for ordinary haitians when it comes to the basics of life, let's say food, for example. >> suarez: there is food. there's a lot of aid flowing in, but a lot of people are living on short rations. it's not like people are going days without eating. but the food that might normally feed a family of six is ibstead feeding 12 or 14 people. you meet a lot of people who are hungry. they'll come right up to you on the street and tell that you. so while there is food aid, there's food in evidence being sold on the streets. there are markets sort of springing up on corners and at intersections. but it's not sufficient. and people are not eating in a way that's optimal. >> warner: we're hearing reports that the food distribution is somewhat chaotic and many people are being left out. have you seen that? >> suarez: today , our "newshour" crew was near a warehouse that was bringing in aid, and often in a situation like this , word moves very quickly by informal bush tel

. >> warner: requested bow of npr, thank you so much. >> reporter: you're welcome, margaret. >> brown: now, will consumers pay for news online? with the internet exploding with free content, the entire media world is struggling to find ways to support itself financially in the future. nowhere is that issue more urgent than for newspapers, which have seen huge drops in circulation and advertising revenues. today, the "new york times," with by far the most popular newspaper web site, announced that beginning in 2011 it will charge frequent readers for access to the site. the paper would use a metered

margaret warner begins our coverage of the tune i don't know aftermath. >> reporter: the president was greeted with applause by a friendly audience in tampa,

the other wildcard is green bay at arizona, packers won 33-7 today, but kurt warner barely played. the saints and vikings get the byes, so tony, let's talk about the packers and cardinals. i don't know how much we can take away from today's game. >> i wouldn't read very much into this game at all, bob. it looked like arizona was saving some things. they felt there was a chance for this rematch to happen. you're going to see a completely different offense. they got hot in the playoffs last year, i think they can do the same thing. kurt warner, the big game experience, they're going to have to put points up, because green bay is playing outstanding offensive football. >> all right. tony, we'll look forward to talking with you again on saturday. let's look at some key injuries that affect playoff teams. peter king confirmed earlier that wes welker is out for the postseason with a torn mcl and acl. that is a devastating loss, at least potential for the patriots. dominique rodgers-cromartie was spiked in the knee and left the game, but they are confident he will play next week. they're

and even what is interesting just last year we saw time warner and time warner cable break apart, sort of get a divorce if you will now comcast and nbc universal are getting married. it would be nice to get jeff bewkes and time warner in the same room as comcast to see with the strategies are. so this box that trend in recent years. and i think actually consumers to answer your question more directly are awash in more media choices now than ever before in the industry of humanity. and i think that's a good name if we manage that properly. >> do you think along those lines with video and entertainment that consumers are getting maybe watching more option, but there's a big transition taking place from six cable and fixed satellite delivery of video entertainment to the internet. and i've got to hear your thoughts on competition in the video space. there was a complaint filed by some public interest groups from the justice department and the federal trade commission saying that they are afraid that a strategy called tv everywhere by the cable satellite and telecom industry could be anti-

warner: back in washington, there were mid signalsn the prospects for birtisan progress. lawmars from both parties agre with the focus on eating jobs b not on the best way to do it. >> the president and i agreeon the need meet inhe middle to find birtisan agreementto grow jobs. > warner: sene minority leader mitch mcconnll was on the floor earlier declaring he was ready to work withhe president. >> we know ineased american energy without a new national energy tax will grow od jobs. we know that increasing markets for our farmers, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers overseas through trade reements will grow good jobs. we c get these done and i hope he president will joins in calling on the majority to bring thse issues to the floor he in the sate. >>eporter: and democrats prmised to roll out a new jobs agnda within the week. >> the three top sues onur agenda thiear are jobs, jobs nd jobs. neitr party can afford to overlook this iss or it will be seen as obstructingn it. if eher party dos, it will be their own political peril. >> warner: but on the house side, minority ader jo

the other wildcard is green bay at arizona, packers won 33-7 today, but kurt warner barely played. the saints and vikings get the byes, so tony, let's talk about the packers and cardinals. i don't know how much we can take away from today's game. >> i wouldn't read very much into this game at all, bob. it looked like arizona was saving some things. they felt there was a chance for this rematch to happen. you're going to see a completely different offense. they got hot in the playoffs last year, i think they can do the same thing. kurt warner, the big game experience, they're going to have to put points up, because green bay is playing outstanding offensive football. >> all right. tony, we'll look forward to talking with you again on saturday. let's look at some key injuries that affect playoff teams. peter king confirmed earlier that wes welker is out for the postseason with a torn mcl and acl. that is a devastating loss, at least potential for the patriots. dominique rodgers-cromartie was spiked in the knee and left the game, but they are confident he willlay next week. they're no

javy gonzalez with one of the better defensive plays i've seen tonight. >> bob: a driving warner lays it in. dan werner, with florida's first points in the extra period. 53-50. degand. breaks the press. wood gives it up. back to gonzalez. 2:20 left in overtime. >> larry: perimeter passing until they can find something where they can shoot the gap with the dribble. try to find smith down inside. >> bob: a bullet pass deflects, and tracy smith with the jam! >> larry: can can you call a bank on a pass? >> bob: 55-50, wolf pack. and parsons had it tapped away. >> larry: sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time. horner the deflection to smith allowed him to get the basket. >> bob: werner. never had possession in the front court. here's parsons for three, and that rims out. smith, the rebound. eight rebounds for tracy smith to go with his game-high 20. pack in control now. 1:20 left in overtime. >> larry: good pass. >> bob: and he'll shoot two. >> larry: florida's adjustment defensively was not quick enough that time to try to prevent smith from scoring. watch horner in

/time warner. >> welcome.you've got mail. >> osgood: the $350 billion deal joined a hot internet company to an old-school media conglomerate known for its magazines. movies and cable tv networks. >> there is a natural fit between these two companies. >> reporter: time warner's levine voiced full backing for the deal as did cnn founder and time warner vice chairman ted turner who held nothing back in subscribing his support. >> i did it with as much or more excitement and enthusiasm as i did on that night when i first made love some 42 years ago. it was that.... >> osgood: but not all business love affairs survive. the two corporate cultures did not mix well. in the dot-com shakeout that followed the merger a.o.l. subscription service lost its cache. >> it's very slow and expensive. >> a lot of people canceled the accounts. >> osgood: by the end of 2006, a.o.l. had lost 13 million subscribers from its peak. the letters a.o.l. have been stricken from the corporate name. steve case and gerald levine were both lon

and time warner cable break apart, sort of get a divorce, if you will, and now comcast and nbc universal are getting married. it was it would be a lot of fun to debate what the two strategies are. so this transaction sort of bucks that trend in recent years, and i think actually consume isers, to answer your question more directly, are awash in more media choices now than ever before in the history of humanity, and i think that's a good thing if we manage that properly. >> host: do you think -- along those lines with video and entertainment and media, that consumers may be awash in more options, but there's a big transition taking place from fixed cable and fixed satellite delivery of video entertainment to the internet. and i'd love to hear your thoughts on competition in the video space. there was a complaint filed by some public interest groups to the justice department and do federal trade -- the federal trade commission saying they're afraid that a strategy called tv everywhere could be anticompetitive. and in your jurisdiction at the fcc looking at video competition and consumers'

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words of the agreement, newscorp demand add fee $1 a subscriber to keep local fox stations on time warnerat's the fox report for january 1st, 2010. i'm gregg jarrett for shepard smith. thanks for havinus

reaching a deal with time warner cable ending a bitter public battle over fees.re keeping mum about the details but the deal basically prevents and sbrepgs of service for millions of time warner subscribers. >>> in one story that's made news recently, tossed oust charges against the five blackwater security guards after being accused of killing 17 unarmed iraqis in a busy iraqi square back in 2007. one of the stories we want to talk. let's bring our legal guys back in. again, avery friedman, civil rights attorney and professor from cleveland and richard herman, a new york criminal defense attorney and law professor joining us from vegas today. gentlemen, begin with blackwater, and avery, begin with you. in this judge's 90-page opinion he says the government mishandled this case. >> yes. let me make it simple. 90 pages, thoughtful, carefully written by the federal district judge in washington, ricardo urbana. what he said was, look. you've got play fair. if you promise these guards that you would not use their testimony in a legal proceeding, neds, immunize then a

and i had written pieces about time warner at "the new yorker. that was how i got interested in ross. and at the same time -- and then in the early '90s, i wrote the piece about hillary and then about gingrich. and then after that, i wrote about the middle east. so tina was the one who let me sort of just have a broader ambit. c-span: when did you marry congressman -- is it mel levine? >> guest: it's mel levine. c-span: levine. >> guest: just two years ago. and -- but i had been living in california with him more or less sort of the last five years. so -- and it was in that period of time that i was working on this book. c-span: the mob, the gangsters, all that, it pops up in your book all the way through this. any evidence that any of these people, like lew wasserman or jules stein or any of the people at mca, were ever part of the mob in any way? >> guest: i wouldn't say part of the mob. i mean, i think that they lived in a time when -- well, certainly, jules lived in a time when in order to be in the business he was in, he really had to have g

here's warner on the break. nothing van dussen can do except to foul it.s up on the backboard. that's one you've just got to leave alone. he had no chance of going down. >> mike h.: let's talk about it now. dennis horner back where you see right there. 105 games. that's about 45 more than anybody else on the team. he's by far the most experienced. >> mike g.: that's more than twice as anybody else on this team. but horner had only started 11 games prior to this season. really developed into a leader. played the starter minutes, averaging 30 minutes a game. >> mike h.: davis is going to be whistled for a foul on toney with >> mike h.: welcome back to the greensboro coliseum on our hon day of carolina scoreboard. dennis horner, eight points in the second half. our toyota trivia question. who is the acc career leader in assist to turnover ratio? that's a lot of years to think back. >> mike g.: i know who it isn't. it's not me. >> mike h.: i wasn't even going to come close to guessing you. >> mike g.: i did speak out one assist a game. i don't know how. >> mik

time warner charged their cable operators one pocket to another dramatically more than they paid broadcasterst. when you look at what people are watching, we all have cables. we are watching broadcast content, and they pay dramatically less for broadcasting content than they do for their own cable content. if you want to make them equal, that is good for broadcasters. a ultimately, we think the marketplace is working. it is very important for the future of television networks and their affiliates to be able to have read transmission dollars so they have good journalism in our newsroom and provides local content. >> as a follow-up to that, the fccÑi launched an initiative ino the future of media and journalism. the chairman said that rapid technological change in the media marketplace has created opportunities for tremendous innovation. has also called financial turmoil for traditional media, calling into question whether the allis will continue to plague the historic role in providing essential news and information. is he right? >> with the very best of intentions, some times government regul

fox and time warner were able to reach a deal. >> yes. but that's fox. cable carrier and you're not bringing the viewers "american idol," there will be heck to pay. it could get very ugly. >> there were football games involved. >> there were football games and sports. what's happening is we're finally seeing the networks fight back, where the carriers caved in to fox. they're finally drawing the line here with hgtv and food. as you say, by the way, hgtv is 14 cents a month. food is 8 krenlts pcents per mo. msnbc is 15 cents per month. vh1 is 14 cents. comedy central 14 cents. >> where are you going to get so much quality for 15 cents? >> this is the best bargain, msnbc. >> i think so. >> espn is $3.25 a month. >> seriously. if you're not a sports fan, forget it. you can't not get it on your cable. >> right. >> and they're not going to ever let you pick and choose because a lot of people probably like me would pick and choose ten stations instead 2of 200 stations. >> don't you think someday we will be in power to say i will pay for this and that. right no

it used to be all you had to do if you were time warner is say worry about dish network or directv.verizon are providing cable services. that pushes down the monthly price we have to pay for this service. meanwhile curious as to what you as a viewer are paying to watch msnbc, it's about 15 cents a month. >> that is a bargain. i must say. >> it is compared to comedy central, that's 12 cents, tlc is 17 cents, spike-tv is 20 cents. htv was getting 14 cents, which is the exact same amount that vh1 was getting and they said no. food network at 8 cents, they said no, we're not giving you more money. >> wow. so really it is a standoff. what's the potential impact not in the greatest cable universe but broadcast television? >> it is. because it used to be broadcast tv was free, and the cable providers, because it was beamed through the air, they didn't have to pay for that either, abc, cbs and rest of it. now they have to pay for it. >> all of these people who still have rabbit ears, can you believe that? there are people out there who are like 22 cents, what is she talking about, rabbit ea