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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. is difficult to imagine the situation in syria getting much worse. over the months, a standoff between protesters and security forces have become increasingly violent. some feel the country is on the brink of civil war. but what happens today is unprecedented in the conflict. more than 40 were killed in what is believed to been two suicide bombings in damascus. the opposition accused the government itself for trying to influence the team of arab league observers. >> this was a devastating escalation of syria's vineland's. -- vineland's. is revoked the terror of neighboring iraq. cars packed with explosives. here, a vehicle mangled by the blast. and all of this happened in an area that should be one of the most secure in the country. the dead and wounded were said to include security personnel and civilians. >> television broadcast images of survivors as they recovered in hospital. >> i saw a black car and an explosion. then i was in the hospital. >> the attack struck at the heart of p
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. is difficult to imagine the situation in syria getting much worse. over the months, a standoff between protesters and security forces have become increasingly violent. some feel the country is on the brink of civil war. but what happens today is unprecedented in the conflict. more than 40 were killed in what is believed to been two suicide bombings in damascus. the opposition accused the government itself for trying to...
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. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: donna britt is a former pulitzer nominated writer for the washington post. her first book is a look at her upbringing in segregated gary, indiana. it is called "brothers (& me)." she joins us tonight from washington. i was surprised, as long as i have known you, i did not realize that this is your first book. >> it has taken me a while. i waited until i had something to say. tavis: you waited until you had something to say. topline for me, what did is you felt you wanted to say or needed to say at this particular moment? >> the book is about two different things. it is about how the death of my brother affected me in ways that i had no idea. it is interesting for everyone who experiences a loss, you know how difficult it is to get through. most of us really do not want to go? that deep into pain. it forced me to go deeper and to understand what it meant. the other part is about women and giving. it is something that i have th
. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: donna britt is a former pulitzer nominated writer for the washington post. her first book is a look at her upbringing in segregated gary, indiana. it is called "brothers (& me)." she joins us tonight from washington. i was surprised, as long as i have known you, i did not realize that this is your first book. >> it has taken me a...
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clark's luck come to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. long live the dear leader's son. for two decades, king john they'll let -- led north korea, the world'is all and her radical communist state. his son has been named as his successor. >> this is the weird, reclusive figure that ran the world's most secretive country and did it as if it was his own private property. looking on was his son kim jong- un, who is about 28. nobody knows for sure. he will take over. >> the leader died on saturday. state television all the announced it today. the news has unleashed a storm of the motion. genuine or otherwise. in north korea, you have to mourn the leader as loud as possible, especially if beat cameras are on you. if you are a member of the political elite, you may be sorry that he is gone. nobody knows what will happen to the nation now. kingdome ill -- kim jong il leaves behind a country that is a startlingly poor. in an orphanage, people are being treated for malnutrition. in the 1990's, 3 million people died of hunger. this is where the mone
clark's luck come to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. long live the dear leader's son. for two decades, king john they'll let -- led north korea, the world'is all and her radical communist state. his son has been named as his successor. >> this is the weird, reclusive figure that ran the world's most secretive country and did it as if it was his own private property. looking on was his son kim jong- un, who is about 28. nobody knows for sure. he will take over. >>...
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. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. is this iraq all over again? that's the question being raised in afghanistan after a day of unprecedented sectarian violence. at least 56 people were killed and hundreds injured when a suicide bomber targeted a crowd of shi'ite worshipers. the country have not seen a tax like this since the fall of the taliban. from the afghan capital, we have this report. >> afghan's a beat themselves and a traditional mourning ritual. then this. [explosion] a massive explosion and the suicide bomber peers through the crowd. it chaos. hundreds are injured. at a city hospital, they struggle to cope with wave after wave of victims. on the pavement outside, a mother mourns for lost a son. my heart is broken, she cries. desperate and in despair, more gather for news of missing family and friends. >> this is a day of mourning. it's an attack against humanity and attack against islam. >> it was part of a coordinated assault against shias. another bomb exploded, but the one in kabul was much bigger, near the shrine near the presidentia
. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. is this iraq all over again? that's the question being raised in afghanistan after a day of unprecedented sectarian violence. at least 56 people were killed and hundreds injured when a suicide bomber targeted a crowd of shi'ite worshipers. the country have not seen a tax like this since the fall of the taliban. from the afghan capital, we have this report. >> afghan's a beat themselves and a traditional mourning...
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. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs and around the globe. it is not too often that you get dinner with an icon of peace but today the u.s. secretary of state makes history when she had dinner with the nobel prize laureate, aung san suu kyi. hillary clinton is the most senior official to visit the country in more than half a century. where is the guarantee that this new openness will actually last? our reporter is traveling with mrs. clinton and her report has flash photography. >> an american secretary of state shaking hands with the president's, thein sein. then a meeting with the opposition leader, aung san suu kyi. both were unthinkable merely months ago but this is a sign that things are changing. the burmese president laid out his program. he seems keen on the outs had expertise on this unfamiliar path towards change. -- he seemed keen on the outside expertise. the foreign ministers scored an invitation to visit washington. this is the beginning of a long process. >> we want to see political and economic reforms take hold and i told the
. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs and around the globe. it is not too often that you get dinner with an icon of peace but today the u.s. secretary of state makes history when she had dinner with the nobel prize laureate, aung san suu kyi. hillary clinton is the most senior official to visit the country in more than half a century. where is the guarantee that this new openness will actually last? our reporter is traveling with mrs. clinton and her report has flash photography. >> an...
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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. never has europe been so necessary, never has it been so much danger. those are the words of nicolas sarkozy and head of the summit which is billed as the last chance to save the europe. the stumbling block is not financial, it is political. how much power should brussels have over the eurozone countries? >> in brussels, there is some christmas cheer. mention the euro and the gloom sets in. sarkozy, merkel, they're coming back here. will make a difference? >> they are not moving forward, he told me. the leaders meet again and again but there's never anything concrete. some fear that the single currency might not survive this crisis. we found them still turning out new coins at the belgian meant. there is a crisis of confidence. investors are not convinced that if they planned a eurozone country some money, they will get it all back one day. until the politicians can correct that perception, this crisis will go from bad to worse. they will try to stop that here over a dinner that will
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. never has europe been so necessary, never has it been so much danger. those are the words of nicolas sarkozy and head of the summit which is billed as the last chance to save the europe. the stumbling block is not financial, it is political. how much power should brussels have over the eurozone countries? >> in brussels, there is some christmas cheer. mention the euro and the gloom sets in. sarkozy, merkel, they're coming back...
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welcome to our viewers on pbs, america, and around the globe. during the past nine months the people of syria have taken to the streets in protest against their government, and over 4000 have paid with their life. in rare television interview with barbara walters, the syrian president, bashar al-assad, flatly denied he ordered the use of brutality. instead blaming the violence on others. paul would starts the coverage -- paul woods starts the coverage. >> day after day unarmed syrian protectors have come out to face machine guns, snipers, and army vehicles. the costs so far is 4000 dead mom. . but in his abc interview, bashar al-assad did is killing his own citizens. >> we do not killer on people. no government in the world kills its own people, unless it is led by a crazy person. i became president with public support. it is impossible for anyone in this state to be ordered to be killed. >> we saw a different picture in a week of traveling inside syria. the city of homes, catalogs her losses. her son was shot dead and protest the explains. then
welcome to our viewers on pbs, america, and around the globe. during the past nine months the people of syria have taken to the streets in protest against their government, and over 4000 have paid with their life. in rare television interview with barbara walters, the syrian president, bashar al-assad, flatly denied he ordered the use of brutality. instead blaming the violence on others. paul would starts the coverage -- paul woods starts the coverage. >> day after day unarmed syrian...
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a very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and our around the world. how this iconic paris cathedral fell in and out of favor and back in again. the giant outdoor escalator transforming lives and one of columbia's poorest neighborhoods. several thousand israelis have demonstrated in the town of beit shemesh to condemn the behavior of old so orthodox jews who want to segregate between the sexes. the behavior of -- the israeli president has said a minority in israel is acting is -- is acting outrageously. >> by early evening, thousands had gathered in beit shemesh angry at the treatment of women by ultra orthodox jews who want greater separation between the sexes. in recent months, many israelis have been shocked of grown men hurl abuse at school girls. their crime, dressing in modestly. >> >> over the weekend, israeli television showed images of a woman struggling to get her daughter to school. on monday, police clashed with hundreds of ultra-orthodox to of been trying to force women and girls to walk on a different side of the street from men. israel's
a very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and our around the world. how this iconic paris cathedral fell in and out of favor and back in again. the giant outdoor escalator transforming lives and one of columbia's poorest neighborhoods. several thousand israelis have demonstrated in the town of beit shemesh to condemn the behavior of old so orthodox jews who want to segregate between the sexes. the behavior of -- the israeli president has said a minority in israel is acting is -- is...
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>> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it seems that even in death, the north korean regime lacks no sense of the dramatic. the body of the leader kim jong il went on display in p'yongyang. he is in a glass case surrounded by flowers that have been renamed in his honor. kim jong un, his son, was among those paying tribute. concern about the stability of the regime has their neighbors on edge. >> kim jong-il, a face so familiar to the outside world, revered, reviled, and even caricatured. this is the new garden of the north korean nuclear weapons, his son, kim jong un. not quite 30 years old and every bit as enigmatic as his father. he is the man china and america will be negotiating with. these are the people he will be rolling. many are more pour and hungry than when his father took power, more self-reliant, and according to some, more critical of those who lead them. those who were there the last time north korea mourned their leader said to not believe everything you see. >> you could not not cry in public so people use
>> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it seems that even in death, the north korean regime lacks no sense of the dramatic. the body of the leader kim jong il went on display in p'yongyang. he is in a glass case surrounded by flowers that have been renamed in his honor. kim jong un, his son, was among those paying tribute. concern about the stability of the regime has their neighbors on edge. >> kim jong-il, a face so familiar to the outside world,...
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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it was the biggest leak of controversy material in u.s. history and today the man accused of handing over the information appeared before a military court for the first time. bradley manning was serving as an intelligence analyst when he allegedly access to hundreds of thousands of secret military files and handed them over to the whistle blowing website, wikileaks. if convicted, he could face life in prison. >> on private bradley manning and divides america. an atheist from a small evangelical town, and gay in a macho culture. for some, he is a hero for revealing the truth. to others, a trader. he is a slight figure flanked by his lawyers. he said yes, sir to a couple of routine questions. the investigating officer face cross-examination. his lawyer said that he was biased. the judge is now a prosecutor for the government. he called on him for -- he called on him to step down. he said that there was no damage from the elected actions. supporters said that he did the right thing. >> h
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it was the biggest leak of controversy material in u.s. history and today the man accused of handing over the information appeared before a military court for the first time. bradley manning was serving as an intelligence analyst when he allegedly access to hundreds of thousands of secret military files and handed them over to the whistle blowing website, wikileaks. if convicted, he could face life in prison. >> on private...
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but first: this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: now, for those stations not taking a pledge break: we look at efforts in washington state to curb pollution from storm water runoff. this report is from katie campbell at our pbs partner station kcts-9 in seattle. >> reporter: as much as 40,000 metric tons of oil and grease enter puget sound every year. that's as much as a battleship weighs. you might think all that pollution comes from the usual suspects-- cargo ships or factories. but actually it's caused by rain. even a light shower can create thousands of gallons of storm water that washes over seattle's streets, sidewalks and parking lots, sweeping up an array of pollutants. it turns into a river of oil, metals, pesticides, and other contaminants. it's estimated that 75% of the toxic chemicals found in puget sound are carried there by runoff. >> many people in the puget sound region thi
but first: this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: now, for those stations not taking a pledge break: we look at efforts in washington state to curb pollution from storm water runoff. this report is from katie campbell at our pbs partner station kcts-9 in seattle. >> reporter: as much as 40,000 metric tons of oil and grease enter puget sound every...
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but first: this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. >> brown: finally tonight, new questions about the disposal of remains of service members killed in action. the pentagon responded today to a "washington post" report that incinerated partial remains of 274 troops had been taken from dover air force base in delaware and disposed of in a landfill in virginia. this afternoon, the air force said that the practice was stopped three years ago. >> prior to 2008 we took the unidentified -- torsoes under military escort in a dignified manner to a local funeral home and they were cremated. the remains were then turned over to a contractor as was the industry standard. if there was residual mat ter was handle in accordance with the-- the process at the time. in 2008, our own inspection, not driven by any outside force took a look at the process and said we can do better than that. here's a better way to provide dignity and honor to these families and our fallen heroes and
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. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it's a diplomatic dustup on a dangerous scale. today, britain ordered the immediate closure of the iranian embassy in london and said all of grandpa's diplomats must be out of the u.k. within 48 hours. the move comes one day after students stormed the british diplomatic compound in tehran. now relations are at their lowest in decades. our will affair as your hat -- our world affairs editor has the latest. >> serious as the attack was, there have been plenty worse over the years. but cutting off all diplomatic relations is extraordinarily rare in peacetime. perhaps it was to teach a lesson to a country that does not play by the rules, a country which seems close to having a nuclear bomb. >> the iranian charge of london is being informed now that we require the immediate closure of the embassy in london and all iranian diplomatic staffs must leave the united kingdom within 48 hours. if any country makes it impossible for us to operate on their soil, they cannot expect to have a function
. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it's a diplomatic dustup on a dangerous scale. today, britain ordered the immediate closure of the iranian embassy in london and said all of grandpa's diplomats must be out of the u.k. within 48 hours. the move comes one day after students stormed the british diplomatic compound in tehran. now relations are at their lowest in decades. our will affair as your hat -- our world affairs editor has the latest. >> serious...
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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america. there is a new iraq that is determining its own destiny, those are the words of president obama as the mark the departure of u.s. forces from the country. the future does not look good parent of the dangerous political crisis has developed between the shi'a prime minister and sunni vice president. -- the future does not look good. a dangerous political crisis has developed between the shi'a prime minister and sunni vice- president. today, the violence returned with a bombing that killed nearly 70 people and injured 200. this is a stark reminder of the dark days of war and sectarian conflict. >> it was a reminder of the horrors of the past and a warning of what might loom ahead. at the height of rush hour, 14 blasts across baghdad. the targets were 2 meters, the anti-corruption agency, even a kindergarten. this is the imagery of and iraq to cast backwards. people in golf by violence once again. in this home, a sleepy family was blasted into wakefulness. -- people surrounded by violence
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the people who were >> woodruff: the people who were running two mortgage giants when the housing bubble burst were formally accused today of civil fraud. the securities and exchange commission filed a lawsuit naming six former executives at fannie mae and freddie mac. the six were accused of lying about how deeply fannie and freddie had invested in securities backed by risky home mortgages. >> in two separate complaints, we allege that these individuals caused their companies to materially misstate their sub- prime mortgage exposure in filings with the s.e.c., through public statements, through investor calls, and media interviews. >> woodruff: the head of the s.e.c.'s enforcement division, robert khuzami, spoke in washington, and said the charges go right to the top. >> our suits reach into the corporate boardrooms and name the former c.e.o. of fannie mae, daniel mudd, and the former chairman and c.e.o. of freddie mac, richard syron. >> woodruff: together, mu
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the people who were >> woodruff: the people who were running two mortgage giants when the housing bubble burst were formally accused today of civil fraud. the securities and exchange commission filed a lawsuit naming six former executives at fannie mae and freddie mac. the six were accused of lying about how deeply fannie and freddie had invested in securities backed by risky home mortgages....
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welcome to our vurings on pbs america and around the world. 8.6%. you will be hearing a lot of it from the white house. it's the number u.s. unemployment fell to last month. down a healthy chunk from october. it's a glimmer of good news for the u.s. economy. and it brings unemployment down to its lowest level in 2 1/2 years. no wonder president obama is smiling. >> merry christmas, everybody. >> and what a christmas gift the president has got. ♪ >> it's not exactly wonderland. but getting america's unemployment comfortably below 9% is a welcome boost. many of the 120,000 extra jobs created last month came in retail. shoppers dug into their purses and stores for extra workers to help. results, a little economic fairy dust. but mr. obama already knows the trend won't last if congress doesn't act. >> we need to keep that growth going. right now, that means congress needs to extend the payroll tax cut for working americans for another year. congress needs to renew unemployment insurance for americans who are still out there pounding the pavement looki
welcome to our vurings on pbs america and around the world. 8.6%. you will be hearing a lot of it from the white house. it's the number u.s. unemployment fell to last month. down a healthy chunk from october. it's a glimmer of good news for the u.s. economy. and it brings unemployment down to its lowest level in 2 1/2 years. no wonder president obama is smiling. >> merry christmas, everybody. >> and what a christmas gift the president has got. ♪ >> it's not exactly...
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first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. >> brown: finally tonight, how do your feelings about economic inequality impact your sense of happiness? "newshour" economics correspondent paul solman finds out. it's part of his regular reporting on "making sense of financial news." >> reporter: how happy areyou, e not at all happy, four very happy? >> i'm a four. >> reporter: a four. >> i'm very happy. >> reporter: laurie sanders works at the conservative washington think tank the american enterprise institute. a few blocks away, occupy eric is on the more liberal end of the spectrum. what number would you give yourself? >> one. >> reporter: are you unhappy, do you think, because of the inequality, economic inequality in this country? >> well, yeah. >> reporter: study after study, it turns out, finds conservatives happier than liberals. social psychologist jamie nappier has a theory as to why. >> economic inequality really does affect people's well-being. >>
first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. >> brown: finally tonight, how do your feelings about economic inequality impact your sense of happiness? "newshour" economics correspondent paul solman finds out. it's part of his regular reporting on "making sense of financial news." >> reporter: how happy areyou, e not at all happy, four very happy? >> i'm a four. >> reporter: a four....
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but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for >> ifill: a new investigation into what it takes to get a presidential pardon reveals that politics still plays a role, and that whites are four times more likely than blacks and other minorities to have their records wiped clean. here to talk about her story is dafna linzer, senior reporter for pro publica, a nonprofit online news organization. tell us in a nutshell who benefits and who doesn't. >> we were very surprised at the results. white applicants as you said are nearly four times as likely to get a pardon. hispanic applicants fared quite well when we looked at them as a group. but african-americans fared the worst among the group. applicants who were married had a better shot. in fact, there were two times as likely to get a pardon. this is a pardons office that is looking at all kinds of stability tests and seems to favor married applicants. what else did we look at? congressional support. if you had a member of cong
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: the carnage that has bloodied much of syria came home to the capital today. two bombs erupted in damascus, killing nearly four dozen people and wounding more than 150. we begin with a report narrated by inigo gilmore of independent television news. >> reporter: one of the bomb blasts left this huge crater in the ground. the tangled bodies of the dead were ferried away on stretchers, a doubly whammy in the heart of the capital damascus. the targets-- two buildings belonging to syria's security forces. >> ( translated ): i heard the explosion and saw many body parts. there were dead bodies all over the place. bodies of women and children in their cars. >> reporter: the attacks were carried out by suicide bombers driving vehicles packed with explosives. at least that's what the government claims. >> ( translated ): even before >> reporter: even before the dust had settled, syria's state media seized on the attacks, saying they were further evidence of a threat from
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: the carnage that has bloodied much of syria came home to the capital today. two bombs erupted in damascus, killing nearly four dozen people and wounding more than 150. we begin with a report narrated by inigo gilmore of independent television news. >> reporter: one of the bomb blasts left this huge crater in the ground. the tangled bodies of the dead were ferried away on stretchers, a doubly whammy...
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first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. and that support helps keep programs like ourselves on the air. >> woodruff: for those stations not taking a pledge break, a look at one of the nation's premier black drama troupes. the penumbra theater company in saint paul was founded by lou bellamy in 1976. he takes us behind the scenes of the current production, "i wish you love" on the life and times of nat king cole. this report comes from twin cities public television. >> you got props. you got your coat and everything. okay, all right, all right. we're in, i think, the middle of the third week of rehearsal. so people are just getting off book, hopefully not off lines. what does that mean, you're married? you don't think i know how it work with the ladies and money? >> they're starting to create character and put together all the pieces. >> you could send them anything. they're just happy something is sent, that's all. you're going to give them something
first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. and that support helps keep programs like ourselves on the air. >> woodruff: for those stations not taking a pledge break, a look at one of the nation's premier black drama troupes. the penumbra theater company in saint paul was founded by lou bellamy in 1976. he takes us behind the scenes of the current production, "i wish you love" on the life and times of nat king...
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: republican presidential candidates spent another long day hunting for votes in iowa. they were heading into the final weekend before the presidential election season officially opens with tuesday night's caucuses. the weather turned colder and windy, but mitt romney warmed to his audience as another new poll, this one from nbc marist, showed him pacing the field. >> if you can get out here in this cold and this wind and a little bit of rain coming down, then you can sure get out on tuesday night, and you can sure find a few people to bring with you. >> brown: one key supporter showed up today, new jersey governor chris christie, campaigning with romney in west des moines. >> it really energizes me, the young people. >> brown: texas congressman ron paul was either tied for first or a close second. 41% in the nbc poll said his libertarian leaning makes him unacceptable. newt gingrich had been the iowa front-runner just a few weeks back but has fallen far behind. in
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: republican presidential candidates spent another long day hunting for votes in iowa. they were heading into the final weekend before the presidential election season officially opens with tuesday night's caucuses. the weather turned colder and windy, but mitt romney warmed to his audience as another new poll, this one from nbc marist, showed him pacing the field. >> if you can get out here in this...
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but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: now, for those stations not taking a pledge break, we look at new technology used to harness powerful winds located high above the earth into usable energy. our report is part of the series newshour connect, which showcases public media reporting from around the nation. it was produced by christopher bauer for the science program "quest," which airs on kqed-san francisco. the story is narrated by andrea kissack. >> ifill: a new investigation . >> reporter: on a win southwest tarmac at the former naval... an inventive group of scientists and engineers is testing the concept of a new clean energy technology. with a change in climate and mounting energy challenges, the race is on to develop viable sources of alternative energy. >> there are not very many options for providing low carbon power at the scale of civilization. to solve this problem,
but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woodruff: now, for those stations not taking a pledge break, we look at new technology used to harness powerful winds located high above the earth into usable energy. our report is part of the series newshour connect, which showcases public media reporting from around the nation. it was produced by christopher bauer...
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but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public >> woodruff: finally tonight, scientists on the hunt for an earth like planet. newshour correspondent spencer michels has the story. >> reporter: more than 20 years ago, space scientist william borucki dreamed up a plan to explore our galaxy to find the extent of life, if there is any beyond the earth. it was a daunting and expensive challenge. this week and $600 million later at a conference of his peers in mountain view, california, borucki and nasa announced they had found the first planet in the habitable zone. that means, what's being called the "goldilocks" planet, is just right, orbiting its star at the proper distance to have water, necessary for life. similar to earth, though bigger, scientists say the temperature averages about 72 degrees. 600 light years away, it orbits its own sun every 290 days. borucki and his team found it using the kepler space telescope, which was launched three years ago and remains in orbit around the sun. he calls it a
but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public >> woodruff: finally tonight, scientists on the hunt for an earth like planet. newshour correspondent spencer michels has the story. >> reporter: more than 20 years ago, space scientist william borucki dreamed up a plan to explore our galaxy to find the extent of life, if there is any beyond the earth. it was a daunting and expensive challenge. this week and $600 million later at a conference of his peers in...
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: a suicide attacker killed 56 people and wounded more than 160 others in kabul, afghanistan, today. it was the worst of several attacks that shook the country. penitentiary nent worshippers ritually beating themselves on shiite islam's holiest day had flooded central kabul streets when the bomber struck. the crowds were commemorating the 7th century death of imam hussein a grandson of the prophet mohammed. >> the ceremony was about to finish. a new group arrived and the suicide bombers placed themselves among the new group. >> woodruff: a short time later the shoes of the dead and wounded were piled in the gutters near the mosque. the shrine is in area of the capital near the presidential palace and many government ministries. a second attack in the northern city of... killed four more shiites. a third attack in kandahar killed one person. major sectarian violence in afghanistan between sunnis and the 20% of afghans who are shiites had been nearly unknown since
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: a suicide attacker killed 56 people and wounded more than 160 others in kabul, afghanistan, today. it was the worst of several attacks that shook the country. penitentiary nent worshippers ritually beating themselves on shiite islam's holiest day had flooded central kabul streets when the bomber struck. the crowds were commemorating the 7th century death of imam hussein a grandson of the prophet...
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the president today welcomed the end of the war in iraq with all u.s. troops due to leave before the month is out. he also acknowledged the costs of the long conflict. >> on behalf of a grateful nation, i'm proud to finally say these two words, and i know your families agree: welcome home, welcome home. ( cheers and applause ) >> woodruff: it was a homecoming-- complete with the commander in chief-- for the latest detachments of troops arriving back at fort bragg, north carolina. president obama praised the efforts of one and a half million americans who've served in iraq since 2003. >> we're building a new partnership between our nations and we are ending a war not with a final battle but with a final march towards home. this is an extraordinary achievement nearly nine years in the making. and today we remember everything that you did to make it possible. >> woodruff: that effort came at a high price in blood and treasure. the president said the united states
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the president today welcomed the end of the war in iraq with all u.s. troops due to leave before the month is out. he also acknowledged the costs of the long conflict. >> on behalf of a grateful nation, i'm proud to finally say these two words, and i know your families agree: welcome home, welcome home. ( cheers and applause ) >> woodruff: it was a homecoming-- complete with the commander...
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