176
176
Sep 16, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 176
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight, ray suarez walks economists isabel sawhill and harry holzer through these record breaking numbers and assess the impact the recession has had on the poor. >> lehrer: then, "atlantic" magazine reporter jeffrey goldberg and latin america analyst julia sweig talk about their recent conversations with fidel castro. >> warner: betty ann bowser reports from new orleans on an effort to establish clinics for people who lost health care after hurricane katrina wiped out the city's charity hospital. >> the storm, the flooding was horrific but it really was an opportunity for us to try something new and better for our patients. >> lehrer: gwen ifill has a conversation with online editor and liberal commentator arianna huffington on her new book about the declining middle class. >> warner: and jeffrey brown talks with composer and musician herbie hancock, whose 70th birthday tour fuses jazz with global beats. >> taking what happens and trying to make it work. that's som
. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight, ray suarez walks economists isabel sawhill and harry holzer through these record breaking numbers and assess the impact the recession has had on the poor. >> lehrer: then, "atlantic" magazine reporter jeffrey goldberg and latin america analyst julia sweig talk about their recent conversations with fidel castro. >> warner: betty ann bowser reports from new orleans on an effort to establish...
252
252
Sep 3, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 252
favorite 0
quote 0
life in iraq is very hard. >> warner: the hard life never seems to end. people fortunate enough to have a personal generator spend literally hours in gas lines, waiting to fill up their car tanks so they can siphon it out for generator fuel at home. there are exceptions. the lights never flicker at the open-air ice cream shop we visited last week. the place has been hit twice by terrorist explosions. but the insurance that owner moustafa mahmoud abdullah seems most insistent on is what keeps the ice cream cold and the customers happy. >> ( translated ): i have three giant generators, and all the power that you see in this shop is because of those generators. i never depend on the city power, because it comes back for a short time only, then goes out. >> warner: how much does that cost you? >> ( translated ): the total cost of running a generator to keep all the power that you see, on a monthly basis, is 21 million iraqi dinars. >> warner: that's a lot of ice cream cones. to iraqis who are eager for the good things in life, but aren't generating enough inc
life in iraq is very hard. >> warner: the hard life never seems to end. people fortunate enough to have a personal generator spend literally hours in gas lines, waiting to fill up their car tanks so they can siphon it out for generator fuel at home. there are exceptions. the lights never flicker at the open-air ice cream shop we visited last week. the place has been hit twice by terrorist explosions. but the insurance that owner moustafa mahmoud abdullah seems most insistent on is what...
294
294
Sep 20, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 294
favorite 0
quote 0
margaret warner has the story. >> warner: for salmon lovers, the choice facing them at the supermarket is now fresh salmon or wild? but soon, there may be another option: salmon that have been genetically modified to grow faster. the food and drug administration is holding three days of hearings this week on whether to permit the new breed to be sold. though genetically modified crops are widely used in packaged foods, this salmon, if okayed, would be the first genetically modified animal approved for human consumption. today's f.d.a. advisory committee hearing pitted consumer and environmental advocates warning of potential dangers to the health of humans and wild fish against promoters like the c.e.o. of the massachusetts company aquabounty, which is seeking the approval. >> whether to require the genetically modified salmon to be labeled as such, for our own debate we turn to val giddings a biotechnology development to government and companies. former vice president to the biotechnology industry organization which is advocating aprafl. he has also advised aquabounty in the past, on
margaret warner has the story. >> warner: for salmon lovers, the choice facing them at the supermarket is now fresh salmon or wild? but soon, there may be another option: salmon that have been genetically modified to grow faster. the food and drug administration is holding three days of hearings this week on whether to permit the new breed to be sold. though genetically modified crops are widely used in packaged foods, this salmon, if okayed, would be the first genetically modified animal...
529
529
Sep 28, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 529
favorite 0
quote 0
>> warner: i'm margaret warner. i love to keep up with the analysis of mark shields and david brooks even when i'm in baghdad. >> i'm mark shields. >> i'm david brooks. we approve this app. >> now the question is what will you do with the pbs newshour app? >> ifill: what's not to like about that? get it now. and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
>> warner: i'm margaret warner. i love to keep up with the analysis of mark shields and david brooks even when i'm in baghdad. >> i'm mark shields. >> i'm david brooks. we approve this app. >> now the question is what will you do with the pbs newshour app? >> ifill: what's not to like about that? get it now. and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by:...
309
309
Sep 24, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 309
favorite 0
quote 0
margaret warner has that story. >> warner: before last spring's campaign, liberal party leader nicholas clegg was hardly a familiar face to british voters. but the debates changed all that. >> the more they attack each other, they more they sound exactly the same. >> warner: 43-year-old clegg stole the spotlight from the candidates of the two traditionally dominant parties: labor's then-prime minister gordon brown and the conservatives' david cameron. >> we don't simply need to choose from the old choices of the past. we don't need to repeat the mistakes of the past. don't let anyone tell you that, this time, it can't be different. it can. >> warner: the results of the may election were certainly different; neither major party won a majority of seats in the house of commons. within days, a coalition was forged between cameron's conservatives and clegg's liberal democrats, despite the two parties being at odds on many domestic and foreign policy issues. >> we are announcing a new politics... >> warner: cameron became prime minister and clegg deputy prime minister. it's the first time in
margaret warner has that story. >> warner: before last spring's campaign, liberal party leader nicholas clegg was hardly a familiar face to british voters. but the debates changed all that. >> the more they attack each other, they more they sound exactly the same. >> warner: 43-year-old clegg stole the spotlight from the candidates of the two traditionally dominant parties: labor's then-prime minister gordon brown and the conservatives' david cameron. >> we don't simply...
321
321
Sep 2, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 321
favorite 0
quote 1
that's a difficult thing to put together. >> warner: and if they don't? many iraqis fear, if negotiations don't bear fruit soon, sunni and shia political leaders may once again resort to sectarian violence to resolve their differences. that could well happen, warns vice president al-hashimi, if maliki cuts a deal with the other all-shiite party and excludes the sunnis. >> i'm afraid the response from the arab sunnis will be negative. i can't control the behavior of my constituency, and i'm afraid that this country will go back to the sectarian strife. >> warner: istrabadi says this six-month political deadlock has already taken too high a toll. >> even if tomorrow, somehow, a magic wand will wave, say, and a government were formed, it's going to take, i think, a tremendous amount of time for the government to reassert its authority. >> warner: leaving iraqis to wonder if their government elected by the people will ever be able to work for the people. >> lehrer: ray suarez talked to margaret after she filed that report. >> suarez: margaret, welcome. you've
that's a difficult thing to put together. >> warner: and if they don't? many iraqis fear, if negotiations don't bear fruit soon, sunni and shia political leaders may once again resort to sectarian violence to resolve their differences. that could well happen, warns vice president al-hashimi, if maliki cuts a deal with the other all-shiite party and excludes the sunnis. >> i'm afraid the response from the arab sunnis will be negative. i can't control the behavior of my constituency,...
1,077
1.1K
Sep 14, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 1,077
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> brown: then margaret warner interviews former british prime minister and united nations envoy tony blair about the newest round of middle east peace talks. >> i find it hard to see if these two political leader s in this context with an american administration pushing for a deal, if we can't get one, i don't know where we go from there. >> ifill: fred de sam lazaro has the story of a jewish entrepreneur working with palestinians and israelis for both peace and profit. >> brown: susan dentzer of "health affairs" and karen tumulty of the "washington post" sort through the latest give- and-take on health care politics. >> ifill: and we sit down with writer and cartoonist austin kleon for a dose of poetry inspired by newspaper prose. >> what i found out is that i need to treat the newspaper as a blank canvas in order to really come up with a good poem. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for p
. >> brown: then margaret warner interviews former british prime minister and united nations envoy tony blair about the newest round of middle east peace talks. >> i find it hard to see if these two political leader s in this context with an american administration pushing for a deal, if we can't get one, i don't know where we go from there. >> ifill: fred de sam lazaro has the story of a jewish entrepreneur working with palestinians and israelis for both peace and profit....
218
218
Sep 21, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 218
favorite 0
quote 0
margaret warner has our story. >> warner: iran's president ahmadinejad arrived in new york this week for the annual u.n. general assembly meeting reveling in his role as nemesis of the west. as a u.n. poverty summit this morning he asailed capitalism and the current international political and financial order. >> the undemocratic and unjust governance structures are the roots of the problems humanity is confronting today. the demands of liberal capitalism and multi-national corporations have caused the suffering of countless women, men and children in so many countries. >> warner: what he didn't mention was that sanctions imposed by that same international order aimed at iran's nuclear program are beginning to bite at home. last june, the u.n. security council adopted its toughest set yet. the u.s.-european union, australia, japan, south korea and norway followed up with specific measures of their own. the number-one target? hog tie iran's access to the global financial system especially major banks. u.s. treasury undersecretary stewart levy heads the department of terrorism and fina
margaret warner has our story. >> warner: iran's president ahmadinejad arrived in new york this week for the annual u.n. general assembly meeting reveling in his role as nemesis of the west. as a u.n. poverty summit this morning he asailed capitalism and the current international political and financial order. >> the undemocratic and unjust governance structures are the roots of the problems humanity is confronting today. the demands of liberal capitalism and multi-national...
259
259
Sep 9, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 259
favorite 0
quote 0
margaret warner has the afghan story. >> warner: for more than a week now, nervous afghans have lined up outside branches of one of the nation's largest banks, trying to withdraw their deposits. >> ( translated ): after we heard the news, we have come to kabul bank to close my account, but it is very busy here, a lot of people are here to withdraw their money. >> warner: the customers acted after kabul bank posted losses of $300 million, and saw its two top officers were ousted. u.s. and afghan officials say the bank made unorthodox loans to well-connected elites and risky real estate investments in dubai. the bank has close connections to president hamid karzai. the top shareholders-- former chairman, sherkhan farnood, and former ceo, khalilullah fruzi-- helped finance and advise karzai's 2009 re-election campaign. two other top shareholders, and beneficiaries of bank loans, are the president's brother, mahmoud karzai, the vice president's brother, hassen fahim. the government insists it's central bank will do what's needed to keep kabul bank from collapsing. >> my message to all the
margaret warner has the afghan story. >> warner: for more than a week now, nervous afghans have lined up outside branches of one of the nation's largest banks, trying to withdraw their deposits. >> ( translated ): after we heard the news, we have come to kabul bank to close my account, but it is very busy here, a lot of people are here to withdraw their money. >> warner: the customers acted after kabul bank posted losses of $300 million, and saw its two top officers were...
415
415
Sep 15, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 415
favorite 0
quote 0
margaret warner has the story. >> warner: a free-lance photographer for the black press in the 1950s and '60s, ernest withers chronicled landmark moments in the battle for civil rights. he covered the 1955 murder of emmett till, the bus boycotts, and protests like the 1968 sanitation workers strike in memphis. he was treated like an insider, and given intimate access to movement leaders like dr. martin luther king. but this week, the memphis commercial appeal reported that withers also worked as an fbi informant most probably paid from at least 1968 to 1970. for more, we turn to earl caldwell. he reported on the civil rights struggle for the "new york times" and knew withers. he's now a professor at hampton university's scripps howard school of journalism. mr. caldwell, welcome. give us first a sense of ernest withers, and how important his work was to this country's understanding of the civil rights movement. >> his work was hugely important because he brought back the pictures. , you know, you can have a thousand words, but it's the pictures, and he had access. he was on the inside
margaret warner has the story. >> warner: a free-lance photographer for the black press in the 1950s and '60s, ernest withers chronicled landmark moments in the battle for civil rights. he covered the 1955 murder of emmett till, the bus boycotts, and protests like the 1968 sanitation workers strike in memphis. he was treated like an insider, and given intimate access to movement leaders like dr. martin luther king. but this week, the memphis commercial appeal reported that withers also...
675
675
Sep 27, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 675
favorite 0
quote 0
margaret warner has the story. >> warner: in the 1980s, southwest airlines was the scrappy upstart, pioneering a new type of low-cost, low-fare, low-frills flying experience. southwest stole market share from the major carriers by offering low and predictable prices to fliers willing to give up reserved seats and in-flight refreshments. today southwest announced it's going to grow still more by buying a smaller low-cost rival, air tran airways, for $1.4 billion. for more about this deal and where the industry is going, we turn to ben mutzabaugh of "u.s.a. today." he joins us from pittsburgh. i ben welcome, thanks for joining us. 1.4 billion is a lot of money and what's been tough times for the airlines, why is southwest doing this, what is driving this? >> there are ray couple of things. first of all, as you mentioned sot west has been at there for a while now. while they were the scrappy upstart in the '80s and even into the 9 0s. their business model is pretty mature at this point and there aren't many misses left for them to expand that are flarl fits are for their business model. one of th
margaret warner has the story. >> warner: in the 1980s, southwest airlines was the scrappy upstart, pioneering a new type of low-cost, low-fare, low-frills flying experience. southwest stole market share from the major carriers by offering low and predictable prices to fliers willing to give up reserved seats and in-flight refreshments. today southwest announced it's going to grow still more by buying a smaller low-cost rival, air tran airways, for $1.4 billion. for more about this deal...
349
349
Sep 23, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 349
favorite 0
quote 0
margaret warner is in new york and she joins me now. margaret, were you struck by how much of the president's address had to do with the middle east? >> i was, ray. it was nearly a third of the speech if you count the minutes. the white house just decided that this was the onissue on which they really need right now help from the international community. last year it was iran, nuclear nonproliferation. of all the list of issues president obama told the u.n. last year he wanted to address that very little progress has been made on, it's the middle east. now, as you know, the parties are in the talks but it's very fragile. you have this looming deadline of the moratorium expiring on sunday. and so his message to this body was essentially we come back here year after year and talk about the middle east and isn't it terrible what's going on there, well, many of you call yourselves friends of the palestinians, now's the time to show it. and he is, of course, speaking to the arab states and what he's saying to them is you have to help create
margaret warner is in new york and she joins me now. margaret, were you struck by how much of the president's address had to do with the middle east? >> i was, ray. it was nearly a third of the speech if you count the minutes. the white house just decided that this was the onissue on which they really need right now help from the international community. last year it was iran, nuclear nonproliferation. of all the list of issues president obama told the u.n. last year he wanted to address...
218
218
Sep 29, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 218
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> brown: margaret warner examines china's growing economic and military assertiveness in asia and globally. >> they're breaking diplomatic egg which is three or four years ago they would not have broken. so i think the change is palpable. >> woodruff: we talk to former clinton administration secretary of labor robert reich-- the last in our series of conversations on extending the bush-era tax breaks. >> brown: and jonathan miller of "independent television news" reports from northwest pakistan, where relief-aid is still slow in coming two months after the floods began. >> this is one of the worst affected areas in pakistan, but these people industrial no safe water, no food, no shelter, no medicine. something has gone very wrong. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i want to know what the universe... >> looks like. >> feels like. >> from deep space. >> to a microbe. >> i can contribute to the world by pursuing my passion for science. >> it really is the key to the future. >> i want to design... >> a be
. >> brown: margaret warner examines china's growing economic and military assertiveness in asia and globally. >> they're breaking diplomatic egg which is three or four years ago they would not have broken. so i think the change is palpable. >> woodruff: we talk to former clinton administration secretary of labor robert reich-- the last in our series of conversations on extending the bush-era tax breaks. >> brown: and jonathan miller of "independent television...
218
218
Sep 1, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 218
favorite 0
quote 0
on thursday, margaret warner reports on the political stalemate in iraq. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you only and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
on thursday, margaret warner reports on the political stalemate in iraq. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you only and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. captioning...
458
458
Sep 6, 2010
09/10
by
WMPT
tv
eye 458
favorite 0
quote 0
over the last three weeks margaret warner reported from iraq, the country's transition to providing its own security. tonight special correspondent fred de sam lazaro has this story from neighboring jordan on iraqis who fled years of conflict and may never return home. >> reporter: dr. jalal is much better off than most of the 500,000 or so iraqi refugees in jordan. he has a job in a busy practice here in amman but it's a serious time for a man who was one of iraq's top dental surgeons. >> i had the largest dental practice in the country. i had to abandon it when i fled to jordan. there were lots of threats. most of the sign tiffs and the doctors were targeted so we had to reach out for a safe haven that was closest. for us that was jordan. >> reporter: the large family home was destroyed in a car bombing and shelling that ripped through their baghdad neighborhood. that's when he joined aned exodus of eye rag eye... iraqi protectionals fleeing threats of kidnapping or just runing from the wrong side of a political or religious divide. by some estimates since 2003 at least 60% of iraq's
over the last three weeks margaret warner reported from iraq, the country's transition to providing its own security. tonight special correspondent fred de sam lazaro has this story from neighboring jordan on iraqis who fled years of conflict and may never return home. >> reporter: dr. jalal is much better off than most of the 500,000 or so iraqi refugees in jordan. he has a job in a busy practice here in amman but it's a serious time for a man who was one of iraq's top dental surgeons....