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and proud to support pbs's "to the contrary" with bonnie erbe. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation the charles a. frueauff foundation and by the sanofi aventis foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" health and human services kathleen sebelius explains changes in the health care law that took effect this week. behind the headlines: actress meryl streep says women need to keep pushing the boulder up the hill. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first: obama cabinet member kathleen sebelius. as the nation's highest-ranking health official, secretary sebelius played a key role in the passing landmark health care reform. this week marks six months since president obama signed the bill into law and some of the law's new policies now start taking effect. democrats are using these changes to try to get out their base out to the polls in november. >> any young adult under 26 can be added to a family plan as long as he or she doesn't have employer-based coverage. this y
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and proud to support pbs's "to the contrary" with bonnie erbe. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation the charles a. frueauff foundation and by the sanofi aventis foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" women up islam. women & islam, on 9/11's anniversary, anti-islamic sentiment appears to spread. then, secretary of state clinton outlines america's future. behind the headlines: congresswoman loretta sanchez wants women on the front lines. >> hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first: the 9/11 anniversary and america's religious divisions. as the nation commemorates the ninth anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks, anti-islamic fervor seems to be growing. a new washington post-abc news poll finds, nearly half of americans have an unfavorable view of islam compared with 37% who view islam favorably. this week, a florida pastor threatened to burn copies of the saying he is following instructions from god. there is also an ongoing
and proud to support pbs's "to the contrary" with bonnie erbe. additional funding provided by: the colcom foundation the charles a. frueauff foundation and by the sanofi aventis foundation. >> this week on "to the contrary" women up islam. women & islam, on 9/11's anniversary, anti-islamic sentiment appears to spread. then, secretary of state clinton outlines america's future. behind the headlines: congresswoman loretta sanchez wants women on the front lines....
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pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with oscar-winning actor tim robbins and a new play at jamestown. that's next time. we'll see you then. >> all i know is his name is jamentse james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference. >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is proud in working with tavis to improve financial literacy. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs.
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very warm welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers in the states on pbs and also around the globe, with me, peter dobbie. coming up later for you -- how your name and postcode can affect your chances of getting a job in france. and new pictures of the world's most famous ship wreck -- the titanic in 3-d. the u.s. president barack obama has urged israelis and palestinians not to let slip an opportunity for peace that he says may not soon return. he made the remark as he opened a landmark peace talks. our middle east editor jeremy bowen reports from washington. >> if it feels as though they have all been this way before. an american president, and israeli prime minister, launching a new attempt at middle east peace in fact -- -- these at the white house and condemning bloodshed. >> there are going to be those who do everything they can to undermine the peace talks. we will remain a stalwart. >> the talks we had were open, productive, serious in the quest for peace. but also centered around the need to have security arrangements that are able to roll back this kind of terro
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mobil, the epics and excellence in journalism foundation, the annanburg, and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. so tonight, we tackle the challenge of turning the page. president obama's oval office address provided a useful prame this week that was supposed to be about iraq but it was about so much else, including the economy, uncertain foreign policy and politics. why is august never a good month for barack obama? now we are safely in september, the question must be asked. >> you detected the pattern haven't you. he has had difficulties in augusts and ended this one in a very busy week. when he gave that speech in the oval office, he talked about turning the page. what he meant to convey is, it's time now to focus on the economy. but as that speech showed, the tension in that speech as he was trying to deal with a lot of issues at once underscored the political problems that he and the democrats and the administration have. i mean, he said the economy is my principal responsib
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contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. economic advisor larry summers became the latest member of the president's inner circle to head for the exits this week with the recent departures of christina romer and peter orszad and the imminent decampment of chief of staff rahm emmanuel and david axelrod, a chief is under way at the white house. bill clinton is among those who believe the president still has to assert control over his biggest challenge, the economy. the former president sat down with my news however colleague judy woodruff this week. >> if this is a referendum on people's anger and apathy, our side stays home and their side, we don't do well f it's a choice between who's going to do what, we can do well. the president is out there now. and i think it's high time. and it's good, and it's good that he's taking some shots. that's what people want to see. they like to see their presidents get hit a little bit. gwen: and he would k
contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. economic advisor larry summers became the latest member of the president's inner circle to head for the exits this week with the recent departures of christina romer and peter orszad and the imminent decampment of chief of staff rahm emmanuel and david axelrod, a chief is under way at the white house. bill clinton is among those who believe the...
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i will see you back the next time on pbs. until then, good night from l.a.. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: join me next time with the norland its saints' head coach on what winning the super bowl meant for the city. that is next time. see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. tavis and nationwide insurance, working to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> nationwide is on your side >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.
i will see you back the next time on pbs. until then, good night from l.a.. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org tavis: join me next time with the norland its saints' head coach on what winning the super bowl meant for the city. that is next time. see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help...
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pbs.org. tavis: hi, i am tavis smiley. join me next time for our interview with tim robbins on the jamestown settlement. we will see you then. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer. literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org- >> be more. pbs.
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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the health care reform law reached a kind of anniversary today, six months since president obama signed it into law, big new changes are set to take effect. health correspondent betty ann bowser has the story. >> hey, everybody. hello, hello! good to see you guys! >> reporter: the president marked the occasion in a northern virginia neighborhood today. his goal: to sell the six-month- old law to voters, six weeks before the mid-term elections. >> and so what we realized was we had to take some steps to start dealing with these underlying, chronic problems that have confronted our economy for a very long time. and health care was one of those issues that we could no longer ignore. so it was bankrupting families, companies and our government. so we said we have to take this on. >> reporter: at the same time, mr. obama acknowledged many americans still don't like or don't understand the new law and he said he's partly to blame. >> sometimes i... i fault myself for no
and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the health care reform law reached a kind of anniversary today, six months since president obama signed it into law, big new changes are set to take effect. health correspondent betty ann bowser has the story. >> hey, everybody. hello, hello! good to see you guys! >> reporter: the president marked the occasion in a northern virginia neighborhood today. his goal: to sell the six-month- old law...
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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: john boyd, jr. is president of the national black farmers' association. he held a press conference to highlight the failure of the congress to approve a settlement. he joins us tonight from new york. good to have you. >> good to be here, and i want to thank you for being involved with the black farmers and continuing to raise the issue. tavis: it is my pleasure, and i wanted to have you on tonight because after years of dealing with this, all that needs to happen is for congress, when they come back from labor day recess, to vote on what has already been agreed to. they simply need to have the courage to cast a vote for a settlement that has already been reached when i first started my national television career back in 1996, i had you on my television show then talking about this issue. this is now 2010, and we are still trying to get a settlement for african american farmers let me start by asking for you to give the backst
. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: john boyd, jr. is president of the national black farmers' association. he held a press conference to highlight the failure of the congress to approve a settlement. he joins us tonight from new york. good to have you. >> good to be here, and i want to thank you for being involved with the black farmers and continuing to raise the issue. tavis:...
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welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. my name is mike embley. coming up later for you -- despite worldwide outrage, the american pastor who plans to burn the karan is not backing down. -- koran is not backing down. and how unman dances reveals more than meets the eye. -- a man dance is it reveals more than meets the eye. hello to you. bp has giving its own account of what caused april's catastrophic oil spill in the gulf of mexico. eleven workers died when the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded and it leaked almost 5 million gallons of crude oil. bp faces hundreds of lawsuits and compensation claims. its report today insist no single factor caused the disaster. it does accept some responsibility, but also points the finger of blame at several other companies and work teams. it speaks of a complex series of mechanical failures, as well as human error and faults in the engineering design. >> april 20 of this year. the worst oil disaster in american history. oil leaking into the gulf of mexico for 87 days. at last, a detaile
welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. my name is mike embley. coming up later for you -- despite worldwide outrage, the american pastor who plans to burn the karan is not backing down. -- koran is not backing down. and how unman dances reveals more than meets the eye. -- a man dance is it reveals more than meets the eye. hello to you. bp has giving its own account of what caused april's catastrophic oil spill in the gulf of...
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foundation, the annanburg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator again eye sfill -- ifill. gwen: good evening. once again and probably not for the last time, the president today tried to shift the national debate back to the issues most americans say they care about, their jobs, their taxes, their families. >> now, for all the progress we've made, we're not there yet. and that means the people are frustrated and that means people are angry. and since i'm the president and democrats have control of the house and the senate it's understandable that people are saying, you know, what have you done? gwen: true enough. and therein lies the fight. the president this week said no to extending bush-era tax cuts and yes to more government spending to stimulate the economy. here is republican response in a nut shell from congressman ross come. >> we see where expansive government leads. it leads to a nagging unemployment rate of about 10%. gwen: it's a pretty bright de-divid
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nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening, everyone. susie gharib is off tonight. i'm joined by suzanne pratt. japan moved today to weaken its currency as the dollar hit a 15- year low against the yen. suzanne, it's an effort to help the lagging japanese economy. >> suzanne: tom, this is japan's first intervention in the currency market in six years. it comes just ahead of a meeting between president obama and japan's prime minister in new york city next week. so exactly what did japan do? the country's treasury sold its own currency, the yen, and bought u.s. dollars. the idea is to drive down the value of the yen versus the dollar, making japan's currency cheaper. >> wolfgang koester is the c.i.a. at a firm that. welcome back to "nightly business report." what companies do you think get hurt by this japanese yen intervention? >> the people that are going to get hurt are the people that are looking to -- that have costs in japan, more than the pe
nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening, everyone. susie gharib is off tonight. i'm joined by suzanne pratt. japan moved today to weaken its currency as the dollar hit a 15- year low against the yen. suzanne, it's an effort to help the lagging japanese economy. >> suzanne: tom, this is japan's first intervention in the currency market...