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>> warner: you're locked out. >> it's locked. >> warner: more than a million other professional iraqis who couldn't deal with the violence or frustration fled the country. hannah edward says iraq's middle class hasn't recovered. >> they are suffering from poverty, from displacement of enduring the sectarian war. many of them run away from the country. >> warner: the lack of predictable security also holds back the economy and jobs. with just a ninth grade education, another widow is now learning computer skills. >> my dream is to get a job with a good salary, to be something in this society and support my children. >> warner: do you think it will be possible to find a job? >> i could get a minor job but nothing to fulfill my dream. we have students male and female who graduate from universities and they can't find a job. >> warner: do you want to stay in iraq? or if you had the opportunity, would you want to leave? >> i would definitely leave. it's just too difficult to live in iraq. everything is difficult. >> warner: things are quite different in the ancient holy city of najaf, 100 m
>> warner: you're locked out. >> it's locked. >> warner: more than a million other professional iraqis who couldn't deal with the violence or frustration fled the country. hannah edward says iraq's middle class hasn't recovered. >> they are suffering from poverty, from displacement of enduring the sectarian war. many of them run away from the country. >> warner: the lack of predictable security also holds back the economy and jobs. with just a ninth grade...
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. >> 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...
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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 backor 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 incom
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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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warner's just the fist casket chosen for exhumation. if a dump soldier is found at the spot it may call in to question hundreds more depraves in arlington. >>> a family is looking for answers after a police officer struck and killed a postal worker with his patrol car in capital heights, maryland. 62-year-old burgess was walking to work yesterday hen the accident happened. the prince georges county officer says he never saw burr jess coming and that he was wearing dark clothing and was not in a cross walk. the department is investigating. >>> president obama delivered a lesson to children across the nation. he told students their job was to pay attention in class and stay out of trouble. randall pinkston tells us this year's speech wasn't met with much controversy [ applause ] >> reporter: president obama is telling america's students to work hard, and dream big. >> your future is in your hands. your life is what you make of it. and nothing, absolutely nothing is beyond your reach [ applause ] >> reporter: the president chose a successf
warner's just the fist casket chosen for exhumation. if a dump soldier is found at the spot it may call in to question hundreds more depraves in arlington. >>> a family is looking for answers after a police officer struck and killed a postal worker with his patrol car in capital heights, maryland. 62-year-old burgess was walking to work yesterday hen the accident happened. the prince georges county officer says he never saw burr jess coming and that he was wearing dark clothing and was...
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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...
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or is this something completely out of kurt warner's normal routine? >> this is completely different than anything i've done before. obviously being an athlete for 30 years, that's primarily what i've done danced here and there. my wife and i met in a country bar two stepping and line dancing and all of that. this is a different word. technique, steps, the different dances you have to do. this is a new realm for me, different than what i've done before. i'm having a lot of fun and it's a tremendous challenge and i'm looking forward to monday night and on from there and see what i can do. >> mike: i've got to ask. what's tougher, quarterbacking in the nfl or preparing for dancing with the stars, thre t athletically speaking preparing for nfl, as quarterback may not be as demanding physically we play nor mentally than physically on game day, but strenuous to do the ballroom dancing thing and we're in the studio six hours a day, trying to learn moves, steps, techniques, it's definitely demanding and definitely a workout, a different kind of workout than i
or is this something completely out of kurt warner's normal routine? >> this is completely different than anything i've done before. obviously being an athlete for 30 years, that's primarily what i've done danced here and there. my wife and i met in a country bar two stepping and line dancing and all of that. this is a different word. technique, steps, the different dances you have to do. this is a new realm for me, different than what i've done before. i'm having a lot of fun and it's a...
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. >>> warner brothers is donating $5 million to the national museum of american history. the money will go for a new theater to present the history of american film. the 46-year-old carmichael auditorium will be transformed in to the warner brothers theater. it will be equiped with projectors to show 3-d films and original 35-millimeter movies. >>> denzel washington is promoting a new program aimed at keeping youngsters in school. we see how the give boys and girls club plans to reverse the high school dropout rate. >> reporter: there's a buzz at this boyce and girls club in southeast. >> i think it is inspirational. >> they saw denzel washington at the national press club adding his star power to the boys and girls club new campaign attacking the high school dropout rate. only 69% of american teenagers finish high school, compared to the club's 90% graduation rate. >> we need more programs, like the boys and girls clubs during the hours when our children are out of school. we need for every american to do his or her part. >> reporter: washington says the club shaped him
. >>> warner brothers is donating $5 million to the national museum of american history. the money will go for a new theater to present the history of american film. the 46-year-old carmichael auditorium will be transformed in to the warner brothers theater. it will be equiped with projectors to show 3-d films and original 35-millimeter movies. >>> denzel washington is promoting a new program aimed at keeping youngsters in school. we see how the give boys and girls club plans...
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of warner's casket shows that he was intered improperly. >> 5 it is:48 -- it is 5:48. we need the rain. it would help a lot here. >> it is something we could use. it is not looking that way. i think the maximum accumulation will be 0.25 inches. >> not a smoker. >> no. a few jobs are expected. sometimes it takes the remnants of a tropical system to break us out. luckily, the strong storms are not going to be affecting the united states. julia has weakened a bit. it is tell eight category two. but these will be carried off to the east before they get that the united states. bermuda will be affected by igor. karl is going back into the gulf of mexico. it could develop into a hurricane by tomorrow afternoon. none of these systems will affect our local weather. again, they could mix up the surf. temperature wise, it is 61 in gaithersburg. 64. a little bit warmer than yesterday morning. i think you need the air conditioner this afternoon. the high temperature will be in the upper 80's. it will become mostly cloudy by early afternoon. there'll be scattered showers near west v
of warner's casket shows that he was intered improperly. >> 5 it is:48 -- it is 5:48. we need the rain. it would help a lot here. >> it is something we could use. it is not looking that way. i think the maximum accumulation will be 0.25 inches. >> not a smoker. >> no. a few jobs are expected. sometimes it takes the remnants of a tropical system to break us out. luckily, the strong storms are not going to be affecting the united states. julia has weakened a bit. it is...
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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...
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scott and me lisa warner came to arlington yesterday for the exhumation of their son's remains. marine private warner was killed in iraq in 2006 but recently missing paperwork raised doubts as to whether he was buried in the right place in arlington. the exhume nation though painful for the family shows the young marine was buried properly. >> i can breathe. i feel like a ton of bricks have been let off of my chest. good news. >> reporter: private warner's remains were placed in a new casket and reentered in to the cemetery. >>> with vincent gray's primary win, many in the district are wondering what will happen to michelle rhee? rhee and gray haven't always seen eye to eye, and when asked twice by wusa 9 about the future of rhee in a gray- controlled dc, the council chair refused to answer the question. chancellor rhee issued a statement yesterday standing by her reforms. >>> mayor fenty called chairman gray to concede and promised to work with him on the general election an the transition. mayor fenty says he has no other job offers a this.but insists he will charge ahead for
scott and me lisa warner came to arlington yesterday for the exhumation of their son's remains. marine private warner was killed in iraq in 2006 but recently missing paperwork raised doubts as to whether he was buried in the right place in arlington. the exhume nation though painful for the family shows the young marine was buried properly. >> i can breathe. i feel like a ton of bricks have been let off of my chest. good news. >> reporter: private warner's remains were placed in a...