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Because you just have yourself to think about and when youre a teacher you have so many concerns for your students. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill republicans who will run the next congress talked up their todo list today. House Speaker John Boehner also issued a warning to president obama especially on immigration. There is a bipartisan majority in the house and senate to take some of these issues out of obamacare. We need to put them on the president s desk and let him choose. Ifill well have more on todays events, and another look at whats behind the Election Results after the news summary. Ohio, kentucky, michigan and tennessee. That conflicts with rulings by other appeals panels, making it more likely the high court will have to issue a definitive decision. Theres word today that president obama wrote last month to irans supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei, about the fight against Islamic State militants. The wall street journal reports the letter described irans shared interest in battling the militants in iraq and syria. The white house declined to discuss the correspondence, except to say again there will be no military cooperation with iran. Ifill israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried today to quell a conflict around jerusalems holiest site. Its known to jews as the temple mount and to muslims as the noble sanctuary. Theres new unrest as jewish activists demand greater access. But today, netanyahu said he telephoned the king of jordan, who technically has custody of the site. I explained to him that well keep the status quo on the temple mount, and that this includes jordans traditional role there as consistent with the peace treaty between israel and jordan, we have to make every effort to restore calm, quiet and security. Ifill the tensions over the site have led to clashes there and elsewhere. There have also been several incidents of palestinians driving vehicles into groups of israelis in jerusalem. Woodruff libyas high court handed islamist militants a victory today and deepened the countrys political turmoil. The court declared that elections held in june were unconstitutional. It said the new parliament and government thats been fighting the islamists should be dissolved. The ruling was handed down in tripoli, where the militants are in control. Ifill one of the longest held terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay is back in his home country. Fawzi alodah arrived in kuwait early today. Hed been at guantanamo since 2002. Last july, a review found al odah may have fought against the u. S. In afghanistan but he had only lowlevel training and was not in a leadership position. 148 prisoners remain at guantanamo. A retired navy seal cameed for to say he fired the shot that killed osama bin laden. He spoke out because his identity was being leaked anyway. Oneill cdges at least two other seals also fired shots during the raid at the pakistan home in 2011. Ifill a close adviser of russian president Vladimir Putin is now the target of a u. S. Investigation involving money laundering. The wall street journal reports russian billionaire Gennady Timchenko is suspected of using the American Financial system to wash money from corrupt deals in russia. The kremlin today condemned news of the federal investigation. A spokesman charged its really aimed at putin himself. Woodruff the Los Angeles County museum of art announced its largestever donation of artwork today. Jerry perenchio, the former c. E. O. Of the Spanish Language Network Univision pledged to donate 47 pieces. They include masterworks by pablo picasso, claude monet, and edgar degas. The bequest will take place after the 83yearold billionaires death. Ifill a union army officer in the civil war has finally received the medal of honor 151 years after he died at gettysburg. President obama today honored First Lieutenant Alonzo Lon Cushing of wisconsin. In july 1863, he commanded a small force that helped break the confederate assault known as picketts charge. Cushing was wounded repeatedly, but refused to leave the battle. Lon ordered his men to continue firing at the advancing columns. He used his own thumb to stop his guns vent, burning his fingers to the bone. When he was hit the final time, as a poet later wrote, his gun spoke out for him once more before he fell to the ground. And Alonzo Cushing was just 22 yearsold. Ifill the account of cushings bravery was lost in the chaos after the battle. More than a century later, a historian in wisconsin rediscovered his story, but it took years of research and letters before congress awarded the medal. Woodruff on wall street today, upbeat economic reports helped lift the dow and the s p to record highs. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained nearly 70 points to close at 17,554; the nasdaq rose more than 17 points to close at 4,638; and the s p 500 added seven points to close at 2,031. Ifill still to come on the newshour. Breaking down the numbers on voter turnout in key races from the midterm elections. U. S. Airstrikes target rebels in syria outside the Islamic State group. Rebuilding indonesias cities to withstand forceful tsunamis. Making yes means yes the standard to stop sexual assualts on college campuses. Why ebola treatment in the u. S. Saves more lives than treatment in west africa. And honoring ballerina Patricia Mcbrides career as a dancer and coach. Ifill the political earthquake from tuesdays elections continues to reverberate. Today, it made its way to capitol hill where there were new questions about whether the president and the soon to be Republican Congress can really get anything done. My job is not to get along with the president just to get along with him. Although we actually have a nice relationship. The fact is my job is to listen to my members and listen to the American People and make their priorities our priorities. Ifill a day after the post election promises of cooperation, signs of sharper edges were beginning to show. Writing in the wall street journal, house Speaker John Boehner and Mitch Mcconnell, the next Senate Majority leader outlined their objectives for the new congress. Among them, authorize the keystone x. L. Pipeline, overhaul the tax code, revise or repeal the Affordable Care act, and rein in the federal debt. There was no mention of Immigration Reform even though president obama threatened yesterday to act on his own by years end. If they want to get a bill done, whether its during the lame duck or next year, im eager to see what they have to offer. But what im not going to do is just wait. Ifill mcconnell had warned thats like waving a red flag at a bull. Boehner chose his own metaphors today to make the same point. I believe that if the president continues to act on his own, he is going to poison the well. When you play with matches, you take the risk of burning yourself. And hes going to burn himself if he continues to go down this path. Ifill as for keystone, white house spokesman josh earnest said the president will consider any bill Congress Sends him pending a court ruling. Thats a process that currently is winding its ways through the state department and one that right now is at least going to be influenced by the decision from a nebraska judge about the proper route for that pipeline through that state. Ifill the president has called congressional leaders to the white house tomorrow, to discuss those issues and others directly. As the white house and congressional leaders retreat to their corners, we thought it might be worth taking one more look at who voted, what they thought they were voting for and whether the politicians heard. David winston is president of the winston group, a republican polling firm. Over the years, he has advised Republican Congressional leadership. Fred yang is a partner at the Garin Hart Yang research group, a democratic polling firm. Examine for us, gentlemen, the 2014 electorate, and tell me what stands out for you. Well, i mean, first off, it was a very traditional offyear electorate. What that means is Younger Voters did not participate in the same level they normally do in president ial years. There wasnt that much of a dropoff in terms of minority vote that was expected. African americans dropped off by one from an on year to an off year and the spanish dropped off by two, but this was in many ways a typical offyear elexerate. Ifill antidemocratic or washington. Its hard to argue given what happened on tuesday there wasnt some antidemocrat voting but i think it was ultimately antiwashington, and an electorate that had run out of patience with what they perceive is the status quo, and since the democrats have the white house, we were the status quo. Ifill this was, everybody agrees, an older, whiter, more male electorate, at least the republican electorate was, and we have three examples to show you that would demonstrate that. One is nationally. Nationally we discovered white male republicans were up in 2012 to 64 from 62 , not a big number. But look at the state of georgia where david purduring the senatorelect, got 79 of the white male vote, the republican there. And in michigan, white male republicans had grown five points since 2012 from 58 to 63 . So does that mean that the weve talked a lot on Election Night about the daefght Obama Coalition. Does that mean there should be more focus on wooing back white males . I think the challenge to democrats at this point after seeing their Coalition Fall apart is not necessarily to start going cherry picking groups. Its thinking through the process of what day new Majority Coalition look like if the democrats are going to try to achieve it. I think on the republican side, we got there. We were certainly able to expand in terms of hispanic voters. We went from 29 to 36 . We did better with women this time. We did slightly better with Younger Voters as well, so we were able to grow that coalition. I think the challenge to democrats at this point is what does the new Coalition Look Like . It may include that demographic or it may not, but i think thats the challenge. Ifill thats what the republican tells a democrat, so you get to tell him as well. Im taking notes. There is an Obama Coalition. It appears and in some respects, also, david, it is a president ial turnout coalition. Agreed. And the challenge for democrats not just based on tuesday but in 2016, president obama wont be on the ballot. And sort of can we build on the Obama Coalition . Can we make sure unmarried women, single women, minorities, young voters, one of the interesting statistics from the exit polls was in president ial elections, under age 30 voters s are a bigger share than over age 65. On tuesday night, two to one aged 65 over Younger Voters. So can we sustain our momentum with Younger Voters . Look, ultimately, the democrats, like the republicans, are a national party. And i think that as part of the postelection debriefing, i think we as a party need have,ob, messages and priorities that resonate with the entire electorate, including white voter disple youre talking about prioritys. Both the president and Mitch Mcconnell and to some extent john boehner said america wants us to get stuff done. Those were the president s words. Does it matter what stuff or is it just getting something done. The electorate wasnt saying here are the 17 things we want done. They just ran out of patience with the president and turned to republicans and said you guys. Were going to give you the chance to govern. This is your opportunity to do it. And the one thing they want done is economy and jobs. This is not a situation where there are seven things that are going to occur. They want kind of a reset, and that means, by the way, the president s got to reset, as well. And i think you heard, reading the piece that mcconnell and boehner did in the wall street journal, theyre resetting as. Weapon youre rightyoure rightt stuff done. And i think it would be a mistake to read the mandate as some kind of economic agenda. I do agree with david it was a mandate for impatience, that we sort of need to get things moving. I think the one opportunity, among many, fore democrats is i dont think the Republican Party articulated a positive agenda. It was antiobama, antithis, and i do think theres a chance for democrats to seize on the economic narrative. Ifill are we a centerright country, based on those results or is that just where we are today . We have been a centerright country for a while. If you look at the exit polls, moderates are the Largest Group and theyre more conservative than liberals so centerright. But understanding where that center goes politically and ideological, sets up the friem for how you build your Majority Coalition. I agree with that. Ifill you agree with that . People expect pollsters from different parties to disagree, but the numbers are the numbers. And, look, i think on tuesday night, the country might have shifted centerright. I think 2016 is a whole new ballgame with a different electorate. Ifill well, 2016 is it going to be right on our heels any moment now. Well be back to talk to you about that as well. Fred yang, david winston, thank you both very much. Pleasure. Woodruff u. S. Air campaign inside syria broadened again last night going beyond the targeting of the Islamic State group. Tonight, we take a closer look at the shifting dynamics on the ground in the wartorn nation. This video, posted by syrian activists, purports to show the aftermath of u. S. Air strikes near aleppo overnight. Targets included the alnusra front, alqaedas syrian proxy, and the socalled khorasan group, said to include alnusra elements. Over the weekend, nusra front fighters routed two u. S. Backed rebel groups in neighboring idlib province, and seized a major weapons cache. On the other hand, nusra has also often allied itself with socalled moderate rebels against the Bashar Alassad regime. Nusra and the Islamic State group split with each other in february over tactics. The weekend losses were a blow to washingtons effort to build up those rebels. At the white house yesterday, president obama said the u. S. And its allies must tread carefully in the syrian maze, to find someone who will battle the Islamic State group. There are a lot of opposition groups in syria, they fight among each other, they are fighting the regime. And what were trying to do is to find a core group that we can work with that we have confidence in. Woodruff indeed, the dizzying array of groups fighting in syria, includes the syrian army of bashar al assad; the Islamic State group; the alnusra front. In addition, there are kurdish militia, and the Free Syrian Army, or f. S. A. , among others. They control different parts of syria. The regime holds sway in the westerncentral regions, parts of damascus and aleppo, and the coast. Islamic state holds a band across northern and eastern syria, toward iraq. Alnusra is strong along the southern border near israel and in the northwest. And the kurds hold territory along the border with turkey. Other groups and the f. S. A. Are strongest in the south. The Free Syrian Army and its allies still hold areas in the north, including a vital crossing into turkey called bab alhawa. Vital aid passes through here a lifeline to rebels and to thousands of internally displaced syrians. Now, alnusra forces are closing in on the border crossing, as alliances once again shuffle. But the u. S. Central command was careful to say it did not target the nusra front as a whole. Thats because in the syrian war, the group has sometimes allied with americansupported factions against the syrian government. And Andrew Tabler a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for near east policy. Welcome both of you back to the program. Andrew tabler, let me start with you. This is almost an alphabetlike collection of groups in suryoo so im going to keep it simple for my own sake. How significant is this latest news that alnusra has routed the Free Syrian Army, which the u. S. , at least in part, has been supporting . I think its significant in that its routed two primary groups in the Free Syrian Army, both of which the United States had supported in a covert program. Its a setback for the moderate rebels. There are moderate rebels elsewhere in the country, so theyre down but certainly not out. I think the bigger question is what the implications of this all are for a Different Program proposed by the obama administration, and that is the train and equip program that has been earmarked and is going ahead that will be organized in neighboring countries. Woodruff the same question to you, joshua landis, first of all, how significant do you see this development that alnusra is gaining in parts of syria that the u. S. Considers strategic . It underlines how difficult the u. S. Is going to find trying to find partners in syria all together. Our partners are not popular in syria. Today, the broad sentiments amongst sunni arabs who support the rebellion is that the the United States is trying to find hired hands, and most syrians dont like them. Were bombing nusra this is the al qaeda groups and weve killed a number of people with the islamic front who are applied lyde with them, a very popular, broadbased group. In the general sentiment, i think so, amongst the rebels is to turning against the United States, believe the United States is helping assad, and this is going to make life very difficult in trying to produce a syrian army thats going to have any effect on the real balance of power on the ground. And weve only spent weve only earmarked half a billion dollars. Thats about a third of the endowment of the university of oklahoma. Woodruff he raises the question how does this affect what the u. S. Is trying to accomplish . Sure. The goal of training and equipping the opposition continues and will goed for. The overall allegations will depend, the initial allocations to train 5,000, that could be rapidly increased. The problem remains what are the forces that will take care of the jihadists spreading inside of syria. The regime isnt the solution. Thats the reason for the train and equip program and finding allies i think would be hard fer all syrians still lived inside of syria. But half of syrian syrians are y outside or in the border areas of their country. So actually in a way they could harness that power goinged for but it will be difficult, but it will be a key part of the u. S. Strategy. Woodruff how clear is it what is the u. S. Should be doing and who the u. S. Should be helping . What were going to see is the obama policy turns into really what hes doing in afghanistan, somalia, yemen, which is hitting degrading isis from the air, as hes doing presently with drones and airplanes, and not really trying to fix syria. Thats the cheap method. What andrew is proposing and what many people are talking about in washington is building a syrian army that can take on isis and assad and put syria back together again. I just dont see any resolve to do that on the part of the president or more importantly on the part of the American People. Woodruff and is that right . Are you is that what youre suggesting . No, i think the president s plan is clear. The white house says its clear. Now, the speed at which they can ramp this up i think theres a recognition on the part of the white house not that theyre not paying attention to syria, its just the political solution isnt clear there. Also, the indication is the war is going to go on for a very long time. So i think that, that to me indicates we could have a divided syria for quite some time and that would be where the f. S. A. Enters first and goinged for woodruff thats the Free Syrian Army. Yes, and they could have a settlement with the syrian army going forward, but thats in the future. Woodruff for anyone watching this who is wondering what is the United States stake right now in syria . How do you see that . How do you answer the question why does this matter for the United States . Well, i think it matters because a few americans got their heads chopped off, and u. S. Intelligence is telling us that there are people in al qaeda, in syria, who are trying to put together bombs and teams that will bomb the west. Now, theyre trying to run a counterterrorism operation, and increasingly that looks like its limited to that. They want to shove isis out of iraq, the president s been pretty clear about that. But syria, we have a muddled message. Today, the Free Syrian Army groups that america has been supporting maybe control 1 of syria, 2 eye dont know how much it is, but its really nothing. And to imagine that america is going to somehow transform them into conquerors of half of syria or even the whole of syria begs the imagination woodruff let me get Andrew Tabler for the last word here. Why should americans believe theres any u. S. Stake at this point . Well, there is the terrorist threat. You know, thats for sure. The other problem is that this is about a regional war thats been going on by proxy, which the president has talked about on a number of occasions, between iranianbacked machines and the sunnibacked rebels inside of syria, and thats a marge larger issue, given Energy Prices and a whole slew of other things given our treaty obligations. Unless you solve syria, you cant not only degrade isis but i cant destroy it and without doing a deal with syria, we cant deal with the jihadists. Woodruff its looking more and more complicated almost by the day. Absolutely. Woodruff Andrew Tabler, and joshua landis, we thank you. Ifill we turn now to indonesia and the remarkable recovery of a community that was nearly wiped out by natural disaster. Newshour special correspondent kira kay reports. Reporter on a sunday morning, the villagers of lampuuk gather for a feast, celebrating the start of the harvest season. But lampuuk is also celebrating the life that has returned to it, a decade after a wall of water swept the village away. Misran yusuf is the villages imam. He recalls a scene eerily like this one on dec 26, 2004. translated there was a wedding that day. We were preparing food and all of a sudden an earthquake hit. It was so strong people fell. We had no idea that the sea water would rise, we had never heard of a tsunami. Reporter the quake that hit offshore was a 9. 1 on the magnitude scale. Within 20 minutes, waves 60 feet high hit the region at hundreds of miles per hour. translated it sounded like thunder. I held my breath and the water came over the rooftops. When i surfaced i saw people clinging to a tree trunk. They pulled me on board and we floated until we reached the next village. Reporter 130,000 people died and whole communities vanished. Lampuuks lone standing mosque became an iconic image of the disaster. Ten years later it is hard to picture that destruction on the streets of the capital city, banda aceh. The once shattered downtown is now firmly back in business. The riverside, choked with debris, is a thriving waterfront again. People overall seem happy. The tsunami had carved a new shoreline, disappearing whole blocks of the community of ulee lee. But now it is a favorite beach destination for families, only small hints remain of what happened here. Mayor Illiza Saaduddin says the region has built back better. translated the economy has improved, our Poverty Level has decreased to a rate that is below the national average. Our infrastructure is better than even before the tsunami, roads are now reaching remote villages. There are a lot of lessons that aceh can share about how we got back on our feet and how we were able to cooperate with many institutions. Reporter the International Disaster response was a massive 7 billion in aid and reconstruction. While not entirely corruption free, the process was overall transparent and responsive to actual need. The biggest challenge was to provide housing for half a million newly homeless. But ten years on, nearly everyone who needed a permanent home has gotten one. translated the tsunami feels like it was only a month ago. But thank goodness, we have rebuilt our lives. Reporter murni and sakinah both lived in ulee lheue and managed to outrun the waves. After living in a displacement camp, they were given houses in a sprawling community overlooking banda aceh, known as jackie chan hill the action star helped fund the construction. translated wed prefer to stay here, rather than in ulee lheue where its so close to the sea. I get frightened even wheres wind like this, let alone an earthquake. Reporter in laampuuk, 800 of the 1,000 residents died, but survivors chose to return to their ancestral land. And they now have an action plan. translated if a quake is strong, we rush to the nearby hill. We also have people on lookout by the sea, if the level changes they will rush here and alert us. Im so grateful for the help from other countries. A lot of countries came, even george bush and bill clinton came to my village reporter acehs gratitude to the world is clear. Banda acehs central park has been turned into a monument of thanks, each donor country acknoweldged individually. A World Class Museum to the tsunami is a huge weekend draw, most of the visitors are acehnese, many too young to remember what happened here. The walls describe in detail the global response, and there are displays teaching the science at the root of the disaster. And nearby, a startling site, a massive electricity barge that was carried three miles inland by a wave and dropped in the middle of a neighborhood. Authorities decided to leave it in place. Lina herlena is a certified tourguide. It shows our strength. It shows our strength that after the tsunami our lives have not stopped. Our lives have not ended. It also teaches our generation lessons from what happened in the tsunami. Reporter these lessons extend to new Emergency Response procedures, implemented by the citys tsunami center. Dr. Ella meilianda manages the program. The road is wider now. And the coastal road has been designed in a way that it is quite far away from the coastline. And then they have clear marks of evacuation routes. Reporter tsunami sirens dot the skyline, they warn citizens when an earthquake of seven or higher is detected out at sea. When they sound, residents should make their way to a vertical evacuation site water resistant high rises with a helipad pad on top. We have 17 junior high schools under our program. And for these schools, they know what to do. They have built their own evacuation route, where the Meeting Point for all these children, and how the parents should pick them up. Reporter but the first activation of the system didnt go very well. In 2012, an 8. 6 earthquake hit the area and people panicked, not following evacuation procedure and jamming the streets with vehicles. Meilianda agrees that more public training is still needed, but says the psychological legacy of 2004 is also to blame. Suddenly it happened again and they got really traumatized and did not know what to do, its just like a blank. What we have learned also throughout almost ten years now, is that the recovery is more toward the physical recovery, reconstruction, but not really on the trauma healing itself. It still needs to be done in a more sustainable way. Reporter tour guide lina is also a survivor. She finds a form of therapy through her work. At the beginning of working here i felt like it was very hard to talk to other people, to answer the same questions about what happened to me at the time. I feel like i experienced flashbacks. But as time goes on, it really helps me to recover from the trauma. Reporter perhaps most startling in acehs story of recovery is the perspective acehnese share that the tsunami, for all its destruction, also had a silver lining. It ended 30 years of civil war that had already torn apart society, leaving thousands dead and many people tortured by the occupying indonesian military. It was kind of like almost endless. I mean, we never thought that it would end at some point. But because of the tsunami, then everybody stopped to think, ok, we have to stop this conflict. so this is really like a blessing in disguise for the acehnese community. Reporter within months of the tsunami, the indonesian government and separatist rebels signed a peace deal. The presence of aid organizations at the time kept aceh open to the world and ensured the peace would hold. On a beach that ten years ago was littered with the debris of peoples lives, the palm trees sheared off at the stump, acehnese families today are enjoying a feeling of normality for the first time in decades. Free from war, more prepared for disaster if it comes again, and grateful for the time they have now. Woodruff another result of the tsunami in aceh was the implementation of sharia law in the province. You can watch kiras earlier report, where she gained special access to the areas religious police force, on our website. The stories were produced in partnership with the bureau for international reporting. Ifill theres been mounting pressure on college and University Campuses to take new steps to curb sexual assault. One approach to redefine the way Sexual Consent is given through an affirmative form of consent that shifts the focus from no, to yes. But that premise has jump started its own debate. Hari sreenivasan has our look. Sreenivasan california recently made affirmative consent the law. And other states are considering similar moves while many schools have made it a part of their policy. Here to discuss this are jaclyn friedman, editor of the book yes means yes visions of female sexual power and a World Without rape. And Shikha Dalmia of the reason foundation, a libertarian think tank. She is also a columnist for the magazine, the week. Miss friedman, i want to start with you. Explain exactly what affirmative consent means and why do you think its necessary . Affirmative consent is the basic principle that all people participating in a sexual act or experience with each other have to make sure that their partner is not only not objecting but that theyre actually actively into whatever is happening. Its really that simple. And if you cant tell, you have to ask. Its necessary because no means no, which weve all learned, is not adequate. There are a lot of situation wheres if a person feels threatened or overpowered, they may freeze up and not protest, even though they dont want anything to happen to them. Or that they might be incapacitated from drugs or alcohol and cant protest. And oftentimes these are used as defenses by rapists and they get away with it, and are left free to reoffend. We really need to move to a standard sathat says its on all of us to make sure that our partners are actively enjoying whatever is happening between us, which seems also like a pretty basic human principle. Sreenivasan that seems fairly logical. Whats wrong with it. It does. Consent is required under current law. No means no also means consent, that you cannot have sex with somebody who has not consented. The difference between no means no and yes means yes is it puts the burden of proof on the person to obtain consent. It changes the presumption in a very essential way that the person who is accused will no longer be sort of assumed innocent until proven guilty. It will be the other way around gla miss friedman, what about that switch, the presumption has switcheswitched from innocence o guilt . Well, we dont say that when we say a kidnapper, when we ask a kidnapper, like, did you have permission to take them somewhere . Right, so that doesnt create presumption of guilt. So i dont know see why it would be different in sexual assault. What it does is changes the default assumption that if youre encountering someone sexually, currently under current rules and regulations the assumption is you can do whatever you want to their body until they stop you and this changes the default assumption which sucant do anything to anybody elses body without their enthusiastic concept. Sreenivasan so . Well,un, if you notice what jaclyn was saying, it shifted from consent to enthusiastic consent, which is kind of what the problem is. It ceend of mistakes how human sexuality actually works. People dont its way the yes means yes standard will work is that you have to give your enthusiastic consent not just at the very beginning or at one point in the act. It has to be ongoing consent. So you move from kissing to fondling to other acts. It has to be achieved at every step. Thats just not how human beings have sex. And, yet, this particular standard will put the burden of proof on the accused to prove that they somehow obtained enthusiastic concept when thats just not how thengz work in the bedroom displar miss friedman without even the word enthusiastic how practical is the implementation of it . Do couples have to have written consent have a text, or how do they prove this in court with things go back in their relationship . First of all, there is no court. The affirmative consent in california applies to college judicial boards. The question is can you remain part of the Campus Community or not . There are no courts involved. There are no jails involved. Thats not what were talking about. A Campus Community is a voluntary community that nobody has a right to join or remain in. I just want to clear that up. And campuses have an obligation under title ix to provide a safe environment for all students regardless of gender and the Supreme Court ruled a long time ago that applies to addressing rape and Sexual Violence on campus. Of course, we are not talking about written consent or you dont need a notary in the room to touch my left breast. Its very practical. I can tell you i practice it all the time and so do plenty of people. Tall requires is that you Pay Attention to your partner. You can be enthusiastic about trying something. You can be enthusiastic about finding out how something goes. Its not like you have to be at a peak sexual appearance the whole time. If youre unsure whether or not your partner is actively into whatever is happening, you just have to make sure whether thats verbally, if you feel confident that you can read their body language, thats ow to feel confident. You can say, you know, these this is the body language they would point to. Its just about present and in communication with your Sexual Partner which is something that will make all of our sex lives better anyway. Sreenivasan are you concerned it impacts life beyond campuses . Yes, you know, feminists have made no secret about this, the campus yes means yes law is just a precursor to how they actually want to deal with rape cases in criminal settings, which is essentially changing the burden of proof from the person who is accusing to the person who is accused, which is actually very, very fundamental. We can claim that, well, you know, on campuses youre not actually throwing people in jail so its okay. The fact of the matter is you are ruining lives. The central problem with yes means yes standard is, in my view, is that it will actually not do all that much to snag real rapists. It will go after people who actually didnt, you know, mean any harm. They were not intending to rape or theyre not savvy enough to beat the system. They will essentially people who are predators and savvy enough to rape are also savvy enough to lie in campus investigations. And the problem with yes means yes is that it doesnt really essentially get over the he said she said problem. So that problem remains the same. On the other hand, it will make it very, very difficult for innocent people to actually prove that they are innocent, so you will create a lot of victims in the course of actually solving a problem that isnt quite the way it should be solved. Sreenivasan okay Shikha Dalmia and jaclyn friedman, thank you both for your time. Thank you for having me. Absolutely, thank you. Woodruff in wesk, ebola has had a fatality rate of nearly 50 . In the u. S. There have been a hand full of cases so far, and the death rate has been far less. Nine people have been treated, seven have recovered eone died, thomas eric duncan, and one remains hospitalized in new york in stable but improving condition. Hes dr. Craig spencer. What helps explain whats working differently in the u. S. And is it rep lickable . Dr. Bruce ribner has overseen the care of four ebola patients at the Emory University hospit hospital. Mr. Ribner, thank you very much for joining us. First, just quickly, is it accurate to say that the recovery rate at this point in the u. S. Far better than it is in west africa . The recovery rate in the United States is substantially better than in west africa or the cases in central africa, yes. Woodruff and why is that . Ebola virus disease basically ravishes every organ in the body, and what the patient needs is aggressive support until the body can control the virus and the functions of the various organs can recover. Unfortunately, the infrastructure in most of africa is such that our colleagues over there are not capable of aggressive supportive measures. We have the luxury of very good infrastructure, and so we would anticipate that while our fatality rates in the u. S. Would not be zero, they would be substantially less than the rates we see in africa. Woodruff what do you mean by infrastructure . In other words, when we receive our patients from africa, more often than not, they have had no blood testing at all, no chemistries, no hematology tests, no platelet counts, any of that. They just dont have the capability of doing those tests in their facilities. At the other end of the spectrum, we have enormous support structure and we can do a lot of testing that they are unable to do and manage the different organs failing much better than theyre able to do. Woodruff is it just a matter of sophisticated medicine . Or are we talking about hydration . Are there medicines available here that arent available there . We know blood plasma of former ebola patients has been used in the u. S. Its really all of those. In many of those facilities, the nursing support is such that they can give a limited amount of fluid, and as we have seen in our patients, patients during the most extreme form of illness are losing five to 10 liters a day, and they just cant keep up with that. In addition, because we have the ability to measure the patients chemistries and fluid levels, were much more capable of replacing those fluids exactly to the extent that the patient is losing them. And then finally, blood banks in the United States, whether it be platelets, whether it be plasma, whether it be transfusion, is just dramatically more sophisticate than what our colleagues in africa have access to. Woodruff and so my question then is what is done in the United States right now, to what extent can that be replicated in places like sieerie leone and elsewhere in west africa where ebola is still raging . Our colleagues in west africa have enormous hurdles to try and reach the level of sophistication that we have in the United States. Many of their facilities are not even air conditioned. And in the heat and humidity that exists in many of their facilities, even if we bring some of our instrumentation over there, it rapidly fails within a few weeks to a couple of months. And so they they have enormous hurdles in terms of creating the type of infrastructure that we take for granted in the United States. Woodruff we are going to leave it there, but we thank you very much, dr. Bruce ribner at Emory University, thank you. Thank you. Ifill finally tonight, a renowned ballerina raising the bar for young dancers will soon be honored by the Kennedy Center for her lifelong devotion to her work on stage and off. Brown finally tonight, a renowned ballerina raises the bar for young dancers. And shes soon being honored by the Kennedy Center for her lifelong devotion to her work on stage and off. The four temperaments, a dance choreographed by George Balanchine in 1946. At the charlotte ballet recently, Patricia Mcbride taught it to her dancers. She should know. For 28 years, mcbride herself performed the work of balanchine. As a principal dancer for the new York City Ballet. And often the master choreographer created dances specifically for her. If he said to jump off that bridge. Wed all jump, because we had so much trust in him. Brown in december, mcbride, now age 72, will follow in the footsteps of her mentor. As a Kennedy Center honoree for her life as a dancer and co director of a vibrant ballet company. Patricia mcbrides story began as a young girl in teaneck, new jersey, when her mother, raising two children on her own, put her in a dance class. I think my mom and my grandma just thought it would be nice for little girls to do, it seemed like all little girls at that time were, ballet was one of the thing that they would do, and they bought me a pair of ballet slippers, and there i went. Brown you went along. And my mom just drove me every week, first once a week, then twice, then three times and then every day. And it started getting more serious as the years went on. Brown and it became a life. It became a wonder life, a wonderful life. Brown she joined balanchines school of american ballet at 14 and at 18 became his companys youngest ever principal dancer. Over the years, she debuted many roles and partnered with leading male dancers of the era, including edward vilella. Here in tarantella. The new York City Ballet is also where she met her husband, Jean Pierre Bonnefoux, a frenchmen who had danced at the paris opera before coming to new york to work with balanchine. I just love that gesture. Brown they were already a couple but had never danced together when one night his partner fell ill and mcbride had to step in. We were in love and we were together but i had never done a pirouette with him, he had never laid his hands on me, and we have five minutes for intermission and there were dancing and it was wonderful, you know, but then later on we started, and we had some ballets together and it wasnt working too well because wed have little you know how it is but we found. Brown wait, you know how it is . A couple, you know, usually ballerinas like to tell their partners, oh, just push me a little more this way or get me on my leg. laughter they worked it out. And married in grand fashion in paris. Mcbride retired from the new York City Ballet in 1989 at age 46. In a farewell performance that ended in ovations and flowers. The couple turned to teaching, first at Indiana University and then, since 1996, running the charlotte ballet. Becoming mentors to a new generation of dancers. Shes kinda like my ballet mom, in a way. Shes really raised me. Brown 25 year old Anna Gerberich means it she began working with mcbride at age 15. Patti is an amazing woman. We would always watch her videos, so it was something, she was this goddess on this tv screen to me shes the most humble, down to earth person i have to say shes always right when she coaches you, and its just incredible to learn from her. Brown 23yearold pete leo walker, who told us he was first into hip hop break dancing in his native brooklyn before taking up ballet, says that mcbride and bonnefoux are models in another way as well for him and anna who are partner both onstage and, yes, off as well. Theyre very caring for one another, you know, jeanpierre will still put an umbrella over her head if its raining outside. I think is very beneficial for us to kind of see the maturity in their relationship. They have an incredible chemistry. Brown for her part, mcbride, a mother of two, now a grandmother of three, says shes enjoyed the transition from dancer to teacher though in some ways finds it even more nerve wracking than being on the worlds grand stages as a dancer. Being a dancer is easy because you just have yourself to think about, you know, its all the glory, and its for you, and when youre a teacher you have so many concerns for your students, and i think im more nervous when i do a performance for my students or for the company members. When i stage something i get more nervous for them because i want them to feel really good about themselves. Brown in addition to performances, the company has an academy that offers classes for adults and children. Including a socalled Reach Program that provides scholarships to lowerincome youth. It also hosts charlotte ballet two, featuring younger dancers who perform in local schools. We went along to a morning performance for Elementary School children in kannapolis, North Carolina. And when volunteers were needed to come onstage to dance, this was not a shy bunch. Exterior, push in on names street or skyline scenes three years ago the company moved into a new building, named for its two leaders. And this year it changed its named from North Carolina Dance Theater to charlotte ballet, reflecting its focus and, more importantly, its attachment to this rapidly growing city. Both ticket sales and donor gifts are up dramatically in recent years. As artistic director, Jean Pierre Bonnefoux says there are plenty of challenges but also plenty of pleasures theres really exceptional choreographers and theres exceptional dancers. So its a good time in america to see dance. Its like anything, dance can also be very boring. But when its good and when people are committed to that, it can be sensational. Brown little ballerinas scampering near the sign these days, banners reflect the pride in the upcoming honor for mcbride a celebration of her lifes work. I was astonished, and moved, and its such a wonderful thing, its been a dream, you know, and its, i dont know how to describe it, its just so amazing. I never in a million years would have thought that this was going to happen to me. Brown mcbride says she remain eager to keep passing on her passion for many years to come. Thank you, good job. Woodruff again, the major developments of the day, john boehner said president obama upon poison the well if heacs on Immigration Reform alone. 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