Woodruff good evening. Im judy woodruff. Ifill and im gwen ifill. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. 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. Ifill our lead story tonight a fuller picture is emerging of the man who opened fire, killing a dozen civilians at the navy yard in washington. Aaron alexis had a history of trouble during his military service, and may have had mental problems in recent months, but it remained unclear what drove him to start shooting. Well have more on his state of mind, and the state of the invest
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis is without question one of this generations most successful syndicated comic strips, appearing in 2000 newspapers worldwide in 70 countries and 20 languages. Dilbert creator scott adams says you learn more from failure than success. He has written a new book about his philosophy with a wonderful title how to fail at almost everything and still win big. Good to have you on this program. Why this book and why now . I noticed 80 of the world has never met a famous or successful person. Mentors,people have no no role models, and even if they know somebody, they dont watch them go to work, so i thought, maybe i will just capture my experience not as advice, but i did this and got these results. Most of them didnt work. I think the failures are more instructive than the successes. Tavis before i go much deeper in the conversation, give me one or two examples of what you mean by your own personal failure. There w
[inaudible]. In 1960, jack kennedy would have come if jack kennedy, if jack kennedy had been protestant he would have gotten 54, 55 of the vote against nixon. Congressional democrats got 54. 5 of the vote in 1960. Jack kennedy got 50. 1 of the vote. Millions of white protestants who otherwise voted democrat did not vote for jack kennedy because he was a catholic. Kennedys presidency changed, i think, the dynamic of electoral policy come up National Electoral politics in this country. Because whether you liked kennedy or not, whether youre going to vote for him if he had lived in 1964 or not, it became abundantly clear during his presidency that he made his decisions for himself based on the constitution and what was best for the trendy. There was not a phone in the back room, you know, hooked up to the vatican with the pope calling him and say do this, do this, do this. It sounds ridiculous. Now. But there were millions of people, ma and there were some very important leaders who said
Capital as booktv, American History tv, and cspan local content vehicles look behind the scene of history and literary of life of albany, new york. Next weekend on cspan2. And American History tv on cspan 3. Next Edwidge Danticat so spoke the earth the haiti i knew, the haiti i know, the haiti i want to know talked to booktv about the earthquake in haiti. St now joins us here on the booktv set is Edwidge Danticat. Who isjoinin ang author and heo recentk book is so spoke the earth the haiti i knew, the haiti i know, the haiti i want to know in january 2010, where were you . Januy on january 2010, i was here in miami. I was in a supermarket with my daughters when someone called me and said there had been an here earthquake i in haiti, of cours, so muchn so many lives werehait. Changed them. I lost two family members in the earthquake, and many friends,li and the country lost Something Like 100,000 people. Frie when did you get down haiti after the earthquake. When was your first visit do
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