Announcer explore new w worlds and new ideas through programs like this, vemade available for eryone through contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. To your pbs station from viewers like you, thank you. John lk music has been around as long as there have been folks to sing it. Folk music is about real people and real lives and the frustration of dissent. It was a time in america when the simple act of gathering together to share experiences united us and helped us sing our troubles away. How do you dom John Sebastian, and that was me, and this is my music. Tonight, wekre gonna look b some of the most popular songs of the folk era. And well go dancing, baby, then youll see. How the magics in the music and the musics in me, yeah do you believe in magic . By the Lovin Spoonful john as a singersongwriter in the 60s, i was heavily influenced by the blues aditional country music. With my group, the Lovin Spoonful, we explored a variety of musical styles and differ
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in Lincoln Center in new york, Hari Sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. The mass shooting in chattanooga, tennessee, has claimed the life of a fifth victim. Randall smith, a 26yearold navy petty officer, died this morning, two days after being shot at a fencedin navy and Marine Reserve center. Smith was married with three eu four unarmed marines died thursday at the reserve center when gunman Muhammad Youssef abdulazeez opened fire with multiple weapons. Police killed the 24yearold abdulazeez at the scene. Abdulazeez was a naturalized american citizen from kuwait who grew up in tennessee. He spent seven months in jordan la
Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. This is pbs newshour weekend. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. The u. S. Government is opposing the release of a detainee at the u. S. Military prison in guantanamo, bay cuba, who has been on a Hunger Strike for eight years. The military is forcefeeding Tariq Ba Odah to keep him alive. The 36yearold detainee now weighs 74 pounds, roughly the weight of a 10yearold boy. Thats less than half what he weighed when he was sent to guantanamo 13 years ago. Ba odah has never been formally charged or convicted of a crime, and he is among the 52 detainees who have been cleared for release by a task force of u. S. National security agencies. Last night, the Justice Department filed papers in federal Court Opp
And Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, william brangham. Brangham good evening and thanks for joining us. The body of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is expected to be flown home to virginia over the next 48 hours following his sudden death yesterday in texas. To honor scalia, president obama ordered american flags to fly halfstaff today at the Supreme Court in washington and at federal buildings around the nation. Like so many other political leaders, president obama has offered his condolences to scalias family. But hes also promising to fill the vacancy on the high court. In an early sign of a possible bitter confirmation battle ahead, the Senate Republican majority leader and republicans running for president all say the scal
The second Largest Oil Company in the United States outlined a new strategy as executives try to manage through the changes that royal the oil these days. Crude prices, which are expected to stay lower for longer are making it for difficult for the Largest Energy companies to invest their capital, spend on improvement and follow through on ambitious profits, yet alone make profits. Chevron shares fell 2 after the plan was outlined at an annual analyst meeting. The ceo made it clear that chevron is doing whatever it takes to protect its dividend. Chevron ceo and chairman outlining three major points to maintain a dividends while slashing spending and ramping up production. It will add revenue to our bottom line. Well be able to take our spend down. Well stay pretty we balanc the number two u. S. Energy company cutting capital. Down by as much as a third from earlier guidance. Thats as major liquefied natural gas project in australia come online. Despite less spending, the energy giant e