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. This is pbs newshour weekend. Sreenivasan good evening. Thanks for joining us. American jets today hit positions near a key dam in Northern Iraq that that had been captured recently by islamic extremists. This, a day after the extremists members of the Islamic State are said to have massacred dozens of yazidis. The extremists reportedly had demanded members of that religious minority convert to islam. For about all of this, we are joined now via skype from duhok in Northern Iraq by liz sly of the Washington Post. So, weve heard about several more air strikes in the region this morning. What can you tell
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Im big on trading space. I know if i get a certain amount of space, then i have a chance to put the ball in the hole, and thats the scoring mentality. I can remember just five years ago going to china and just recently being there a few weeks ago, how the game has just broadened in just five years. Its huge. I think the simplest way to say it is to learn your lessons. If you make a mistake or something worked for you, thats got to go in your memory bank so next time youre more equipped to deal with the situation. From playing in the nba, i can speak from experience there are no nights off. Youre playing against some of the most finelytuned athletes night in and night out and if you dont bring your a game, you will be embarrassed. Charlie the best in basketball when we continue. And by bloomberg. A provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. cheering charlie this is f