wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? and now, bbc world news america. this is bbc world news america reporting from washington. change sweeps through the eurozone as greece swears in a new prime minister and italy gets ready to bid farewell to silvio berlusconi. can president assad s clean can president assad clean to power in syria? people around the world stop to remember those who served. a world war ii veteran shares his sketches of his time. welcome to our viewers on pbs and america and around the globe. from athens to rome, the past few days have been full of economic and political uncertainty. now, some major changes are under way. in italy, the senate has approved an economic reform package paving the way for the departure of prime minister silvio berlusconi. in greece, the new prime minister, lucas papademos was officially sworn in. from rome, a glimmer of hope. italy s senate passed a series of eme
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tom: good evening and thank you for joining us. u.s. markets rebounded today after greece named a new prime minister, lucas papademos. susie, he is an m.i.t.-educated economist who has promised to keep greece in the eurozone, susie: tom, meanwhile in italy, prime minister silvio berlusconi is expected to step down on monday. his resignation is contingent on the country s parliament approving austerity measures demanded by the european union. berlusconi s likely replacement- - mario monti, a respected economist and european commissioner. now, u.s. investors welcomed news of that leadership change, as well as good news that yields on italian bonds fell below 7%, easing concerns that the country would need an emergency bail out. tom: here in the u.s., federal reserve chairman ben bernanke was talking about europe again, urging leaders to act forcefully to stem its rolling f
he set up a charity for children of broken homes allegedly grooming some for abuse. he is facing 40 criminal charges but out on bail right now. there is breaking news on that t. our jason keller just spoke with his attorney and is learning how his client plans to fight the charge against him. before we do that, we want to run through the evidence. there s a lot of evidence suggesting that so many people so early on knew so much about such revolting allegations, yet seemingly did so little about it. tonight joe paterno is out, so is the university president, he s out. last night a lot of students did a lot of venting about that on campus calling for joe paterno to play one last game this weekend. they overturned a tv truck, chanted one more game and the university cheer we are penn state. the past few days a lot of people have been asking what is penn state. overnight joe paterno looked and sounded like the image he enjoyed for so many years, the no-nonsense, academics first d
i m erin burnett, outfront tonight. the group of 12 taxed with axing $1.2 trillion from america s deficit. last night, we brought you what was frankly a breakthrough. the architect of the plan told us he would support an increase on tax revenues on some of the wealthiest americans. today the top democrat said toomey s plan didn t go far enough. we came to the table to begin with and every day have said that for us it s extremely important. this whatever we end up with at the end of the day is balanced and fair and has real revenue on the table. we still haven t seen from the democrats is a plan that deals with our structural debt crisis that actually solves the problem. this bickering is pretty sad because $1.2 trillion is not very much and it means this issue is going to come back really soon again. so can the super committee step it up? they have 13 days to be super heros and not thieves. tonight go go to the front lines with our strike team. that s the group of 2
this is bbc world news america reporting from washington. greece swears in a new prime minister and italy to is ready to bid farewell to silvio berlusconi. calling for international action against syria, a new report accuses president assad s forces of crimes against humanity. we cannot tolerate the scale of brutality and human rights abuses we have seen. as countries around the world stop to remember those who served, a world war ii veteran shares his sketches from the frontline. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. what a week, from athens to rome, the days have been full of economic uncertainty. some major changes are under way. in italy, the senators approved an economic reform package. in greece, the new prime minister, lucas papademos, was officially sworn in. a new prime minister is sworn in. lucas papademos is an economist formerly with the european central bank. the country is opting for a technocratic safe pair of hands. italy see