That understand what is it they want to focus on. Whether they agree as to the most important things people then, ad to see number of organizational things. How to get money to finance it is one of the most difficult issues. How to best organize it to see what they want. There is a lot of organizational work. You need to find partners in russia, belarus, anywhere that share your interest. Recipe that is the best as of today. Thank you. 22 years after the breakup of the soviet union, we have a very different global world. It is very different than it used to be during cold war. Relations are quite different. Diplomacy is quite different. Capabilities are very different. And the level of danger is quite different. They often dont understand it. One of the biggest problems in u. S. Russia relations is a lack of fresh ideas. Lack of breakthrough ideas. Kind of intellectual deadend. We have great experts on u. S. Russia relations and one of the conclusions from today is, these too can get r
Im melissa harrisperry. After weeks of republicans making a series of desperate plays to score wins, the democrats unwilling to give a single inch of ground and with the clock running down on the United States deadline to repay its financial obligations, game over, an 11thhour vote in the house of representatives wednesday approved a senate plan to raise the debt ceiling and finally reopen the government after 16 long days of being out of business. President obama made it official with his signature just after midnight on thursday. And waking up the morning after the news of the nights big event, everyone really just wanted to know one thing whats the final score . Because if americans understand nothing else about the events of the last few weeks, weve all been watching a big bill penalty kill game. Now that its all over we want to know the answers to the two biggest questions on everyones mind after game day who won and who lost . Unfortunately, these political news guys do love noth
That was reverend jeb Jesse Jackson in ebony magazine. The crisis were facing today in terms of poverty, you cannot generalize about poverty. People who just there are three categories. There are those who are characters in place intact, but a factory is moved out, the death of a breadwinner, and people like that, if they are given an opportunity they use welfare the way they are supposed to as a surface and not a transportation systeservice ad then you have category number two of people like the single mom in milwaukee some years ago who was on welfare with a single child and a saved 5,000 of her money to send her child to college. When officials found out they invited her into charge her with a felony associate concluded the disincentives for working and being responsible or not worth it so i will just sit back. And the third category that concerns most of us are people that are poor because of chances they take and the traces they make. That is exactly what paul ryan is talking abou
High school. Woodruff and mark shields and Ramesh Ponnuru analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ni supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdat;and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Oro o and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. nr this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight washington headed into the final weekend before a potential Government Shutdown with the outcome still in doubt. The senate adopted a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running past monday, but the battle over Health Care Reform showed no signs of abating. Newshour Congressional Correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. Lord, deliver us from gove
American education. First black general, first black graduate of the naval academy, second black of the naval academy, first black president ial cabinet member. What do they all have in common . Its this place, its Dunbar High School. Woodruff and mark shields and Ramesh Ponnuru analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ni supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdat;and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Oro o and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. nr this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight washington headed into the final weekend before a potential Government Shutdown with the outcome still in doubt. The senate adopted a stopgap