Sort of fine walking that were always doing between when are we listening with an open mind and when has our mind been closed because of a bias . Woodruff plus, we have two medical research stories. First, our week long focus on guns. After newtown continues, with a report from miles obrien on what science can tell us about the minds of rampage killers. Andy williams called me collect inside the prisop. I didnt think 13 people were going to get shot. I just thought id make a lot of noise and the cops would show up. Ifill Francis Collins, head of the National Institutes of health, walks us through president obamas call for a tenyear initiative to map the human brain. Woodruff plus, Jeffrey Brown reports on an archaeological find in the Orkney Islands off scotland that may provide new insight into religious practices in the neolithic age. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions
Having to deal now, up close, with a new thing thats specific to new york. A new beast that they have not necessarily had to deal with or at least theyve not had to pay that much attention to before right now. Now that new york is the next big primary and all the campaigns are competing here, there is this one very difficult inescapable thing they have in their face every day. It is the brutal, unforgiving, frequently profane adversary known as the new york tabloid media. One of the things im hoping to talk to jane sanders is about an Editorial Board interview, which her husband Bernie Sanders did on friday. Its led to a whole bunch of news since. The daily news posted the transcript. On tuesday they ran this difficult front page in the daily news about senator sanders views on guns. Whether they should be sued by the victims of gun violence. Its not an abstract concept. They raised that issue to him in the context of such a lawsuit thats been brought by the families of some of the fir
Campaigns and both parties are having to deal now, up close, with a new thing thats specific to new york. A new beast that they have not necessarily had to deal with or at least theyve not had to pay that much attention to before right now. Now that new york is the next big primary and all the campaigns are competing here, there is this one very difficult inescapable thing they have in their face every day. It is the brutal, unforgiving, frequently profane adversary known as the new york tabloid media. One of the things im hoping to talk to jane sanders is about an on tuesday they ran this difficult front page in the daily news about senator sanders views on guns. Whether they should be sued by the victims of gun violence. Its not an abstract concept. They raised that issue to him in the context of such a lawsuit thats been brought by the families of some of the first graders killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Difficult issue, emotional issue. What is particularly tou
Thats coming up in just a few minutes tonight. Since the president ial race has turned towards new york, all the campaigns and both parties are having to deal now, up close, with a new thing thats specific to new york. A new beast that they have not necessarily had to deal with or at least theyve not had to pay that much attention to before right now. Now that new york is the next big primary and all the campaigns are competing here, there is this one very difficult inescapable thing they have in their face every day. It is the brutal, unforgiving, frequently profane add vversary known as the new york tabloid media. One of the things im hoping to talk to jane sanders is about an Editorial Board interview, which her husband Bernie Sanders did on friday. Its led to a whole bunch of news since. The daily news posted the transcript. On tuesday they ran this difficult front page in the daily news about senator sanders views on guns. Whether they should be sued by the victims of gun violence
Go all the way. Its an issue of recapturing our basic principles and believes and values. Everyone knows hart plays around. I love my husband very much. The story was the journalistic equivalent of an a bomb. Its about sex and power. Who was this woman and what was his relationship with her . I do not have to answer that question. He went from being an icon to being a joke. America in the late 1970s was still emerging from vietnam and suffering through a hostage crisis in iran. The country was in the mood for change. We were post watergate, post vietnam, the public had become skeptical of its leaders. There was a great deal of questions about character and trust in character. Look at what nixon had shown us, johnson had shown on. Vietnam took a toll on the country. We were a more cynical country. Out of a fog of mistrust emerged a brave new voice. Our Public Servants have to be charged with a higher duty than merely staying out of jail. They must attempt as much as humanly possible, to