George saunders his book is called the tenth of december and this is what the New York Times said the best book youll read this year George Saunders tenth of december. At certain critical points i was sort of encouraged by my life to go for the harder effect which is often the more luminous effect or the kind of vigor effect. Its hard to explain but something about the life seep into the stories. When i got into a critical point where maybe 15 years ago i would prefer the dark sword. Now im a point i would feel like is there a way to credit some of the positive in my life. Rose Bradley Cooper and George Saunders, next. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose Bradley Cooper is here, millions know him from his movies or peoples magazine sexist man alive but if you play closer attention youve seen his talent as a actor this season in Silver Linings playbook nominated as are for an oscar at best actor. Heres a look at his pe
Growth objectives. We offer expertise and tailored solutions for Small Businesses and major corporations. What can we do for you . And now, bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. The war and syria spills over after israeli jets strike syrian territory. Damascus that threatens to retaliate. Playing defense, president obamas choice to lead the pentagon gets a grilling from his former colleagues. To my reference to the surge were you right or wrong . Lts out Americas National anthem to prove she has the pipes to do it live. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Tonight, syria and iran are threatening to retaliate for an israeli air strike inside of syrian territory. The attack took place in the early hours of wednesday morning outside of damascus. The target was believed to be a convoy carrying antiaircraft weapons bound for hezbollah. We have reports on how this could further inflame the region. The explosions are recorded by steeri
The massacre in newtown, connecticut. Proposing more gun control laws, while failing to enforce the thousands we already have, is not a serious solution to reducing crime. Ifill then, we assess the state of the economic recovery, as key indicators show trends both up and down. Brown from jerusalem, Margaret Warner has the latest on the attack by israeli warplanes inside syria. Ifill Judy Woodruff talks with newly elected senator Tammy Baldwin, a democrat from wisconsin. Brown we examine how some schools are translating lessons into real world applications in an effort to close the achievement gap between rich and poor students. Im actually really excited to be creating this device. It really makes you feel, i dont know, grown up, i guess . Its not just learning, its experiencing. Ifill and we close with a first person account of the struggle for human rights in china. Ray suarez sits down with an activist who spent two years under house arrest. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshou
Between Anheuser Buschinbev and mexican brewer modelo. Using Company Documents to bolster their case, Justice Department lawyers says the deal will lead to higher prices for popular beers like budweiser and corona. Anheuserbusch inbev says it is still confident the deal will go through. As darren gersh reports, the fight could be a sign more mergers will face a tougher time in washington. Reporter the Justice Department is not quite ready for a twopack of brewers to control almost half the american beer market. In a statement announcing a lawsuit to block anheuserbush inbevs 20 billion deal for mexican brewer modelo, assistant attorney general bill baer says if abi fully owned and controlled modelo, a. B. I. Would be able to increase beer prices to american consumers. This lawsuit seeks to prevent a. B. I. From eliminating modelo as an Important Competitive force in the beer industry. Anheuserbusch was not deterred, saying we remain confident in our position, and we intend to vigorousl
Exuberant start here at the New York Stock Exchange today. The dow broke through the 14,000 level. Its the first time thats happened since before the financial crisis in 2007. Traders say the recent rally in diin individual investors into the market. By the closing bell, the blue chips were up almost 150 points to 14,009. P 1t add 15 poins. One catalyst pushing stocks higher decent data about jobs. American businesses added 1,000 jobs last month but the unem1oyment rate edged up to 7. 9 . Even though the january report r was a bit disappointing, job growth in the priwoou ts months was revised higher. Suzanne pratt has more. Reporter stuck in neutral. That seems to be the best cliche for the u. S. Job market, right now. The nations Unemployment Rate has been lurking just around 8 for the last six months. And, the number of news jobs created is barely keeping pace with population growth. Still, some economists think the latest labor data is encouraging. When we look at the number of jobs