. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown reports on new york's latest cultural struggle. >>> how can they survive and thrive, here at the metropolitan in new york we'll talk to the man in charge and opera star renee fleming. >> lehrer: that's all coming up, on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. intel. and bank of america. and by toyota. and monsanto. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank y

nd jeffrey brown looks at whether grand opera s a grand future. >> lehrer: that's all aad. bu now, the day's other news, areported by the newest membe of our team, ri sreenivasan. he comes to us from cbsews, among otr journalistic places. 's in our newsroom now. welce, hari. >> tnks, jim. it's good to be here. ousands of anti-government ptesters clashed with secuty fors in iran's capital today. prests erupted in other cities as well. there was no word arrests, but web sites repoed at least one person s wounded. we have a repo narrated by jonhan rugman of independent television news. >> rorter: they burned a piure of the republic founde its supreme leader, and th the president. iran's protest movement back on the streets today, its anger at the regime aarently as fierst as eve. death to the dictator the students in tean shouted as the waved irian flags with symbol of the revolution, t word allah missing from the center. at one university they knocked down the gates. and at another, they sat in the street, calling iran's supreme leader eyea khamenei a criminal an murderer. in

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, dutch officials called the preparation of the plot "fairly professional, "but its execution, "amateurish." >> ifill: why didn't anyone connect the dots and can anything be done to foil future attacks? we'll explore that with members of the 9-11 commission. >> brown: and we'll get the views of two representatives on what congress did and did not do in the past and should do now to prevent more terrorist incidents. >> ifill: also tonight, from san francisco, spencer michels reports on a battle about putting literature online. >> google is in the process of digitizing 40 million brookes. not everyone believes one company should control that much knowledge. >> brown: and margaret warner talks to author kati marton about her parents-- hungarian journalists targeted by the secret police in the 1950s. >> i think it's really important for us in our country to understand the human cost of the cold war before all the witnesses to it disappear. >> ifill: that's all ahe

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. president obama said a totally unacceptable systemic failure led to the attack on the u.s. airliner. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, the president today promised to act quickly to fix flaws in the nation's security system. >> brown: we'll look at the clampdown at airports and the potential trade-offs of stepped-up screening. test. >> spendthrift, it's an inconvenience to passengers. there are questions. >> what were the suspect's connection to yemen? >> ifill: and what were the suspect's connections to yemen, the embattled arab nation that has become a bastion for al qaeda terrorists. >> brown: then, ray suarez looks at a plan to fight poverty by improving education and healthcare south of the border. >> a mexican program designed to improve the lives of the poorest of the poor is being copied and studied around the world. i'll have a report. >> ifill: and the search for treatment for the mentally ill on the streets of india. >> brown: that's all ahead, on tonig

. >> bro: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour night, the vote sets e stage for tough netiations with the house. >> woodruff: we amine the politics itook to get to this democraticin, what still lies ahead, and what the changemean for americanand their health care system. >> brown: al tonight: after copeagen, ray suarez los at the debate over global warming's pact on public heal. >> this for uss more than annvironmental issue, it's more than a debate about targets or about h much it is goingo cost. it ia debate about basically sang people's ves. >> woodrf: then, an update on yemen,here air strikes hit al qaeda militants today,ncluding a radicacleric linked to the fort hood shootings. >> bwn: and another look at one of john merrow's repor chroniclinplans to reform blic schools in washington, d. night, the debate over how t improvteaching standards. >> it'a terrible thing to say but halff this st year ought -- ha the staff here ought not b they just n't fit into what we are ing here. >> wdruff: that's all ahead on ton

>>rown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, hundredsf protesters tried to disrupt the conference. >> lehrer: we'll get theatest from ray suarez at the summi suarez: another day of netiations here have still fail to produce a text world aders can embrace here, but the u.n.ecretary general told the "newshour,he still believesgreement is possible. i'll have a report. >> bro: there were some steps forward today, includingledges to prote rainforests. 'll see how that could play out in themazon. >> lehrer: then, a perfoance review for federal reserve chairman b bernanke. economisjames galbraith and formered vice chair alice rivlin date his record. >> brown: and the levance in our time of hn maynard keynes: "newshour" ecomics correspondent paul solman haa someat off-beat explanation. ♪ my general theory made quite a impression i transformed e econ profsion, you know me, modesty say it loud and say itlear, we're l keynesians now. >> lehrer: that's alahead on tonight's "pbs newshr." major funding for e pbs n

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, a deal would set the stage for congressional passage by christmas. >> lehrer: we'll talk to two journalists who are on the deal- making story. >> brown: then, terror suspects from guantanamo bay in cuba will be moved to a prison in rural illinois. margaret warner reports. >> lehrer: a showdown in copenhagen between china and the u.s. on fighting global warming. ray suarez is at the climate talks. >> brown: plus, a very unusual look at climate change, seen from inside one of mount everest's glaciers. >> lehrer: and paul solman talks to economist and statesman george schultz, who believes no financial institution should ever be considered "too big to fail." >> there's an underlying principle here that has got lost sight of, and that's the importance of skin in the game. when you have some of your own money involved, you pay a lot more attention. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what th

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight: the president called for increased lending to small businesses, and sound financial regulation. >> woodruff: we'll examine the troubles facing small bankers across the country. >> brown: then, big bill, big money: the lobbying behind the health care reform effort. >> woodruff: an encore look at another of john merrow's reports chronicling the challenges facing the public schools in the nation's capital. tonight, the plans to close schools and fire office workers. >> what we have here is a takeover. it is not reform. it is dictatorship. >> that's right. >> brown: the threat of cyber crime, and what can be done to defend against it. >> woodruff: and the story of picture perfect gifts for military families this holiday season. >> this is a minor thing i'm doing for these people who are doing a huge amount for us. >> brown: that's all ahead, on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant g

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we'll have full analysis of what world leaders did and did not agree to. >> what we have achieved in copenhagen will not be the end, but rather the beginning. the beginning of a new era of international action. >> lehrer: and then judy woodruff leads a discussion about the climate deal. >> brown: an update on dna testing, as an innocent man who's spent the longest time behind bars is set free. >> lehrer: paul solman has a conversation about the connection between human health and biodiversity. >> the only -- anywhere in the world that raise their young -- are now extinct and the compounds that these make to keep themselves -- that information is gone forever. >> brown: and the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. and by toyota. and monsanto. grant thornton. >> and by the bill and melinda gates fou

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, a report on the ceremony and speech where the president said, wars are sometimes necessary and justified. >> clear eyed, we can understand that there will be war and still strive for peace . we can do that, for that is the story of human progress. >> lehrer: we'll get reaction and perspective from presidential historian michael beschloss, the reverend james forbes and editor joseph bottum. >> brown: then, the arrests of five american muslims in pakistan: we look at who they are and how they were captured. >> lehrer: the top u.s. military commander in afghanistan talked about security and fighting corruption, we have excerpts from his conversation with our pbs colleague, charlie rose. >> brown: new claims for unemployment benefits rose faster than expected after thanksgiving. tonight, economics correspondent paul solman talks to older americans looking for work. >> it doesn't matter if you're 50, it doesn't matter if you're 70 years old. you still have hopes an

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the vote sets the stage for tough negotiations with the house. >> woodruff: we examine the politics it took to get to this democratic win, what still lies ahead, and what the changes mean for americans and their health care system. >> brown: also tonight: after copenhagen, ray suarez looks at the debate over global warming's impact on public health. >> this for us is more than an environmental issue, it's more than a debate about targets or about how much it is going to cost. it is a debate about basically saving people's lives. >> woodruff: then, an update on yemen, where air strikes hit al qaeda militants today, including a radical cleric linked to the fort hood shootings. >> brown: and another look at one of john merrow's reports chronicling plans to reform public schools in washington, d.c. tonight, the debate over how to improve teaching standards. >> it's a terrible thing to say but ha of this past year ought -- half the staff here ought not be. they jus

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. millions this day celebrated the holiday even as blizzards disrupted travel in the midwest. >> warner: i'm margaret warner. the latest on the storm that brought snow to the midwest including the latest on last night's attack on pope benedict xvi at the vatican. >> brown: one of chine's leading dissidents was sentenced to jail. >> warner: the controversy over the future of pensions for retired state workers in california. spencer michels will have a report. >> people -- beneficiaries would not be at risk because we're on the hook for those payments regardless how well and how poorly pension funds do. >> mark shields and david brooks look forward on health care and back on the decade. >> warner: efforts to reform washington, d.c.'s public schools. then tells us what's ahead. >> we have been totally disrespected. we have been treated like we don't matter. >> reporter: that's all coming on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: monsanto. producing mor

jeffrey brown has that story. ♪ >> reporter: it was, says richard glazier, the 1943 film, "girl crazy" that did it. >> i saw "girl crazy" when i was nine years old, and i just fell in love with the voice of judy garland and the music of george and ira gershwin. >> reporter: movie musicals led the young glazier to the piano. first, classical training and then a devotion to the music of a golden period of american song. particularly the gershwins-- george the composer, ira the lyricist. ♪ >> it is so purely and uniquely american and represents us in our best light. to the older generation, these songs of george and ira gershwin evoke memories, evoke places, evoke times, evoke feelings. to the younger generation, they are experiencing something totally new, songs that are immortal. >> reporter: now age 47, glazier performs their music for audiences around the country. recently, here at the smithsonian museum of american history. and he conveys his enthusiasm by sharing his own personal story of a nine-year-old boy who decided to write a fan letter to ira gershwin. >> what is a nine-yea

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. the cia announced today that 7 of its employees were killed by a suicide bomber in afghanistan. six others were injured. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. the dead included the chief of the targeted cia post. on the newshour tonight, the latest details about one of the deadliest attacks on cia personnel in the agency's history. >> brown: also tonight, a federal judge has dismissed all charges against 5 blackwater security guards accused of killing unarmed civilians in baghdad. >> suarez: the president gets a preliminary report into the attempt to blow up a u.s. airliner. we'll talk to intelligence community veterans about what went wrong. >> brown: then, a 'second look' as paul solman asks economists one central question about the recession: >> why didant -- why didn't the fed tell us? >> why didn't we warn you. >> yes. >> suarez: gwen ifill looks back at a dramatic decade in u.s. politics. with amy walter, andy kohut and michael beschloss. >> brown: and the poetic partnership between on

. >> brown: d i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight,utch ofcials called the preparation of the plot "fairly profsional, "but its executn, "amateurish." >> ifill: why didn't anye connect the dots a can anything be done to il future attacks? we'll explore that with membs of the 9-11 commissi. >>rown: and we'll get the views of two repsentatives on what congress did and did nodo in t past and should do noto prevent more terrorist incidents. >> ifill: also tonig, from san francisc spencer michels reporton a battle about putting terature online. >> googlis in the process of digitizing 40 million brooke not everyoneelieves one mpany should conol that much knowledge. >> brown: anmargaret warner talks to autr kati marton about heparents-- hungarian jonalists targeted by the secret police in the 195. >> i think it'really important for usn our country to understand t human cost of the cold warefore all the witness to it disappear. >> ifill: that all ahead on tonight's "pbsewshour." major fundinfor the pbs newshour is pr

and to jeffrey brown. >> reporter: this was the sce la week when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mical scol graduation in mogadishu, the somali capital. 22 people were kled, including three government ministe. solia has been plagued by civiwar, piracy off its shoresand massive violence for several decades. just in e last three years, ,000 civilians have been killednd a milli and half displaced. the groubelieved to be behind the most recent atta, "al shabab", meaningyouth' in arabic controlthe southern part of the country and st of the capital. it also has tieso al qaeda. and that has raised w alarms. >> where al qaeda and s allies attempt to estlish a foothold -- whether in somalia or yen or elsewhere-- they st be confronted by gring pressure and strong ptnerships. reporter: amid the lawlessness and threatf dnapping, few foreigners travel to solia. one who has ison lee anderson, who wre about his experience in the "neyorker" magazine. >> you described somal as the wod's ultimate failed state. now ll in that picture, what does that mean? >> ts is a country that has been ignored,

and on jeffrey brown's "art beat" blog, a celebration of second city's 50th birthday. we've posted remembrances from the last surviving member of the comedy club's first year and a conversation with actor/director/writer harold ramis. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line, and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: when someone you count on is not responsive, bad things could happen. grant thornton. monsanto. producing more. er

and jeffrey brown's art beat bl our correspondents pick their favote books, movies and performances of 2009. all of that, and our n blog of ne and insight it'called 'the rundo', and we update it throughout the day. you can find it all newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: a that's the newshour foronight. i'm judy woodrf. jim. >> lehrer: thanks, judy. we'll see you on-le and again here tomorrow evenin i'm jim lehrer. ank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour is providedy: >> this is the eine that connectsbundant grain from the american heartland to han's best sellinghole wheat, while keeping 60illion pounds of rbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> what makes us an engineor theconomy? plants across america. nearly00,000 jobs created. weee beyond cars. moanto. producing re. conserving me. improving farms' lives. that'sustainable agriculture. more at producemoreconservemore.com. >> chevron. th is the power of human ergy. >> and by the bill and melda gates foundati. dedicated to t idea that all pele deserve the chance to live a healthy

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jeffrey brown has our conversation. his discussion was recorded before our programs' recent redesign. >> reporter: a year ago the daily news and the daily fears were all about the financial crisis then continuing to unfold. a year later the so-called great recession may or may not be over, but the debate over the reasons for the collapse and how to prevent another one continues. two reporters we've turned to during the last year have just come out with books to take different approaches to explore the issues. andrew ross sorkin's "too big to fail" is a behind the scenes look at the actions of major players on wall street and washington. john cassidy's "how markets fail" seem the roots of the crisis in a history of economic theory. the two authors join me, andrew ross sorkin of "the new york times" and john cassidy of "the new yorker". well, maybe the place to start is why you each chose your particular approach to the subject. andrew, you first, why the insider approach. what were you after? >> you know, i thought of th

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