>>. >> suarez: well, they have a draft document now. and that's created a tremendous upsurge in interest in the deliberations next week when a lot of heads of state are going to be coming to copenhagen to put the finishing touches on some sort of document that they want to end the conference with. originally when we had planned to goback brahm -- barack obama was going to be there this week and not next week when the other heads of nations were going to be there. now he's going the friday of next week. and the president's presence there is creating some movement on the ground, some increased interest. it will be really interesting to see, even though they have made a tremendous amount of progress where others thought it might not be possible, they are still sniping between the delegations. the poorest country saying that the richer ones don't care about them. the newly industrialized economies saying that the old industrial economies don't understand their needs. a lot of work has to get done in the next week. >> lehrer: we look forward

. >> lehrer: then, ray suarez begins a weeklong cross-country series about the u.s. economy. patchwork nation, tonight from philadelphia. >> they were too big to fail, i would say that cities are too important to fail. >> 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 w

and ray suarez has part two in our patchwork nation series. tonight: how college towns are faring in the recession. that's all ahead. but now, for some of the day's other headlines, over to hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. hari. >> hari: thanks, judy. pro-government militiamen in iran attacked anti-government protesters for a second day. they threw rocks and tear gas at several thousand university students in tehran. more than 200 people were arrested after mass protests on monday in tehran and across the country. today, iran's top prosecutor demanded even tougher action. officials in india plan to charge a chicago man with helping to plan the terror attacks in mumbai last year. they said today they're building the case for an indictment of david coleman headley. he's already facing charges in the u.s. it's alleged headley scouted out the hotels and a jewish center that were targeted in mumbai. 166 people were killed in the siege. the first lethal injection in the u.s. to use a single drug was carried out in ohio today. kenneth biros, 51, was

tonight, ray suarez looks at the country's boom towns with this report from eagle, colorado. >> suarez: adam's rib ranch stretches over 1600-acres of spectacular rolling terrain, ringed by snow-capped mountains. there's an 18-hole golf course. a 40,000 square foot luxurious club house, surrounded by 99 homesites, each costing $1 million to $2 million just for the land. the only thing missing? buyers. >> we've definitely seen a downturn from the spiraling years of the 2006-2007 growth. >> suarez: like most boom towns all across america this development was planned in a euphoric era when the mantra was "build it and they will come." now salespeople like john helmerling are struggling to make a sale. so far just one house has been purchased, and only 11 of the 300 available golf course memberships sold. still, helmering remains cautiously optimistic. >> i think it's going to take a shorter time for this valley to recover than some of the others, but i would still put it on a 3- 5 year time frame. >> suarez: walk down broadway eagle's main commercial street and you can't really see that an

ray suarez reports from the talks, in copenhagen, denmark. >> suarez: when secretary of state clinton arrived in copenhagen today saying the u.s. wanted to reach a climate deal before the week was out, but she insisted it must include verification of emissions cuts and other goals. >> there are many ways to achieve transparency that would be credible and acceptable, but there has to be a willingness to move toward transparency in whatever reform we finally deem is appropriate. so if there isn't even a commitment to transparency, that's kind of a deal breaker for us. >> suarez: that's a demand the chinese have resisted and reportedly rejected again today. but this afternoon chinese deputy foreign minister he yafei fired back. he said china is not afraid of monitoring and verification, but is standing on principle for itself and other developing countries. >> to increase cooperation go for cooperation. >> suarez: clinton also upped the ante by announcing the u.s. was willing to participate in a global fund to pay for the transition to a warmer planet, and promised an undefined american

ray suarez looks back at what happened and ahead at what's next. >> suarez: the recriminations have been building almost from the moment the talks ended in copenhagen saturday. in india today, mourners chanted in a solemn funeral procession. they said the dear departed was no cherished community leader but planet earth. >> the world leaders have fill the planet. now it's up to people to come together because we need a deal that is real. >> suarez: that deal, of course, is the 12-paragraph non-binding copenhagen accord announced after two weeks of grueling negotiations and last- minute dealings. 193 participant nations formally called for billions in aid to help poor nations cope with climate change but set no firm targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. the u.n.'s climate chief:. >> an impressive accord but not an accord that is legally binding. not an accord that at this moment pins down industrialized countries to individual targets. >> suarez: at heart, the accord represented just how far president obama and the leaders of china, brazil, india and south africa were willing to go

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 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. >> what has made grant thornton a truly global accounting organization, with access to resources in more than 100 countries? i

ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: south of the border, tourist season is just beginning. beach-loving americans are headed to mexico's seaside towns, reaching for the sunscreen, soaksing up the local color. but this year's annual migration has a twist. thousands of americans are coming to places like puerto vajallarta, not to tip their toes in the pas civic, sip a margarita, they are coming for health care, in many cases care they could never afford to acquire in the united states. >> tell me how you feel today. >> a lot better. oh, yes, wonderful. >> suarez: 55-year-old stan packard flu to puerto vallarta to have his rip replaced. >> -- hip replaced. >> we caught up with him as the followup appointment with his mexican orthopedic surgeon, dr. max. >> suarez: had you ever been to mexico before. >> never, never. just took a shot. pretty big step to take on your first trip to mexico, fly down and come back with a new hip. >> something had to be done. >> suarez: packard and his wife own a horse park in california that specializes in carriage rides. caring for all the horses

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. >> 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 just don't fit into what we are doing here. >> woodruff: that's all ahead 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? everyday, chevron inve

r suarez has the story. >> suarez: south of t border, tourist season is just beginning. beach-ling americans are headed to mexico seaside towns, reaching for the sunscreen, soaksing up the lol color. but this year's annual migrion has a twis thousands of americans ar coming to places like puerto vajallarta, not to tip thir to in the pas civic, p a margari, they arecoming for heal care, in many cases re they could never afford to acqre in the united state tell me how you feel day. > a lot bette oh, yes, nderful. >> suarez: 55-ye-old stan packa flu to puerto vallarta to have his rip replad. >> -- hip replaced. >> we cght up with him as the llowup aointment with his mexin orthopedic sueon, dr. max. >> suarez: had you ever bn to mexico bfore. >> never, ner. just to a shot. pretty big step to take on your first trip to xico, fly down and come back wit new hip. >> something hato be done. >> suarez: packard and his wife own a hoe park in california thatspecializes in carriage rides. caring for all e horses ask a phically demanding j and one of stan's hips just didn't ho up. for

ray suarez has the story. >> suarez: in the state or morelos in central mexico, the small town of santo domingo ocotitlan is rich in tradition. in elaborate costumes, villagers parade through the town's square during festivals of dance. but for all its history, santo domingo is very poor. most residents are subsistence farmers. homes are modest, women scrub their wash over rocks at communal basins. for generations policy makers have debated, what makes poor people poor? is it the simple fact of not having enough money, or is it the choices they make, the way they live? a pioneering program here in mexico is trying to fight poverty both approaches by giving the poorest mexicans cash and by trying to change the way they live. orcasitas and hundreds of women getting cash started 12 years ago by the mexican government- the program called oportunidades or opportunities gives a small subsidy every other month to poor mothers, like santo domingo resident, sixta orcasitas. but there is a catch: one that separates oportunidades from traditional welfare plans, orcasitas and millions of mothers li

>> suarez: even bunesses far removefrom construction have been affected. erin seabury, real eate agent doug sbury's wife, owns a women's clothing sre. she says sheas had to make chges to her business since people have less mey to spend. i stted looking for things that people coulstill pick something up but ithe 20-30 range, speople could still pick something up but t have to spend $0 let's say. >> suaz: seabury says her family has made somehanges as well, ich has helped them weather the onomic crisis. >> we simplified our lifover the last two years. we moved into a smaller use. that change was prrecession and we got lucky. but we'll never go bacto a different way of living whe we wanted a bigger house. >> suarez: it's kely that many people in boom tow will be making silar changes, says dante chinni, direct of the patchwork nationroject. >> eagle and the bm towns in neral are kind of a symbol o the exubance of the economy for the first half of this decade. everytng was going great guns it seems and it seemedhere would be no down. >> suarez: were ey built to

. >> woodruff: then ray suarez has an update from copenhagen where developing world nations ended a boycott of the climate change summit. >> lehrer: we'll have a report on how green technology is helping and hurting china. >> woodruff: and we'll remember nobel prize-winning economist paul samuelson. who died yesterday, at 94. people like me who live through the great depression are in great demand because the other people don't have a clue as to what this kind of situation is. >> lehrer: that's come >> lehrer: that's coming on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. and monsanto. and by toyota. grant thornton. 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 you. >> lehrer: president obama called the leaders of american banking to the white house today and laid on a challenge and a warning. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our cover

. >> lehrer: we'll get the latest from ray suarez at the summit. >> suarez: another day of negotiations here have still failed to produce a text world leaders can embrace here, but the u.n. secretary general told the "newshour," he still believes agreement is possible. i'll have a report. >> brown: there were some steps forward today, including pledges to protect rainforests. we'll see how that could play out in the amazon. >> lehrer: then, a performance review for federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. economist james galbraith and former fed vice chair alice rivlin debate his record. >> brown: and the relevance in our time of john maynard keynes: "newshour" economics correspondent paul solman has a somewhat off-beat explanation. ♪ my general theory made quite an impression i transformed the econ profession, you know me, modesty say it loud and say it clear, we're all keynesians now. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour."

suarez: to sweeten the pot, opornidades pays the family more money each year kar and alexis move into a hher grade and creases allowances for school supplies. the amount of money that th kid brings into e household matters for the housold. so in a way u are not really providing additional iome you are channg the source of the income. at you are saying is that yo kiwill be equally valuable to you he's in the school as opposed if he is in the reet gging for money. >> suarez: othe 185 children in santo domingo108 of them arenrolled in opportunidades. nationally, more than million people, one quarter of the population of mexicoare enrolled. not surprisily, most families are from rural aas like santo domingo, where livinis often hand to mouth, and whe ofcials say the conditional cash program h been most effective. hool enrollment jumped 85% i someural areas just two years after the cash progr was introded. tes of malnutrition and anem have dropped, asave childhood and ult illnesses. at sto domingo's middle scho, asuncion ortiz, a teacher here for sixteen yrs, says changesrom the cash progr

>> suarez: well, today t execute director of the copenhagenalks and the head of the u.n. climate ange ency held a news conference together wre they assured the worls press that the negotiions were continuing, were on ack. progress was being made. even though drafts were bein circulated witjust brackets around wre the numbers should be,here was a sense thathose two very important offices tried to give the st of us ththings would take on a faster pace once the ads of state started to arve in their numbers starting tomorrowvening. >> bro: what did people tell u privately though? are they as hopeful? >> well, private people are sang they just can't believe th everything can be wrapped up by friday. and the talk now is shifti to wt an acceptable posture would be for the rld's leads to leave this place with something rathethan nothing. what the somethi would be and how prerable that would be to, in effect, shrugging your sulders, admitting failure and going home. there has been so muchalk cong out of copenhagen this week abouthe dire situation of the world's aosphere, the world

. >> 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 tonight's "pbs nshour." major funding for the pbs nehour is provided by: >> wt the world needs now is energy the ener to get the economy humminagain. the energy ttackle challenge likelimate change. whatf that energy came froan energy company everyday, chevron invests $62 million in peopl in ideas-- seeking, tching, building. fueling growth aund t

. >> 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 nehour is provided by: >> this is the enge that coects abundant grain from the american heartla to haran's best selling whole wheat, whe keeping 60 billi pounds of carbon out of the atm

>> suarez: you know, president obama extended his visit. he was meant to leave copenhagen hours before he did. but while there was still a chance that something could be worked out, he stayed be. he invited premier wen to two subsequent meetings which the chin ease premier skipped sending the deputy foreign minister and his chief investigator instead. it was a snub? was it a gambit to move the talk as long? later in the evening there was a meeting around 7:00 denmark time with some of the big emitters, some of the big industrial economy. brazil's lula, one from india along with wen and president obama. those meetings kept on through the evening. and finally resulted in an agreement just before midnight denmark time. >> reporter: all week, ray, we've talked about the big issues, targets, financing, verification. so what's in this this agreement -- agreement? >> suarez: the most generous thing you can say about it is that it puts off some of the hardest negotiating down into the future. the most near-end target are left blank, left undefined

there a roundup of reports from ray suarez and his am at the climatsummit in copenhen. on jeff's art beat blo insight into theaking of the movie avatar. first from the authoof a new biographof director, james cameron, and also om the u.s.c. linistic professor who developed the nguage spoken by the blue na'vi extra terrestrials. and finally, plee check back after the progm to watch an informal conversation with mk ields and david brooks taped here at the rundowafter their regular friday nig debate. all at and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.o. jeff. >> brown: and at's the newshouror tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> lehre and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be sn later this eveng on most pbs stations. we'll see you on-line and again here monday evenin have a nice weekd. thank you, and good nit. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> wt the world needs now is energy. the ener to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challens like climate change. what is that eney came from an energy cpany? everyday, evron invests $62 milln in people,

tonight,ay suarez tries his hand at glassbwing in lincoln ty, and dante chinni explore the toll of the onomic downturn othe area's health care providers. you can watch my conrsation with newshouhealth correspondent betty ann wswer about the senate's attemptto strike a deal health reform legislation this week. and on jeffrey brown'srt beat blog, muc icon david byrne discses biking, urban design and the future of cities. here's an excerpt. >> the pattern in e way cities woror the way they don't work, things that fe comfortable out a city or don'or the way a city's changi sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. >> sreenivas: also online a port on how residents in switzerland feel abouthe country's refendum banning the construction of narets on sques part of our collaboration with the onlin news venture "obal post". you can find a this and more at newshr.pbs.org judy. >> woodruf and that's the wshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> woodruff: "washingt week" can be seelater this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you on-line. and again here mondaevening. have a ne weekend

. >> ifill: our series on the nation's economy continues-- ray suarez reports on some of the challenges facing tractor country. >> i thought i could weather the storm but i've had enough, you know. i've done enough bleeding that i want to quit before i'm bled out. >> ifill: that's "patchwork nation," tonight from sioux city, iowa. >> lehrer: and pianist richard glazier: keeping the gershwins' music alive. >> to the younger generation, they're discovering something completely new. and music and song that are e mortal and timely that will live for generations to come. >> lehrer: that's all coming on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. 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 you. >> lehrer: the health care debate in the senate reached a potential turning point today

ray suarez begins our covera. >>eporter: there was new informion from the dutch concerning umar farouk abdul mutallab and his alleged bbing attempt. flight 253 originatein amsterdam, and the dut terior minister said initial findings appear to conrm al- qaeda's claim of resnsibility. >> ( translated ): the first nclusions of the investigati are that thereparations for the failed attack wereairly professional, but that t execution was amateurish. secondly, thexplosives used wereeither easy to handle r risk-free to prere. the way it was used d the explosives compa to those used in previous attacks. the spect had a valid visa for e united states. e passenger list presented prior to the flight did not ve the us a rean to ask for additial security measures. >> reporter: the bom- made of the chemical p.e.t.n.-- wa hien in abdulmutallab's clothi, and failed to go off. that lefthe airliner intact on e tarmac, but it also left continuing questio about what u.s. intelligence knew ahe of time. was widely reported today the ha

ray suarez begins our covege. >> reporter: the wave drug killings spreading acrosmexico in rent years, invaded paradise monday night. thfamily of a navy commando was rdered in the gulf coast town of parais- spanish for "paradise"-- ian act of reprisal. gunmen broke into the me of ensign melisedet angulo cÓrdova d gunned down his mother, brother, sisr and an aunt. just hours earlier, they had stood vigil as aulo was buried. he died duri the operation last week that killed arro beltran leyva, head ofne of mexico's large drug cartels. xican president felipe lderon condemned the murders yesterday. >> ( translated ): it also my duty tod to express my most sincere condolces to the family of melquisedet anguloto the navy of mexico, foa horrible attack perprated in the night. >>eporter: the attorney general of the southn mexican statof tabasco said today a group allied to the ltran- leyva cartel carried o the monday murrs. said it was warning to the military: your famies are now targets. his death, beltran leyva wa among the most powerful mexico's drug lord- the self- proclaimed "boss of sse