once he was an pbs he did as well as the other public affairs shows on pbs. so pbs never published -- showed heir ratings but they would hire nielsen to do numbers for. the, and then send the numbers out to their producers running the program, and he was doing okay. which means on the low end the highest numbers for a pbs were "sesame street," they wereor pbs really -- they had upstairs and downstairs and masterpiece theater and british imports that were popular, and to buckley's chagrin, monte python's flying circus did very well on pbs. much better than firing line.ll and pbs was thrilled because they had no young viewers except the toddler set from "sesame street," and they were getting young male viewers watching monte python, and buck lee is, what is monte python? beneath him to consider that this was a good tv show. and i actually say in the become he must have been so chagrined with market thatch at the pair diparody's the -- she said something like the little party is dead, dead liberal party, making fun of the dead parrot skit. he was like, what is s

o [laughter] >> he got along pbs then when the reagan administration defunded pbs and all the pbs programming had up and down from that, when reagan defunded pbs it was great to read the letters to people raising money, jie, reagan has defunded pbs, now i need you to pay for it. not surprising he was sporting the free market and capitalism, there were a lot of wealthy capitalists, here is money to keep the show going. foundations funded the show over years. he had ups and downs on pbs but basically there was never a doubt to get the money he needed once it was defunded in the 80's. it soldiered on. last question. yes. [inaudible] >> in your preparation for research on the book, you must have read some of his books, i'm sure a lot of them, did you have any favorites among those that ewe thought sort of really got to him, his other stuff where you felt he was really powers? >> i believe -- i think it's cruising speed. is that '72 or so. that's a really fun one. i would recommend cruising speed. a lot people like unmaking of the mayor the most. and i think it's okay but cruising speed saw really

and an unlikely story of gentrification in portland, oregon next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the john and helen glessner family trust-- supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. there have been new arrests in this week's berlin christmas market truck attack that killed 12 people and injured 56 others. today, police in tunisia arrested the nephew of accused attacker anis amri and two other suspected militants. tunisia's interior ministry says a

once he was on pbs, he did as well as the other public affairs shows on pbs. pbs never published -- showed their ratings, but they sporadically but hired nelson to do numbers for them and send the numbers out to their producers running the programs. he was doing okay, which means on the low end. the highest numbers or pbs for "sesame street." bed upstairs, downstairs and masterpiece theatre and this british import or popular in the 70s and 80s. and to buckley's chagrin, monty python circus did very well on pbs. and pbs was thrilled because they have not done viewers expect the toddler set from "sesame street." they were getting young male viewers watching specifically watching monty python. it was just beneath him to even consider this was a good tv show. i actually say in the book he must've been so chagrined by margaret thatcher parodied the dead parrot sketch from monty python and the public address. although he might not have even gotten it. she said something like the liberal party is dead. making fun of them and they're probably like what is she doing? s

. >> sreenivasan: all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> xq institute. >> bnsf railway. >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: president-elect donald trump has penciled in two more names on his white house staff sheet. he announced today that thomas bossert will be assistant to the president for homeland security and counter-terrorism. bossert also served under president george w. bush. and, jason greenblatt will be special representative for international negotiations. he's now the chief legal officer for the trump organization. in the day's other news: shinzo abe became the first japanese prime minister to visit the u.s.s. "arizona" memorial at pearl harbor. more than 2,300 americans died there in the japanese attack on december 7, 1941, hurling th

. >> stewart: next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the john and helen glessner family trust-- supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, alison stewart. >> stewart: good evening, and thanks for joining us. today, president-elect donald trump finished his so-called" thank you" tour of some of the 30 states he carried in last month's election to win his electoral college majority. this afternoon, he appeared in mobile, alabama, a state where he won 63% of the vote. last night, mr. trump told a crowd of 11,000 suppo

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wasn't he was on pbs, he did about as well as other public affair shows on pbs. pbs never published, showed the ratings but would hire to do numbers for them and then send the numbers out to theirs producers running the programs and he was, you know, okay, which means like on the low end. the highest numbers for pbs were sesame streets. they were really -- upstairs and downstairs and british import that is were popular in the 70's and 80's. much better and pbs was thrilled because they had no young viewers except the toddlers frot sesame street. they kept getting young malero viewers watching and specifically watching money python and what is money python, beneath him to even consider that this was a good tv show, i actually say in the book, he must have been so when margaret thatcher in a public address. he might have even gotten it. the liberal party is dead, this is a dead liberal party. he was probably just like, what is she doing. he got along on pbs and then when the reagan administrationnn defunded pbs, nixon try today defund it and all of the pbs programm

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he got along on pbs and then when the reagan administration defunded pbs and nixon tried to defund it and all of pbs programming that ups and downs but when reagan defunded pbs it's great to read the letters that buckley sent out to people raising money.ou to pa reagan defunded pbs and now we need to fund it. was supporting s. and a lot of crony capitalists were like yes, it's a great show so the orange foundation, but other private foundations and so on and so forth funded the show over the years. so he had some ups and downs on pbs but basically there was never a doubt that he would get the money he needed once it wasg funded in the 80s so it soldiered on. last question. yes. >> in your preparation for research on the book you must to read some of his looks. i'm sure a lot of them. did you have any favorites among those. his other stuff where you felt like he really had power. >> i think it's cruising speed, is that like 72 or so?o? that's a really fun one and i would recommend cruising speed. it ranks up there with the new journalism and so on and so forth. i think it's okay but cr

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. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> 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: it's been a day of horror in the capital cities of germany and turkey. first, berlin, where a truck drove into a crowd of christmas shoppers, leaving the street full of dead and wounded. we get more now from ira spitzer, the berlin bureau chief for feature story news. a warning, some images might be disturbing to some viewers. let me start with ira spitzer with this comment we just saw crossing the wires and that is the german interior minister saying for information now does seem to point to an act of terrorism. what do you know? >> well, the berlin police have confirmed that nine people have been killed in the scene of violence earlier in berlin, and one of the de

and highest numbers that pbs were 73. upstairs or downstairs through the '70s and '80s but to buckley's should grant the flying circus did very well command much better. and pbs is thrilled so they're getting the young male viewers watching specifically monty python. that is just the need him to even consider. i say he must have spent so should grant. to say this is a dead liberal party. but he is thinking what is she doing? and when the reagan in administration defunded pbs and all programming but what is great is to read the letters that buckley sent out to those raising money. and with the wealthy capitalists here is some money to keep the show going . with other private foundations. and there was never a doubt once he was defunded in the '80s. >> you must have read some of his book. >> but cruising speed is 72? i would recommend cruising speed. and it is okay. did at the peak of his power to deal with political issues but not so much that there is of a limousine and a sailboat not like those later books to talk about

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and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president obama has broken with decades of defending israel with the u.s. veto at the united nations. today, the u.s. abstained, despite pressure from jerusalem and president-elect trump. the vote was 14 to nothing, as the security council condemned israeli settlement building on lands the palestinians want. ambassador samantha power defended the u.s. decision. >> the united states has been sending a message that the settlements must stop privately and publicly for nearly five decades. our vote today is fully in line with the bipartisan history of how american presidents have approached both issues and the role of this body. >> woodruff: israel rejected the resolution and the u.s. abstention, and so did top republicans in congress. house speaker paul ryan called the administration's action "absolutely shameful". and south carolina senator lindsey graham said the president's foreign policy "has gone from naive and foolish to flat-out reckless." president-elect t