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and i want to come to the white house here, michael. because we learned this week that the third senior member of the president's economic team to announce he's leaving in the last month or so, larry summers, is heading out the door. what changes should we look for in economic policy. >> well, first, i think you have to recognize that this is not that unusual after two years in an administration. it's kind of a normal time for people to turn over and in these cases they had plausible personal reasons, there's true. but it's much easier to stay in a team that seems successful and there is a broad judgement that the economic team was not particularly successful. i think that is unfair in part for exactly the reasons that mark talked about. some of those early decisions to save the banking industry, the financial industry were very much in continuity with the bush administration and very important. but i think they deserve the criticism that they have. put much emphasis on economic growth and job creation in this circumstances. and the pre
and i want to come to the white house here, michael. because we learned this week that the third senior member of the president's economic team to announce he's leaving in the last month or so, larry summers, is heading out the door. what changes should we look for in economic policy. >> well, first, i think you have to recognize that this is not that unusual after two years in an administration. it's kind of a normal time for people to turn over and in these cases they had plausible...
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>> i agree with michael. there's not much talk on campus from students about the tea party movement at all. it's definitely in the community, but like he said it's more of an older generation. there is a republican feeling among campus as well. we have college republicans who are very vocal. but overall the tea party movement really hasn't taken hold. >> woodruff: heather smith, sum it up for us. whether you're the democratic party or the republican party or the tea party, what do you need to do now to get young people excited between now and november 2. there's a real opportunity. they want to participate. they want to be engaged. you saw 26,000 people show up in madison, wisconsin, last night. that's 10,000 more than came out to the rally in the exact same place during the 2008 campaign. there's a real frustration with the issues that are real in their lives. there's an opportunity to engage them and make the politics and the politicians really lead them forward on a path that provides real solutions and is
>> i agree with michael. there's not much talk on campus from students about the tea party movement at all. it's definitely in the community, but like he said it's more of an older generation. there is a republican feeling among campus as well. we have college republicans who are very vocal. but overall the tea party movement really hasn't taken hold. >> woodruff: heather smith, sum it up for us. whether you're the democratic party or the republican party or the tea party, what do...
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. >> reporter: michael is president of the union local. bruce is the recording secretary. >> they are trying to capitalize off the economy and the rate of unemployment in this area to oppress their employees. >> reporter: so is labor cowed into accepting low wages by a glut of jobless americans waiting in the wings? >> absolutely. >> reporter: social economist juliette shore says today's labor glut is key. >> i think it dropped out of people's consciousness as an important variable in terms of how the economy works. but once you get back into high rates of unemployment, underemployment as we have today, it again has a lot of force. >> reporter: meanwhile as workers feel they're being squeezed, they see executives getting an ever-larger share of the pie. >> let's just take the ceo, for example. would he not be an employee? >> reporter: total pay for dr. pepper-snapple ceo larry young was $6.5 million last year. >> he's making more money than any of us here will ever earn in our entire life. he keeps making more. all of them keep making more
. >> reporter: michael is president of the union local. bruce is the recording secretary. >> they are trying to capitalize off the economy and the rate of unemployment in this area to oppress their employees. >> reporter: so is labor cowed into accepting low wages by a glut of jobless americans waiting in the wings? >> absolutely. >> reporter: social economist juliette shore says today's labor glut is key. >> i think it dropped out of people's consciousness...
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. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown updates the story of new orleans musician and scholar michael white, five years after katrina. >> i went through a serious period of depression, of anger, of many different kinds of emotions. and then i came to realize the most valuable thing that i have i never lost. it's inside. it's that music tradition. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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 president tonight made it official. the u.s. military is moving from fighting to advising in iraq. he said it's time now to focus on restoring the u.s. economy. here's part of his address from the oval office at the white house. >> tonight i am announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has ended. operation iraqi freedom is over. and the iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of
. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown updates the story of new orleans musician and scholar michael white, five years after katrina. >> i went through a serious period of depression, of anger, of many different kinds of emotions. and then i came to realize the most valuable thing that i have i never lost. it's inside. it's that music tradition. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of...
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republican national committee chairman michael steele said o'donnell would have his full support and he praised the movement that spurred her victory. >> this is coming from the streets of america, this is coming from small towns, this is coming from neighborhoods wide and large. and the establishment in this town is so clueless and so out of touch with what real people are going through every day. >> brown: at the white house, press secretary robert gibbs played up the criticism of o'donnell from her fellow republicans. >> i think if you look at what people like karl rove or people like the state g.o.p. chairman have said, the republicans in delaware nominated somebody that they don't believe can win, i think, in the words of the state party chair, couldn't be elected dogcatcher. >> brown: in new hampshire's republican senate primary, meanwhile, a party favorite did manage to pull out a narrow victory. as kelly ayotte was declared the winner today over conservative insurgent ovide lamontagne. she'll now face democratic congressman paul hodes in november. the tea party found addition
republican national committee chairman michael steele said o'donnell would have his full support and he praised the movement that spurred her victory. >> this is coming from the streets of america, this is coming from small towns, this is coming from neighborhoods wide and large. and the establishment in this town is so clueless and so out of touch with what real people are going through every day. >> brown: at the white house, press secretary robert gibbs played up the criticism of...
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michael weiner of u.c.s.f. and the v.a. >> when any scientific project is done, a scientist collects the data and keeps it in their laboratory and then writes a paper about the data. the raw data is not released, just a paper which is a description of the raw data. >> reporter: but this time, scientists did the opposite. >> we decided for a number of reasons to share all the data that we collect from this study and share it widely on the internet and the results of that have just been amazing. >> reporter: the alzheimers' study followed 800 patients at 50 different centers. the researchers all had instant access to the same data and worked collaboratively to figure out a way to detect alzheimers early on, a potentially significant breakthrough. >> what's extremely interesting is that were seeing signs in the is that we're seeing signs in the completely normal people that they have biomarker signatures for alzheimers disease. >> reporter: so in a way, is this like having real time, open source research? yes, yes
michael weiner of u.c.s.f. and the v.a. >> when any scientific project is done, a scientist collects the data and keeps it in their laboratory and then writes a paper about the data. the raw data is not released, just a paper which is a description of the raw data. >> reporter: but this time, scientists did the opposite. >> we decided for a number of reasons to share all the data that we collect from this study and share it widely on the internet and the results of that have...
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. >> ask michael bloomberg. the mayor of new york with his intervention and the debate about the ground zero mosque, that sparked more conversations and more positive discussion about america than almost anything i've seen. there you saw someone who is not the first person you would expect who would leap into the hearts of the muslims of the world. yet when he just put his foot down and said this is not who america is. this is not what america is about. people listened over there. that really shows that america is not monolithic. i think our leaders do have an obligation to step in and make that clear. i think that the same is true of those who maybe or opportune itically using this for a political end to understand how dangerous it can be out there in the world. >> ifill: we'll see what happens this saturday in florida. thank you very much, marc lynch, from george washington university. >> thanks, gwen. >> lehrer: >> lehrer: now, the craigslist story. judy woodruff has our report. >> woodruff: for 50 million am
. >> ask michael bloomberg. the mayor of new york with his intervention and the debate about the ground zero mosque, that sparked more conversations and more positive discussion about america than almost anything i've seen. there you saw someone who is not the first person you would expect who would leap into the hearts of the muslims of the world. yet when he just put his foot down and said this is not who america is. this is not what america is about. people listened over there. that...
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we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and michael gerson sitting in for david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and michael gerson sitting in for david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org - beaches resorts is a proud sponsor of "the electric company," connecting bright ideas and countless outlets for high-energy excitement. announcer: find your voice and share it. american greetings-- proud sponsor of "the electric company." from the u.s. department of education's ready to learn grant, and... - i do not believe that we've come all the way across town for a comic book. - hector, you know "mighty bright knight" is my favorite comic book.
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and michael hansen, senior scientist at consumers union, the publisher of "consumer reports." both men attended today's f.d.a. advisory hearing outside washington. he welcome to you both. we'll just pick up the debate where it left off. mr. giddings let me begin with you. why does this company and the industry want to genetically modify fish, particularly salmon? >> well, it provides a predictable and safe way of improving the supply of a healy and nutritious fish that we should all be eating more of. and it promises to deliver it through a production method that will reduce or eliminate all those concerns environmentalists have about hatch eries, fish rates and hatch eries or in sea pens. >> warner: but the advantage is what, the fish will going to grow bigger. >> it roops market size in half the time of conventionally farmed salmon. >> warner: so you can produce a lot more. >> you can produce them more quickly. >> warner: so mr. hansen what is the objection to that? it seems a laudable objective particularly when we are concerned about overpressure on the wild salmon populat
and michael hansen, senior scientist at consumers union, the publisher of "consumer reports." both men attended today's f.d.a. advisory hearing outside washington. he welcome to you both. we'll just pick up the debate where it left off. mr. giddings let me begin with you. why does this company and the industry want to genetically modify fish, particularly salmon? >> well, it provides a predictable and safe way of improving the supply of a healy and nutritious fish that we should...