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the newest one, called the pbs newshour, debuted next year. take a look -- seven and get news posts. that is some team. the principles of journalism are intact and shall remain so. the main one being they are not in the entertainment business. the washington post recently labeled jim a 20th century icon. but there was a time when neither gm nor robert was an icon. some years ago in the early days when they were first getting started, the guest that night were two labor leaders and they kept referring to jim lehrer clehere andack robert as mr. >> they are with us today to receive their awards. [applause] >> the award reads, "to pbs newshour for its distinguished contribution to the craft of broadcast journalism and for its 35-year commitment to in- depth and balanced reporting and analysis." jim. >> thank you, roger. thank you to all of you. everyone in this room knows that television news organizations or the ultimate collaborative enterprises. it takes 19 highly trained professionals to put somebody on the air to say, "good evening, i am robe

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major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> brown: a high profile freedom of speech case went before the supreme court today in a classic battle of first amendment rights versus individual privacy. it was all sparked by an emotionally-charged protest at the funeral of a u.s. marine. kwame holman begins our report. a warning: this story contains language that may be offensive to some viewers. >> reporter: members of the westboro baptist church of topeka, kansas, gathered outside the supreme court this morning carrying their signature signs and condemning america for its acceptance of homosexuality. inside, the justices heard arguments centering on the church's right to protest at military funerals. >> by your proud sin, america, you have imperiled your soldiers. >> reporter: reverend fred phelps is founder of westboro baptist, and the church is made up almost entirely of his large family. they have traveled the country protesting at more than 200 funerals of service members killed in iraq and afghanistan, regardless of their sexual orientation. margie phelps is fred phelp'

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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. >> brown: tourists in europe were in the spotlight today after the u.s. and several other countries issued travel alerts. the alerts grew out of reports last week, about a terror plot aimed at european cities. in the meantime, the u.s. launched another drone attack into pakistan, where some of the plotters reportedly trained. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: japan and sweden today became the latest countries to urge caution by their nationals living in or visiting rurp. the u.s. and britain issued their alerts op sunday. the state department advisory said in part, u.s. citizens should take every precaution to be aware of their surroundings and to adopt appropriate safety measures to protect themselves when traveling. the adviso

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 ctributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: with election day closing in fast, both parties are ramping up their efforts to drive their voters to the polls. one part of the strategy: getting top political heavyweights out front and center. >> thank you so much. god bless you. >> ifill: the final push for money and momentum is underway. >> nevada! >> ifill: today sarah palin was on the campaign trail part of a 15-day tea party bus tour rallying republicans. >> you're tea party americans. you're winning. you're winning. and the left doesn't know what the heck to do with you and to do about you. this is beautiful. you're turning this country's political landscape upsidedown and inside out. it's all good. it's a beautiful thing.Ñi this grass roots movement of the people for the people. it's we the people again. the left just doesn't know what to do wit

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. >> ifill: with election day closing in fast, both parties are ramping up their efforts to drive their voters to the polls. one part of the strategy: getting top political heavyweights out front and center. >> thank you so much. god bless you. >> ifill: the final push for money and momentum is underway. >> nevada! >> ifill: today sarah palin was on the campaign trail part of a 15-day tea party bus tour rallying republicans. >> you're tea party americans. you're winning. you're winning. and the left doesn't know what the heck to do with you and to do about you. this is beautiful. you're turning this country's political landscape upsidedown and inside out. it's all good. it's a beautiful thing.Ñi this grass roots movement of the people for the people. it's we the people again. the left just doesn't know what to do w

major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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: those trapped miners in chile are coming to the surface after 69 days. rescuers began the operation late today with a custom-made capsule traveling roughly half a mile down a steel-lined tube to collect the first man. it's expected to take about 48 hours to get all of them out. we'll have more from the mine later in the program tonight but first the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: a federal judge in southern california ordered the u.s. military today to stop enforcing its ban on openly gay troops. u.s. district judge virginia phillips issued a worldwide injunction against the policy known as "don't ask, don't tell." she had already declared the ban unconstitutional. the justice department has argued congress-- and not the courts-- should decide the issue. the department has 60 days to appeal. another nato soldier has been killed

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. >> brown: there was a changing of the guard at the white house today. president obama announced he's losing his chief-of-staff, rahm emanuel. he'll be succeeded by a long- time advisor, pete rouse. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. ( applause ) >> holman: the president and his right-hand man were greeted with a standing ovation in the white house east room. more than 150 cabinet members and senior staffers were there for an event they'd expected for days. >> good morning and welcome to the least suspenseful announcement of all time. ( laughter ) this is a bittersweet day here at the white house. on the one hand, we are all excited for rahm as he takes on a new challenge, for which he is well qualified. but we're also losing a leader of our staff and one who we are going to miss very much. >>

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: a scare involving possible package bombs spread across three continents today. suspect devices were discovered overseas, bound for jewish religious sites in chicago. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> holman: it began overnight in east midlands, england. british authorities found a printer ink cartridge onboard a u.p.s. cargo plane, apparently altered to become a bomb. another explosive device was intercepted in dubai. the discoveries triggered a scramble of searches of other cargo planes arriving in the u.s. today, including at airports in philadelphia and newark, new jersey. police in new york also searched a u.p.s. truck, but found nothing dangerous. police commissioner ray kelly said he was acting on specific threat information. >> there is a concern about packages, originat

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. >> woodruff: the united states made a new move to ease tensions with pakistan today. it came in the form of a new five-year program of military assistance. margaret warner has the story. >> warner: secretary of state clinton announced the $2 billion in aid with pakistan's foreign minister, shah mahmoud qureshi, at her side. >> the united states has no stronger partner when it comes to counter-terrorism efforts against the extremists who threaten us both than pakistan. >> warner: the announcement came amid wide-ranging talks involving diplomatic, trade, development and military officials from both countries, including pakistan's powerfulba army chief of staff, general ashfaq kayani. the new five-year military aid deal complements last year's $7.5 billion civilian aid package, also over five years. foreign minister

major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. 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. >> brown: the military's policy of "don't ask, don't tell" on gays serving openly in the ranks was reinstated, at least for now. "newshour" correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: in new york's times square, on wednesday, dan choi applied to re-enlist in the army. he'd been discharged for being openly gay last july, but the military had changed its rules on tuesday. >> we're still in a time of war and soldiers are still needed. able-bodied and patriotic americans regardless of their orientation are eligible to come on back and sign up to serve their country, openly, honestly and with integrity, acknowledging their partners, acknowledgi

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. >> brown: the federal reserve stands ready to act further to pump up the economy. that was the signal from chairman ben bernanke today. but he stopped short of exact details, and said the risks of future moves are still being weighed. speaking at a conference in boston this morning, ben bernanke cited concerns the economy isn't improving fast enough. >> with growth in private final demand having so far proved relatively modest, overall economic growth has been proceeding at a pace that is less vigorous than we would like. given the committee's objectives, there would appear, all else being equal, to be a case for further action. >> brown: chairman bernanke suggested the fed could expand its purchases of government debt in order to lower long-term interest rates, a tool known as quantitative easing. but he admitted

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 blic broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the united states made a new move to ease tensions with pakistan today. it came in the form of a new five-year program of military assistance. margaret warner has the story. >> warner: secretary of state clinton announced the $2 billion in aid with pakistan's foreign minister, shah mahmoud qureshi, at her side. >> the united states has no stronger partner when it comes to counter-terrorism efforts against the extremists who threaten us both than pakistan. >> warner: the announcement came amid wide-ranging talks involving diplomatic, trade, development and military officials from both countries, including pakistan's powerfulba army chief of staff, general ashfaq kayani. the new five-year military aid deal complements last year's $7.5 billion civilian aid package, also over five years. foreign minister qu

jor ndinfor e pb newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributionso your pbs ation om viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: the war in afghanistan went on unabated today, as another anniversary passed. at the same time, afghan leaders talked of trying to end the conflict. october 7, 2001-- u.s. warships fired cruise missiles in the opening hours of the invasion of afghanistan. after nine years of fighting, at varying levels of intensity,x the war against the taliban has again heated up. today, nato reported air strikes and ground assaults killed dozens of insurgents. two nato soldiers also were killed. at the same time, talks to negotiate an end to the war, took center stage in kabul. president hamid karzai convened a new peace council to reconcile with militants who renoun

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major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i do a lot of exercise, but, basically, i'm a runner. last year, i had a bum knee that needed surgery, but it got complicated because i had an old injury. so, i wanted a doctor who had done this before. and united healthcare's database helped me find a surgeon. you know, you can't have great legs, if you don't have good knees. >> we're 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. united healthcare. >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. 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: a fe

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. >> brown: tourists in europe were in the spotlight today after the u.s. and several other countries issued travel alerts. the alerts grew out of reports last week, about a terror plot aimed at european cities. in the meantime, the u.s. launched another drone attack into pakistan, where some of the plotters reportedly trained. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: japan and sweden today became the latest countries to urge caution by their nationals living in or visiting rurp. the u.s. and britain issued their alerts op sunday. the state department advisory said in part, u.s. citizens should take every precaution to be aware of their surroundings and to adopt appropriate safety measures to protect themselves when traveling. the advisory did not suggest that americans cancel their trav

major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. 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. >> suarez: the federal government and the bailed-out insurance giant, a.i.g., announced a deal today for the company to pay back the bulk of its massive debt to the treasury. at the height of the financial crisis, the treasury and the federal reserve agreed to spend more than $180 billion if needed to rescue the company. a.i.g. ultimately received more than $130 billion. it still owes over $100 billion. under the plan, the u.s. treasury wi

major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. >> i think... >> we need renewable energy. >> ...renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. >> i think it's going to work an a big scale. only, i think it's going to be affordable. >> so, where are they? >> it has to work in the real world. at chevron, we're investing millions in solar and biofuel technology to make it work. >> we've got to get on this now. >> right now. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. 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: news that afghanistan's government is taking money from iran caused new ripples today. the iranians confirmed it, a day after afghan president karzai defende