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USAID Admin: Food Security a 'Grand' But 'Achievable' Goal Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 537 seconds President Obama outlined Friday a private-public partnership to work on global poverty issues ahead of the Group of Eight summit in Camp David this weekend. Ray Suarez and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah discuss the initiative to lift millions out of poverty and hunger through farming partnerships. Related: pbs newshour, rajiv shah, usaid, president obama, partnership, poverty, global, g-8, group of eight, summit, camp david, maryland, initiative, hunger, farming, famine Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Shields, Brooks on Campaign Ads, JPMorgan Losses Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 719 seconds For more coverage, visit the PBS NewsHour website: http://to.pbs.org/Ll vn3u Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news including a recent Obama campaign video that tries to debunk Mitt Romney's job creation claims, JPMorgan Chase losses and the expected renewal of the debt ceiling debate. Related: pbs newshour, shields and brooks, syndicated, new york times, columnist, political wrap, president obama, campaign, mitt romney, job, creation, jp morgan chase, renewal, debt ceiling, congress Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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What Are Facebook's Challenges Now? Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 665 seconds The public sale of Facebook shares on Friday didn't soar as some had expected. Margaret Warner talks to Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee and Rob Cox of Reuters' Breakingviews about what Facebook needs to do to keep its audience and advertisers. Related: pbs newshour, arvind bhatia, rob cox, facebook, stocks, shares, public, trading, soar, numbers, sterne agee, reuters, breakingviews, advertisers, audience, nasdaq Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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'The Information Diet': More 'Conscious Consumption' Needed? Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 379 seconds Clay Johnson, author of "The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption", discusses with Hari Sreenivasan how abundant technology is affecting our health, such as "email apnea." Related: pbs newshour, hari sreenivasan, clay johnson, information diet, conscious, consumption, case, technology, health, email, apnea, author, book Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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News Wrap: Greece Uncertainty Tops Agenda at G-8 Summit Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 214 seconds In other news Friday, leaders of some of the world's largest economies began gathering at Camp David in Maryland for the G-8 summit. Also, German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested Greece hold a referendum on staying in the eurozone, according to a spokesman for Greece's caretaker government. Related: pbs newshour, camp david, economies, g8, united states, germany, greece, maryland, summit, g-8, referendum, eurozone, government, europe, angela merkel, president obama Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Shields, Brooks on Americans Elect, Preakness Predicting Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 453 seconds In this week's Doubleheader, Mark Shields and David Brooks talk Ron Paul, the Preakness Stakes and what it's like on the field at Yankee Stadium. Related: pbs newshour, christina bellantoni, david brooks, mark shields, shields and brooks, doubleheader, preakness, yankee stadium, nyu, commencement, americans elect Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Campaigns Utilize YouTube to Save Money, Target Voters Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 533 seconds As part of an ongoing series on how candidates use social media this election season, Ray Suarez and journalists Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz of Daily-Download.com discuss how President Obama and Mitt Romney use YouTube to bypass the "gatekeepers," or mainstream media, and get constituents to watch their campaign videos. Related: pbs newshour, lauren ashburn, howard kurtz, social media, election, daily download, president obama, mitt romney, 2012, gatekeepers, mainstream, media Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Minority Babies Make up Majority in U.S. Births Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 583 seconds White babies account for fewer than half of newborns in the United States -- just 49.6 percent of last year's births, according to new Census data released Thursday. Margaret Warner discusses the tipping point and its implications with the Brookings Institution's William Frey and New York University's Marcelo Suarez-Orozco. Related: pbs newshour, william frey, marcelo suarez-orozco, minority, minorities, white, babies, births, newborns, census, brookings institution, new york university Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Combating Hardship in Rural Thailand Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 551 seconds From Thailand, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one social entrepreneur's efforts to combat hardships and instill a new way of thinking in the rural regions of the relatively prosperous country. Related: pbs newshour, fred de sam lazaro, thailand, rural, urban, hardships, prosperous, country, entrepreneur, social Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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News Wrap: Greek Credit Rating Drops Amid Eurozone Doubts Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 357 seconds In other news Thursday, questions kept coming about the future of the eurozone. By all accounts, money was flowing out of Greece where far-left leaders are agitating to break a bailout agreement and end austerity measures. Also, a fight over solar panels flared into the open between the U.S. and China. Related: pbs newshour, news wrap, eurozone, europe, greece, debt, crisis, european union, money, leaders, bailout, austerity, solar panels, united states, china Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Exclusive | Geithner: Obama's Tough Economic Choices Have Made U.S. Stronger Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 36 seconds For more: http://to.pbs.org/JO WnnW Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spoke with the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown Thursday about how President Obama's economic record will play out on the campaign trail this year. Related: pbs newshour, jeffrey brown, timothy geithner, president obama, secretary, treasury, cabinet, debt ceiling, finance, united states, congress, borrowing limit Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Exclusive | Geithner: 'Perception Is a Problem' With Bank CEOs on N.Y. Fed Board Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 96 seconds For more: http://to.pbs.org/JO WnnW Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown Thursday that "perception is a problem" with bank executives sitting on the board of the New York Fed. Related: pbs newshour, jeffrey brown, timothy geithner, president obama, secretary, treasury, cabinet, debt ceiling, finance, united states, congress, borrowing limit Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Geithner: 'I Don't Understand' Why Debt Ceiling Debate Is Back Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 40 seconds For more: http://to.pbs.org/JO WnnW Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown during a factory tour Thursday that he couldn't understand why the debate over the federal debt limit is back again. Related: pbs newshour, jeffrey brown, treasury, secretary, cabinet, president obama Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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In 'First Position,' Ballet Behind the Scenes Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 315 seconds For more arts coverage, visit Art Beat: http://www.pbs.or g/newshour/art/blog/ In the ballet world, the Youth American Grand Prix can make or break a young dancer's career. In "First Position," director Bess Kargman follows seven aspiring ballet dancers between the ages of 10 and 17 as they prepare for and compete in the annual New York City event. Related: pbs newshour, art beat, interview, ballet, youth american grand prix, dance, dancer, documentary, movie, film, first position, director, bess kargman Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Politics Puts on Its Cap and Gown Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 198 seconds We traveled across Virginia to attend the commencement ceremonies for Virginia Tech and Liberty University, where politics peppered the graduations. Michelle Obama and Mark Warner spoke at Virginia Tech, and Mitt Romney spoke at Liberty. The Democrats' speeches stayed out of politics, while Romney courted voters. For more political coverage, visit http://pbsnewshour.o rg/rundown_blog Related: pbs newshour, politics, mitt romney, michelle obama, virginia tech, liberty university, gay marriage, mark warner, virginia Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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California Voter Susie Horne 'Everything Starts at Home First' Posted by: PBSNewsHour
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Analyzing the Politics Behind Renewed Debt Debate Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 646 seconds Battle lines were being drawn again Wednesday for a new fight over raising the U.S. borrowing limit, foreshadowing a replay of last year's stalemate. Judy Woodruff, Todd Zwillich of "The Takeaway" and Roll Call's Steve Dennis discuss the renewed war of words and how a new debt battle might shape the presidential campaign. Related: pbs newshour, todd zwillich, steve dennis, united states, debt ceiling, borrowing limit, stalemate, congress, white house, president obama, mitt romney, the takeaway, roll call, debt, national debt Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Remembering Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's Grand Man of Letters Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 274 seconds Carlos Fuentes was a prolific writer -- penning novels, essays, newspaper articles, even an opera. Recognized as one of Latin America's greatest literary figures, Fuentes brought stories from Mexico to the world stage. He died Tuesday at age 83. Ray Suarez and Ilan Stavans of Amherst College discuss the impact of Fuentes' work. Related: pbs newshour, ray suarez, ilan stavans, carlos fuentes, novels, essays, articles, newspaper, opera, novelist, essayist, latin america, literary, mexico, amherst college Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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As Defense Rests, What's at Stake for John Edwards? Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 328 seconds Despite a nearly three-week run by the prosecution, John Edwards' defense attorneys rested after two days without calling the former vice presidential nominee, his mistress or daughter to the stand regarding the campaign finance charges he faces. Judy Woodruff and the AP's Michael Biesecker discuss the case's next steps. Related: pbs newshour, judy woodruff, michael biesecker, john edwards, trial, prosecution, defense, rests, nominee, mistress, daughter, campaign, finance, associated press Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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As Mladic Stands Trial, 'In One Sense, War Criminals Won' Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 339 seconds Facing 11 counts of genocide and crimes against humanity, Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic finally went before an international court Wednesday after more than 15 years on the run. Jeffrey Brown and Michael Dobbs of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum discuss the case and Mladic's war crimes charges tied to the Bosnian civil war. Related: pbs newshour, michael dobbs, bosnia, general, ratko mladic, fugitives, war crimes, genocide, crimes, against, humanity, civil war, international, court, u.s., holocaust, memorial, museum Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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News Wrap: Greece Appoints Interim Government Posted by: PBSNewsHour
Video duration: 297 seconds In other news Wednesday, Greece appointed an interim government as it struggled to escape a deepening political crisis. The country faces new elections on June 17. Also, former Liberian President Charles Taylor offered no apologies at a U.N. tribunal for fomenting civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone in the late 1990s. Related: pbs newshour, greece, government, politics, elections, liberia, president, charles taylor, u.n., united nations, tribunal, civil war, sierra lione Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |






















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