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Their children in school. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights 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 its three weeks to go till election day, just 24 hours until the last p...

Their children in school. Sreenivasan all that and more on tonights 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 its three weeks to go till election day, just 24 hours until the last p...

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In her fathers instance, he wasnt treated all that well and ended up dying without much in the way of dignity at all. In her mothers case, she had a more clear cut choice. And so i really feel its both an indictment of the health care system, but it also offers a way forward that can be particularly enlightening and even, perhaps, a little bit maybe not inspiring, but certainly encouraging that people dont have to fall into despair. In addition, im also looking forward to a number of different b...

“Frankly, Fox could use more journalism like that,” Bob Lichter told TheWrap of the networks debate performance

will have the republican party, even the base, even though youve got some people in both bases expressing some degrees of angst, i dont think its going to matter. these cross-over people in the independent ranks are going to be the differences in the election in virginia and i think in the country as well. >> so on the other side of the equation, if the president loses, if he is not re-elected, what are the reasons? >> two reasons, i think. and that is the lack of the real organization...

even vote? is this the question i ask myself and the answers i set out to find. those of us who have the opportunity to enforce the electorate must once again look deep into the recessive amount of fortitude to both the good and the difficult answers that only truth can tell. we must seek this illusion, not the headlines, as we are fortunate and given god-given opportunities to serve our neighbors. this is the moment to rise with the counselor of conviction and to serve the country, th...

president. >> okay, michael? word or phrase? >> athletic. >> athletic. >> ben? >> arrogant. >> debra? >> uncaring. >> uncaring. chuck? >> evil. who else? >> liar. >> what? >> liar, yeah, thats the best one. >> out of touch. >> okay, out of touch. here we go. >> mitt romney. word or phrase. laurel. >> i like him. >> decent character. >> okay? >> undecided. >> okay? >> identifiable. can relate -- can relate to him. >> chuck, word of phrase? >> i like him. i like -- he speaks out. says wh...

the candidates. they can put claims in ads that are misleading or deceptive. journalists made say, hey, thats wrong, they shouldnt be doing that. but people dont pay attention in the same sorts of ways. a lot of these problems are a function of the lack of effective oversight mechanisms. >> lets go to ariel with another question. ariel? >> i understand that air wars addresses, how much political ads have on viewers and whether or not political advertising is good for democracy. do you ...

taking a situation in which theres a lot of division in the country, a lot of people are upset and trying to move from the domestic controversies out into the wider world, where suddenly, he is leading all the american people, hes the leader of the free world, pointing to genuinely great accomplishments like the opening to china. but in general, relying about as heavily as you can with the proper of a passport, on the power of the presidency, the stature of the presidency, which we als...