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look at the flagging economy of europes second most indebted nation. >> reality was where were going down the drain, we are going the greece way, and that will be a disaster for us and for the rest of europe, and i think for the rest of the world. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> suarez: and hari sreenivasan profiles chinas newest english language sensation, jessica beinecke, a teacher of american slang. >> brown: thats all ahead on tonights newshour. ...

>> reality was where were going down the drain, we are going the greece way, and that will be a disaster for us and for the rest of europe, and i think for the rest of the world. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> suarez: and hari sreenivasan profiles chinas newest english language sensation, jessica beinecke, a teacher of american slang. >> brown: thats all ahead on tonights newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway...

overseas radio tv. >> host: this is week two in u.s. governments sponsored broadcast p systems. last week we talked with david ensor of doa, and now talking with brian conniff, and keach is joining us again this week. what is the mission of the middle east broadcasting networks, and what are the networks? >> guest: okay. thats a good place to start. the nbn, middle east broadcasting networks is the corporate name for the stations. their mission is the same of all broadcasting which was...

>> remarks from the president and ceo of the blue cross-blue shield company, scott serota, talking about the changing role of health care delivery and what issues providers, purchasers, and consumers face as the health care law is put into practice. this is about 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everybody. let me welcome you to u.s. chamber. its my pleasure today to introduce our distinguished speaker, scott serota. scott is the president and chief executive off...

about the new tennessee photo law is something i learned at that november 1st informational meeting in our county. the state directer of elections, the state directer of elections was in attendance and stated that out of the nearly 175,000 tennessee people who need a photo id on their license or are registered to vote and dont have a license, only 2300 have obtained the free photo. now, this law went into effect july 1, 2011, 175,000 approximately will need the photo, and as of novembe...

rights. i have a more specific policy question. the payroll tax cut is set to expire at the start of next year. this would result in $120 million of higher taxes for working americans and. my question is, how will the house leadership respond to the presidents call for a payroll tax cut extension? >> republicans in general do not believe taxes should of on everybody, especially in an economy like this. that provision is a priority for the white house. it is part of the discussions on g...

david ensor. >> host: david ensor, how would you describe the mission of voa and how its evolved over the last 50, 60 years? >> guest: you know, the mission has actually stayed pretty much the same since 1942 when we went on the air, on february 1, 1942, and that is to try to provide a truthful and accurate news broadcast to all the different countries that we broadcast to, and also to explain to them whats going on in the united states and what, what this countrys all about. that miss...

in other states. we will begin with government regulations and their impact on jobs. do travel regulations really killed jobs? economists say the effect on employment is minimal. we have a separate line set aside for business owners. . heres the story. the mustang and river coal-fired plant in ohio is nearing the end of its life. how do you think federal regulations impact on jobs, or does it at all? raymond, and you. are on you. caller: they protect people. i would rather have clean ...

around the world. television stations use us as a pure for that. we are finding a lot of new ways to communicate with people. the mission has stayed the same. to give a tree full picture of what is going on in the world into countries where that is not being done by anyone else. >> using these new platforms the way you are and the way voa is, do you lose control over whether or not your message gets out? >> the extent to which it gets out is of great interest to us. it is sometimes ver...

working on the committee to re- elect. thomas wayland on the presidency and the cold war policy. >> president obama began his nine day trip to the asian pacific region today. he was interviewed by the ceo of the boeing co. and talk about the effects of the new government in italy and greece and helping to we sought -- which of their debt crises efforts to double u.s. expert -- exports. this is about 40 minutes. >> it is great to be here with you. >> thank you. >> mr. president, a few f...