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>> theyre breaking diplomatic egg which is three or four years ago they would not have broken. so i think the change is palpable. >> woodruff: we talk to former clinton administration secretary of labor robert reich-- the last in our series of conversations on extending the bush-era tax breaks. >> brown: and jonathan miller of "independent television news" reports from northwest pakistan, where relief-aid is still slow in coming two months after the floods began. >> this is one of the ...

>> theyre breaking diplomatic egg which is three or four years ago they would not have broken. so i think the change is palpable. >> woodruff: we talk to former clinton administration secretary of labor robert reich-- the last in our series of conversations on extending the bush-era tax breaks. >> brown: and jonathan miller of "independent television news" reports from northwest pakistan, where relief-aid is still slow in coming two months after the floods began. >> this is one of the ...

>> theyre breaking diplomatic egg which is three or four years ago they would not have broken. so i think the change is palpable. >> woodruff: we talk to former clinton administration secretary of labor robert reich-- the last in our series of conversations on extending the bush-era tax breaks. >> brown: and jonathan miller of "independent television news" reports from northwest pakistan, where relief-aid is still slow in coming two months after the floods began. >> this is one of the ...

floods began. >> this is one of the worst affected areas in pakistan, but these people industrial no safe water, no food, no shelter, no medicine. something has gone very wrong. >> woodruff: thats all ahead on tonights "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i want to know what the universe... >> looks like. >> feels like. >> from deep space. >> to a microbe. >> i can contribute to the world by pursuing my passion for science. >> it really is the key to ...

Now, the election of obama brought some democrats back. they feel a little bit better today than they did back in 2008. but, of course, its made republicans and conservatives even more frustrated and downbeat about government. and thats where we are today. >> lets bring david gergen back into the situation, cnn senior political analyst. david, one of the things that the -- this administration can capitalize on is that as michael was just telling us, two to one americans continue to support the o...

Any of this be turned around? can peoples opinions be changed by november, or are our incumbents in trouble? >> well, ali, i dont think it can be turned around very easily. i think incumbents are in trouble. we have seen it can be turned around. one of the most important examples in our lifetime is the u.s. military. after vietnam, the u.s. military was trashed, it was not respected, and they worked very, very hard through becoming effective, becoming efficient, knowing how to respond to the pre...

With franklin roosevelt in the 1930s and went up to about the 1960s -- mid 1960s. we had a period of about 40 years when the trust in government went way up, and that was because of the roosevelt years dealing with the depression, and very importantly, the second world war. and it was vietnam and watergate that broke the back and we started in this downward cycle that we have never recovered from. and as michael said, whenever we have hard times, things start going down. and now there is this se...

I promised you polls, i promised you discould be tent, ive got them. a sweeping new is you are have a finds a scant 3% of americans trust the government to do the right thing, quote, just about always. 19% trust the feds most of the time. 65% trust the government some of the time. 11%, never trust washington to do the right thing. asked about gut feelings toward government, 19 say they are basically content. 56% are frustrated. 21% are angry. joining me with insights is micha michael dimock, and...

It, for the country, for wall street and you. plus, some thoughts to share about this in my yxz. were talking about fewer and frustration by the people and of the people toward the government in a big rally in washington, d.c. today. of listen in. >> is god pro second amendment? this i think he is. >> we must declare war against oppression and against socialism, and you, the people, to do that. >> it isnt left versus right, black versus white. conservative versus liberal. it isnt any of that. it...