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Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Hurricane sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the united states, is bearing down on the east coast. Nine states stretching from North Carolina to connecticut have declared a state of emergency. 50 Million People live in the storms path. Usually bustling cities have been brought to a stand still. This is the scene in manhattan where a crane is dangling from a 65story building. A monday m manhattan unlike any oth...

Matters would be protected from judicial review. But on the street, thousands gathered in cairo for the funeral of an activist who died during clashes last week. More protests were planned for tuesday. Late today, however, the Muslim Brotherhood decided to postpone its rally saying that it wanted to support the president after an outbreak of violence. Joining me now is a local supporter of the revolution that removed the president in art remove president mubarak from power. M do you mursi is try...

This could be the year that Digital Strategies decide what is shaping up to be a razorclose election, but who is watching us and how much do they know about us . Ifill Jeffrey Brown talks with author bill ivey about his prescription for remaking americas democracy. Well, i think what we need is to rediscover progressive values and put them forward. Im arguing for not bigger government but i think different government. Woodruff and Scott Schaefer of public televisions kqed profiles a photographer...

In the second column from the left is a script and a number of projects have been prioritized to continue developing them and those four projects at the bottom that i recommended to fill out the list simply because the scores are so low. At that point the projects that are shown on the list above the line are still adding to more than the 33 million that are available. There will be further refinement of that list. Hopefully not by vetting projects, but by reducing the scope on the, on the proje...

A matrix with very, very small font. Its not a reading exercise. Its an attempt to make it all fit in a small amount of real estate. The first page is the actual list of projects. The second page is the priority list. This is a draft this is [speaker not understood] committee structure, the committee in december for discussion and hopefully a blessing and then well come back to the board in december for approval. And, again, thats not set. The projects are going to be funded. It simply sets the ...

That list of projects will come with a prioritization. That will be a very preliminary prioritization that will have been discussed with the department and with the other sponsors. This, by the way, is not just the department, nonprofits sponsoring projects and so on. What i anticipate is because this list adds up to a lot more than the 33 million, there is going to be maybe three or four projects at the bottom of the list that are going to be probably not recommended for further funding. This l...

Opponents are calling on him to reverse course. There is little signs the standoff is breaking. Of the march back to tahir square. This is a rally of lawyers. For many, it is the first time they have joined a demonstration. They strongly oppose the edict no courts can touch him. He is a dictator. We have created somebody more than hosni mubarak. The president tried to appease judges, some of his strongest critics. In a five hour meeting, he told them his new powers would be limited. But they wer...

As both sides digging in, is there any end in sight . Pensions are rising between president morsi and the egyptian judiciary. Some protests over him giving himself extensive new powers. The Spokesman Says the president has joined in the campaign against the court. The Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court will not be terrorized by any threat or blackmail, and it will not be subjected to any pressure from anyone come on a matter how forcible the pressure. We are ready to face this, whatever the c...

And hes seen it for what it is, because i love the way hes textured it. You know, you do get that lovely leathery and those ears. Theyre just stunning. Theyve been polished. I mean, what are you gonna do with it . Youre keeping it where at the moment . Well, it was actually intended to go outside in the garden, and now ive seen what it is, i got it into the leeds museum, and theyre doing an anthropology display or study and its lasting five years, so ive asked them if they want it. It should be ...

The actions amount to a coup against democracy. A marathon 16hour session, the assembly rushed through the new draft constitution. The few remaining liberals and christians notice what they say is too much emphasis on islam in the draft. Egyptian law should follow the principles of the islamic law, like the old constitution. And this they will protect the true nature of the egyptian family and protect morals and values, something could be used to compose islamic values. They dont like the fact t...