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republican party and the partisan gridlock that prompted her to retire from congress. >> woodruff: we update the atlanta school cheating scandal, as indicted educators begin turning themselves in at the county jail. >> warner: and poet gerald stern reflects on his working class upbringing and 70 years of writing verse in a conversation with jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: thats all ahead on tonights newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy fo...

>> woodruff: aimed at reducing vietent crimes on school grounds it is the latest push in the gun-control debate. it includes proposals for revised state laws to allow trained personnel to carry firearms on school grounds, training for designated school personnel to handle active shooting incidents, and mental health pilot programs to reduce bullying and identify potential threats. this review comes as congress continues to pursue gun-control legislation. the republican-led house has no...

Like, tell me if you think something else is going on, this is going to be the narrowest of possible deals. tax rates are going to stay the same for people making 250, 400 or maybe $500,000 a year or less. and then all the other stuff is going to have to -- entitlements are going to be put off until 2013. the debt ceiling is looming there for 2013. i like your optimism, but i just dont know. >> you had my friend, tom mann on earlier. i think its very important that what you had happen in the hou...

6:00 on the east coast. just 30 hours remain before the country goes over the fiscal cliff, and were still waiting for a deal. good evening. im chris jansing. the senate is going home for tonight. democratic and republican leaders had hoped to reach an agreement by 3:00 this afternoon. >> i was really glad to hear republicans have taken their demand for social security benefit cuts off the table. the truth is, it should never have been on the table to begin with. theres still significa...

Aei a conservative think tank or not? >> it is, but does not mean people have widely varying views. heritage its not, especially with jim dimint going over there, i dont think anything will compare to heritage. >> the bigger issue, tom, that you believe we in the media have gotten it wrong. there is this back and forth. i guess what i would argue is, if, if a party believes what theyre saying and they believe, if they get the perfect set of circumstances, then their fact, they believe will get t...

Activists, more so on the conservative side but liberal activists who are trying to delegitimize the press. that is their goal in order to make the activists the first place people go. thats not healthy. >> its not healthy at all. its terrible. but the way, the way you deal with it is not to cover and use sort of an artificial balance. its to remember your job is to tell the truth and to report it as accurately as you can. even if it might embarrass you because it tends to favor one party over a...

0 >> did you learn anything today? >> i learned as great as "the book of mormon" is you shouldnt take preteens to it. >> now you tell her. >> everyone was looking at me. >> great acting lesson, though, for inspiring actors. >> oh, absolutely. >> dont act. >> yeah. thats what robert mitchum used to write. nar on his scripts, no acting required. >> thank you, we appreciate it. >> we look forward to seeing the show. im excited. im going. >> we will go. we have to wrap it up. mike, if its way too ...

convened here today. >> cried do not have any questions. >> that is the person ive ever seen that. you have just made history. >> bob talks about the political system the problems are not rocketdyne is resolved. this is not quite finding a cure for cancer. we kind of all know what to do. the question is, will our political system evolves to the point that allows us to make these difficult, tough decisions? you know what leadership requires and what team work requires. i guess my questi...

>> there is no the community in the united states of america the votes overwhelmingly 90% for one party. in 1996 i realized we voted republican. we only -- were the only race in the united states of america that is done. its created a system that decided the republican party where republicans say weve got to win without them. so somebody starts with whether they are racist or not racist, people say stupid things in both parties....

operations. i dont think theres that much difference between the two campaigns when it comes to these issues. and also avoiding defense sequestration. they both agree that we should have cuts. they are about differences and i think that there are a few specific differences worth noting. one is missile defense. when the obama administration came into office, they did not cut funding for missile defense. they kept it at about the same level, about $10 billion a year. but they shifted res...