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welcome. here we are, barely halfway through the summer, and barack obama and mitt romney have stepped up their cage match, each attacking the other, throwing insults and accusations back and forth like folding chairs hurled across the wrestling ring. governor romney pummels away at the economy. president obama pummels away at mr. romney -- when he was or wasn't at his company bain capital, his tax returns and his offshore accounts. all the while, as they bob and weave their way through this quadrennial competition, punching wildly, the real story of what's happening to ordinary peop...

>> bradley manning is in court again this week. we will get a report on the pre- trial hearing and speak with denver nicks, author of, "private: bradley manning, wikileaks and the biggest exposure of official secrets in american history." then, a remarkable film by a palestinian father named emad burnat. he got his first video camera to film his son growing up, but when on to document a movement and occupation. >> the film is called "5 broke cameras." that is how many of his cameras the israeli and settlers broke as he filled his villagers part two of our conversation with emad burna...

typewriter. he was not a fan of high technology and he did not use a computer. he preferred to use the typewriter through his dying day. he liked to work in his home on an office chair and a coffee table. he would slump over his typewriter. he, vonnegut would go out into the world every day. he talks about how he learned you could buy postage stamps over the internet, and he just thought that was horrible because then, you know, if he chose that route, he would not have the every day experience of going to the post office, and those every day experiences and the people he encountered...

mr. hedges contends that the liberal class, which includes universities, labor movements, the press, the democratic party or and liberal religious groups, has been gradually corrupted by corporate entities and without its existence it will no longer be a structure of checks and balances against corporate interests. chris hedges presents his thoughts at powells books in portland, oregon. it's an hour and a half. .. >> when i turn the manuscript and, they hated it. they describe my critique of the american media as filled with negativity, which they generously offered to remove before ...

>> do speak directly to the troops on the ground or is there an intermediary? >> we typically have to conduct due to who we york -- a conduit to who we are talking to on the ground. >> this is a 500 lb ammunition. it is a guided satellite weapon. this allows us to target many different ways. . . >> this is the 20 millimeter gun. it's precisely targets with the small radius of the bullet, and it allows us to get precisely where we want to hit and not worry about a level of damage around it. >> is it tough as a pilot to use this weapon? >> it can be challenging, especially when we are ...