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the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org. park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of rigcritical issues. the kohlberg foundation, barbara g. fleishmann and by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >> welcome. the nobel laureate joseph says the situation in america is grave. that's his exact word for it, grave, inequality too great, unemployment too high, public investments too meager, corporations too greedy and the tax code too biased toward the very rich. strong medicine from one of the world's most influential thinkers. he's been the economist most cited by his colleagues in the field. but don't despair, he says. the barriers to solving our problems are political, not economic, and we can change what's wrong if enough of us insist. our tax code, for example, wasn't handed down from the gods on mt

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richard rockefeller, the great grandson of co-founder john d.rockefeller was killed in a friday crash. he was getting ready to head home to maine when the plane went down from westchester county report. a preliminary report from the ntsb is expected within the next ten days. >>> russia cuts gas supplies to ukraine after a payment deadline passes and they're unable to reach a pricing deal. ukraine officials say the country can manage until december. gas prom says the company will demandxd that the company pay i advance. the gas pipeline to ukraine carries gas meant for europe but gas prom says that the supply to european customers will continue as planned. >>> in germany crews are still trying to rescue a man who fell deep inside a cave more than a week ago. the scientist was hit by a rock slide and fell more than 3,000 feet. he suffers head injuries and doctors had to hike nearly 2 1/2 miles near the cape to reach him. rescuers say it could still take several more days to bring him out. wow. >>> form mu la o-- formula one r michael schumacher is

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later, the partnership of the reverend w a r goodman and john d rockefeller was equally in their rescue of the 1920's of the colonial capital in williamsburg. similar efforts took root and thrived across the nation largely encouraged by the example set by these two seminal projects. in 1966, congress passed the national historic preservation act, and american preservation was changed forever. these were exciting days to be involved in american preservation. all of us were touched by it. some of the people important to the implementation of the act included -- i would like to mention their names today -- george herzog, director of the national park service, robert garvey, director of the advisory council on historic preservation , ernest conley, director of the office of archaeology and historic preservation at the park service, and william murtaugh, who was the first keeper of the national register of historic places. in many of our minds, he will always be the keeper. wikipedia tells us about this act. i'm almost embarrassed to suggest that my research includes wikipedia, but it does.

ashley: now to the quotation of the evening from john d.r, quote, if you want to succeed, strike out new parts rather than travel the worn path of accepted success. wise words. next guest has taken rockefeller's advice, no doubt. trying to solve the problem of late payments between large companies and small suppliers and says this delay is bankrupting thousands of small businesses and impacting economic growth. joining me is co-founder and co-ceo trade shift. what does your business do? you have created software that stops the small businesses without getting money in time. >> absolutely. thank you for having me here. if you look at it today, more than 16 trillion dollars globally, 2 trillion more than the u.s. is locked off in late payments. companies have massive processes around it. small companies don't get paid. that means they go bankrupt, don't hire the next employee and can't get access to finance. ashley: what does your software do? >> it basically automate the process between the multiplier and the last company and we do that glob

. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation.mitted to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the taliban released a video today showing the handover of p.o.w. army sergeant bowe bergdahl last saturday. it came as questions continued over how he was captured in the first place. >> woodruff: clean shaven and dressed in traditional afghan garb, bergdahl is first seen blinking rapidly in the sunlight as he awaits his transfer. at one point, a taliban fighter tells him, in the local language, pashto, "don't come back to afghanistan. you won't make it out alive next time." some of the words, misspelled, appear on the screen. then, a u.s. military blackhawk helicopter lands, and three men in civilian clothes quickly retrieve bergdahl. one pats him down, possibly for exp

. >> that's health in numbers, united healthcare >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: russia convened an emergency session of the u.n. security council today to press for an immediate cease-fire in ukraine. the draft proposal also demands a start to peace talks, and the creation of humanitarian corridors so civilians can safely flee. hours before the u.n. gathering, hundreds of pro-russian rebels attacked a border guard camp in eastern ukraine. amateur video showed flames and heavy black smoke rising from the base at luhansk. at least five rebels were reported killed, but one of their commanders said the battle would continue. >> ( translated ): valeri bulatov, the people's governor of luhansk, gave the government troops an ultimatum

. >>> the great-grandson of famed oil tie couldn't john d. fox fella killed in a plane crash.rd was piloting the small plain and was the only one on board it went down near west chester county airport outside new york city this morning. rockefella was 64 and a father of two. they're no word yet on the cause of the crash. >> argument inside w house restaurant gets very heated with a customer ending up getting shot to death. witnesses say a couple of unruly customers refused to leave the fulton county georgia restaurant they got in a fight with a cook. that escalated and police say the cook grabbed the gun and shot and killed the customer. >> after the shots i got up, there was just chaos. everybody running, and i looked at the guy that was arguing with the cook he was on the floor dead. >> the cook now facing a number of charges including murder and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. >> did you know driver changed a local woman's live forever and she faced him today in court. she talks only to fox 29 about why her heart is filled with forgiveness instead of anger. >>

. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation.mitted to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the interim government in libya today demanded the u.s. hand over the newly captured suspect in the attack on u.s. diplomats in benghazi. ahmed abu khattala is now headed to the u.s. by ship, after he was captured over the weekend by u.s. special forces in libya. the interim government condemned the raid that seized him, and insisted he should be tried in libya, under libyan laws. >> woodruff: the newly-elected president of ukraine offered a cease-fire plan today, to end the violence plaguing its eastern border with russia. petro poroshenko discussed the proposal by phone with russian president vladimir putin, who welcomed the move. it includes amnesty for pro- russian separ

. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation.mitted to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: more cities in iraq fell today to a rapidly advancing wave of al qaeda linked militants. today, it was tikrit, only 80 miles north of baghdad. yesterday, the extremists took over iraq's second-largest city, mosul. jonathan rugman of independent television news has this report from northern iraq. >> reporter: for a second day, militants of the so-called islamic state in iraq and greater syria continued their rapid advance. yesterday mosul fell to them. today the fighters continued south taking the strategic town of baji and even advancing to tikrit. tikrit, saddam hussein's hometown looked empty. apparently testament once again to the lack of government opposition to the e

. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation.mitted to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the u.s. economy suffered more in the first quarter than first believed. the government said today it shrank at an annual rate of almost 3%, due mainly to winter storms and falling health care spending. more recent data suggest a rebound since then. wall street mostly shrugged off the report. the dow jones industrial average gained 49 points to close at 16,867. the nasdaq rose 29 points, to 4,379. and the s-and-p 500 added 9, to finish at 1,959. >> ifill: the national football league agreed today to remove a cap on pay-outs to former players with concussion-related problems. a federal judge had suggested the overall cap of $675 million was not enough to cover as many as 2

. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: shelling ripped into the eastern ukrainian city of slaviansk for a second day, in fighting between government forces and pro-russian rebels. mortar fire left a trail of destruction throughout the city, damaging several buildings. it also left many people pleading for a peaceful resolution. >> this will never end. they will end the shooting only when they wipe us from the face of the planet, when nothing remains here but a flat space. only then the war will be finished. >> woodruff: just yesterday, newly installed president petro poroshenko announced the start of negotiations involving his government, russia and european security monitors. >> ifill: in iraq, a double b

richard rork feller, the grandson of john d. rockefeller died this morning in a small plane crash.s on his way back to maine when the plane he was flying went down near westchester airport. and gm is recalling more cars because of an ignition problem. they have recalled about 14 million cars this year. now back to "hardball." ♪ >> welcome back to "hardball." after that. anyway, that was chris christie dancing, i guess you call that, on "the tonight show" with jimmy fallon last night. and a performance we're not likely to forget anytime soon. to me it's the latest move in christie's charm offensive to rehabilitate his image amid the unfolding george washington bridge scandal, et cetera, et cetera. posturing himself for a potential run for president still in 2016 should he escape the legal entanglements of the scandal. what he wants to show here is that he has nothing to hide, literally. he's willing to look really silly and that may be harmless. it's the perfect counternarrative of the headline perception that he's a schoolyard bully. but playing against type isn't new in american p

. >>> a plain crash killed richard rock feller the great-grandson of oil tie couldn't john d.er. small plane went down near west chester county airport outside new york city this morning. richard rockefeller was the only one i was bore. he was 64. a doctor and father of two. no word on a cause of the crash. >> a chaotic scene in texas as police find dozens of people being held inside a home against their will. investigators say 33 people were found inside a house in houston. they say all of them were undocumented immigrants from latin american countries. four people are now under arre arrest. police are calling the situation a case of human trafficking. >>> well when it comes to food cravings will power may not be in your control after all. >> why researchers say that food addiction really does exist. >>> and flying can be stressful at times, but keep the positive attitude. how your smile could help you cash in the next time you take a flight. >> and cracking down on criminals across the region. where police arrested dozens of people today and they say they're not f know that

. >> that's health in numbers, united healthcare >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: gunmen went on a rampage in kenya, killing at least 48 people and burning down two hotels. some of the victims had gathered to watch the world cup. the attacks happened in the coastal town of mpeketoni, and the somali militant group "al shabab" claimed responsibility. witnesses said the attackers targeted non-muslims and met little resistance from kenyan security forces. the kenyan government vowed to crack down on militants. >> i wish to assure the country of the government's commitment to deal with political incitement and caution political leaders inciting the public to desist from destructive politics and ethnic profiling that may be responsible

. >> that's health in numbers, united healthcare >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: pro-russian rebels in ukraine promised today to honor a cease-fire with government forces. that came as president obama and russian president vladimir putin issued competing demands in a phone call. white house officials said mr. obama urged russia to stop letting arms flow to the rebels. the kremlin said putin demanded ukraine's government talk directly with the separatists. >> ifill: syria handed over the last of its declared chemical weapons today. the head of the international agency overseeing the effort said the stockpile included mustard gas and the raw ingredients for sarin nerve gas. it was loaded onto danish and norwegian ships and is s

. >> that's health in numbers, united healthcare >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president obama formally announced his choice today to run the troubled department of veterans affairs. robert mcdonald is a former executive at proctor and gamble and west point graduate who served as a captain in the army. the v.a. faces a scandal over health care delays, but the president said mcdonald would help create a "new culture of accountability >> bob is an expert in making organizations better. in his career, he's taken over struggling business units, he knows how to roll up his sleeves and gets to work, putting an end to what doesn't work, adopting best practices that do, restructuring, introducing innovations, making operations more

d day, allied forces began to push the germans back across france. john mcmanus, if you book, the dead and those about to die, d day, the big red one at omaha beach recreates the courageous and harrowing assault on omaha beech by the first e--- beach by the first infantry division. >>> general bradley insisted they kept fighting. if only the first division had been involved. >> general brand thought of the first division as the first team. one that could be a handful while off the line but one that had a lot of experience assaulting and taking hostile beaches. so when it came to preparing and planning for this vast enterprise, this most important of all invasions there was no question in bradley's mind he had to have the first division. and more importantly than that he had to have the first division for what was the toughest part of the mission, taking omaha beach. >> if the big red one was so important, why then has so many other players on that day gotten more attention? you know we see saving private ryan which did not focus on the big red one. it see

died this weekend in a plane crash. 65-year-old richard rockefeller who was the great grandson of john dckefeller who was killed after his plane crashed after takeoff in west chester new york. ntsb said he was flying in dark, rainy and foggy conditions. he was returning home to maine after celebrating his father's 99th birthday. >>> this is video of a fiery scene in minnesota moments after a small sightseeing plane crashed into a home. two people on board were killed. another person inside the home at the time was able to escape through a second floor window. he said he had just gone upstairs when the impact literally knocked him off his feet. >> neighbors were outside they saw the plane hit the house. a plane, like, really? so, yeah, it's unbelievable. you never know when your days could come, it was too close for comfort today. >> federal investigators are trying to determine what led to the crash. >> strong storms left flooding in their wake in parts of the midwest this weekend. heavy rain pelted omaha nebraska yesterday creating widespread street flooding. 14,000 outages, there was n

john d. rockefeller, in 1913, when morgan died, was already worth almost a billion 1913 dollars. and this is an apocryphal story, but i have to tell it, anyway, because it's too good. supposedly, when morgan died, rockefeller read about his net worth in the new york times, of $80 million, shook his head and said, 'and to think he wasn't even a rich man.' c-span: where was he born? >> guest: hartford, connecticut, 1837. c-span: what were his parents like? >> guest: his father was a very successful merchant, junius spencer morgan, who worked in hartford and then boston, and then moved to london in 1854 to become an anglo-american merchant banker. and he and pierpont, basically, were funneling european capital to the emerging american economy. i mean, we really were the emerging economy in the 19th century. he was very conservative, very upright, very much concerned to build an international banking dynasty that would rival the rothschilds and baring brothers, and he did. i mean, over the next 80 years, the morgan bank--especially in america--rothschild didn't really see what americ