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Tuesday, May 13 12:00 am NewsHour with Jim Lehrer[#9126] * Killer Quake - After an update on the deadly earthquake that rocked central China Monday, Time magazine's Beijing correspondent, Austin Ramzy, provides details on the disaster to Gwen Ifill. * Aiding Myanmar - An update on international efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar after it was hit with a devastating cyclone. < br />* Myanmar's Leaders - Analysts offer insight into Myanmar's military rulers and why they have shown resistance to international relief efforts. Margaret Warner reports and speaks with Priscilla Clapp, the former Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Burma between 1999 and 2002 and Tun Myint, a visiting assistant professor at Carleton College, who is originally from Burma. * Campaign '08 - A look at the latest news from the campaign trail as voters in West Virginia prepare to weigh in on the Democratic race. Judy Woodruff reports. * Green Jobs - Paul Solman offers the first in a series of reports of new green technologies, examining the rustbelt renewal in and around Pittsburgh, PA. duration: 56:46  CC STEREO TVRE 1:00 am Nightly Business Report[#28041] * One on One with Alan Skrainka, Chief Market Strategist at Edward Jones * Credit Crunch May Be Easing But The Recession Is Only Beginning * 2nd Quarter Low Profits But High Expectations * Get Your Finances Ready for Retirement-Retirement Choices * Commentary-Corn Ethanol May Not Be A Healthy Choice duration: 26:45  CC STEREO TVRE 1:30 am Tavis Smiley[#5711] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid explains what this primary season has meant for the Democratic Party. Back to You star Kelsey Grammer discusses the challenge of getting the audience to accept his new role after two decades of playing Dr. Frasier Crane. duration: 26:46  CC STEREO 2:00 am Charlie Rose[#14096] Relief Efforts In Myanmar/Randi Weingarten (original broadcast date: 5/12/08) * An update from the UN on relief efforts in Myanmar with Josette Sheeran and John Holmes. * A conversation with Randi Weingarten, current president of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), AFL-CIO. duration: 56:46  CC STEREO TVRE 3:00 am BBC World News[#6096] duration: 26:34  CC 3:30 am NewsHour with Jim Lehrer[#9126] * Killer Quake - After an update on the deadly earthquake that rocked central China Monday, Time magazine's Beijing correspondent, Austin Ramzy, provides details on the disaster to Gwen Ifill. * Aiding Myanmar - An update on international efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar after it was hit with a devastating cyclone. < br />* Myanmar's Leaders - Analysts offer insight into Myanmar's military rulers and why they have shown resistance to international relief efforts. Margaret Warner reports and speaks with Priscilla Clapp, the former Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Burma between 1999 and 2002 and Tun Myint, a visiting assistant professor at Carleton College, who is originally from Burma. * Campaign '08 - A look at the latest news from the campaign trail as voters in West Virginia prepare to weigh in on the Democratic race. Judy Woodruff reports. * Green Jobs - Paul Solman offers the first in a series of reports of new green technologies, examining the rustbelt renewal in and around Pittsburgh, PA. duration: 56:46  CC STEREO TVRE 4:30 am Nightly Business Report[#28041] * One on One with Alan Skrainka, Chief Market Strategist at Edward Jones * Credit Crunch May Be Easing But The Recession Is Only Beginning * 2nd Quarter Low Profits But High Expectations * Get Your Finances Ready for Retirement-Retirement Choices * Commentary-Corn Ethanol May Not Be A Healthy Choice duration: 26:45  CC STEREO TVRE 5:00 am NewsHour with Jim Lehrer[#9126] * Killer Quake - After an update on the deadly earthquake that rocked central China Monday, Time magazine's Beijing correspondent, Austin Ramzy, provides details on the disaster to Gwen Ifill. * Aiding Myanmar - An update on international efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar after it was hit with a devastating cyclone. < br />* Myanmar's Leaders - Analysts offer insight into Myanmar's military rulers and why they have shown resistance to international relief efforts. Margaret Warner reports and speaks with Priscilla Clapp, the former Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Burma between 1999 and 2002 and Tun Myint, a visiting assistant professor at Carleton College, who is originally from Burma. * Campaign '08 - A look at the latest news from the campaign trail as voters in West Virginia prepare to weigh in on the Democratic race. Judy Woodruff reports. * Green Jobs - Paul Solman offers the first in a series of reports of new green technologies, examining the rustbelt renewal in and around Pittsburgh, PA. duration: 56:46  CC STEREO TVRE 6:00 am Charlie Rose[#14096] Relief Efforts In Myanmar/Randi Weingarten (original broadcast date: 5/12/08) * An update from the UN on relief efforts in Myanmar with Josette Sheeran and John Holmes. * A conversation with Randi Weingarten, current president of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), AFL-CIO. duration: 56:46  CC STEREO TVRE 7:00 am Now on PBS[#419] Prisons for Profit A grim new statistic: 1 in every 100 Americans is now locked behind bars. As the prison population grows faster than the government can build prisons, private companies see an opportunity for profit. Now on PBS investigates the government's trend to outsource prisons and prisoners to the private sector. Critics accuse private prisons of standing in the way of sentencing reform and sacrificing public safety to maximize profits. This week Now travels to Colorado, where the controversy over private prisons is boiling over. The hot question: should incarceration be incorporated? duration: 26:46  CC STEREO TVRE 7:30 am Great Decisions[#2004] Reexamining Russia From espionage to oil-blackmail, critics of Russia claim the Kremlin is centralizing power and distorting democracy. Are such charges justified, and what should the world expect in the post-Putin era? Guests: 1: Dimitri Simes, President, The Nixon Center 2: Steven Sestanovich, Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Council on Foreign Relations 3: Strobe Talbot, President, The Brookings Institution 4: Jessica Matthews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 5: John Bruton, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States duration: 26:46  CC STEREO TVG 8:00 am Savage Planet[#101] Volcanic Killers Volcanoes and water make dangerous bedfellows. Earth's 100 crater lakes - steaming, brightly colored, corrosive, bubbling with gas - are among the most exotic places on our planet. Mysterious and beautiful, they are also deadly, as the dazed survivors of the "exploding" volcanic Lake Nuyos in Cameroon, West Africa, testify. When volcanic debris and water mix together, they create destructive mudflows called lahars. It was lahars that caused New Zealand's worst railway disaster and destroyed 200 homes and swept away bridges in 1980 when Washington state's Mount St. Helens erupted. Unforgettable images and heart- rending stories from the Philippines demonstrate what typhoon rain and volcanic rock can do together. More people have died from lahars that flow each typhoon season than when the Philippines' Mount Pinatubo erupted. It is an ominous warning to those who live near volcanoes - as experts Professor Kelvin Rodolfo in the Philippines and Kevin Scott and David Zimbelman in Washington try to explain - and a threat hanging over one of America's most prosperous cities, Seattle. duration: 55:53  CC STEREO TVG 9:00 am Savage Planet[#102] Storms of the Century A hurricane is not the biggest storm the atmosphere can whip up. Perhaps once in a century, an extra-tropical cyclone - a storm formed outside the tropics - can pull hundreds of thousands of square miles of atmosphere into its orbit, spawn lightning, tornadoes, heavy rain or snow and deadly storm surges. This is the story of two storms - separated by thousands of miles and 40 years - that struck communities almost without warning and changed lives forever. With evocative and dramatic archival footage, and heart-wrenching personal accounts, this program brings these two very different tragedies to life. In 1993, a storm rampaged up the eastern seaboard of North America for more than 48 hours, breaking weather records as it went, tearing apart homes and farms, dumping snow so deep it trapped hundreds of hikers in the mountains, sinking yachts and bulk carriers in mountainous seas. Forty years earlier, low pressure, a high tide and onshore winds led to storm surges along the coasts of Holland and England. Survivors recall a night spent clinging to disintegrating houses in icy darkness. More than 2,000 people died. The program considers whether such enormous and damaging storms will occur more frequently if Earth's climate continues to change. duration: 56:23  CC STEREO TVG 10:00 am Charlie Rose[#14096] Relief Efforts In Myanmar/Randi Weingarten (original broadcast date: 5/12/08) * An update from the UN on relief efforts in Myanmar with Josette Sheeran and John Holmes. * A conversation with Randi Weingarten, current president of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), AFL-CIO. duration: 56:46  CC STEREO TVRE 11:00 am Savage Planet[#101] Volcanic Killers Volcanoes and water make dangerous bedfellows. Earth's 100 crater lakes - steaming, brightly colored, corrosive, bubbling with gas - are among the most exotic places on our planet. Mysterious and beautiful, they are also deadly, as the dazed survivors of the "exploding" volcanic Lake Nuyos in Cameroon, West Africa, testify. When volcanic debris and water mix together, they create destructive mudflows called lahars. It was lahars that caused New Zealand's worst railway disaster and destroyed 200 homes and swept away bridges in 1980 when Washington state's Mount St. Helens erupted. Unforgettable images and heart- rending stories from the Philippines demonstrate what typhoon rain and volcanic rock can do together. More people have died from lahars that flow each typhoon season than when the Philippines' Mount Pinatubo erupted. It is an ominous warning to those who live near volcanoes - as experts Professor Kelvin Rodolfo in the Philippines and Kevin Scott and David Zimbelman in Washington try to explain - and a threat hanging over one of America's most prosperous cities, Seattle. duration: 55:53  CC STEREO TVG 12:00 pm Savage Planet[#102] Storms of the Century A hurricane is not the biggest storm the atmosphere can whip up. Perhaps once in a century, an extra-tropical cyclone - a storm formed outside the tropics - can pull hundreds of thousands of square miles of atmosphere into its orbit, spawn lightning, tornadoes, heavy rain or snow and deadly storm surges. This is the story of two storms - separated by thousands of miles and 40 years - that struck communities almost without warning and changed lives forever. With evocative and dramatic archival footage, and heart-wrenching personal accounts, this program brings these two very different tragedies to life. In 1993, a storm rampaged up the eastern seaboard of North America for more than 48 hours, breaking weather records as it went, tearing apart homes and farms, dumping snow so deep it trapped hundreds of hikers in the mountains, sinking yachts and bulk carriers in mountainous seas. Forty years earlier, low pressure, a high tide and onshore winds led to storm surges along the coasts of Holland and England. Survivors recall a night spent clinging to disintegrating houses in icy darkness. More than 2,000 people died. The program considers whether such enormous and damaging storms will occur more frequently if Earth's climate continues to change. duration: 56:23  CC STEREO TVG 1:00 pm Journal[#3099] duration: 28:10  CC 1:30 pm Tavis Smiley[#5711] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid explains what this primary season has meant for the Democratic Party. Back to You star Kelsey Grammer discusses the challenge of getting the audience to accept his new role after two decades of playing Dr. Frasier Crane. duration: 26:46  CC STEREO 2:00 pm Charlie Rose[#14096] Relief Efforts In Myanmar/Randi Weingarten (original broadcast date: 5/12/08) * An update from the UN on relief efforts in Myanmar with Josette Sheeran and John Holmes. * A conversation with Randi Weingarten, current president of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), AFL-CIO. duration: 56:46  CC STEREO TVRE 3:00 pm BBC World News[#18134] duration: 26:34  CC TVG 3:30 pm Nightly Business Report[#28042] duration: 26:45  CC STEREO TVRE 4:00 pm NewsHour with Jim Lehrer[#9127] * Quake Update - For an update on the earthquake in China, Gwen Ifill talks to NPR's Robert Siegel, who was on a reporting trip to the region when the quake struck. * Newsmaker - China's Ambassador to the US, Zhou Wenzhong, discusses the aftermath of this week's earthquake and its impact on China's preparations for the Olympic Games. Margaret Warner reports. * Myanmar Aid - An update on international efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar, following a deadly cyclone. Ray Suarez speaks with Andrew Kirkwood, the country director for Save the Children. * Financial Paradigms - Judy Woodruff speaks with author and well known investor, George Soros, and discusses his new book, "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means." * Remembering Rauschenberg - A look back at the life and work of American artist Robert Rauschenberg, who died Monday night at age 82. duration: 56:46  CC STEREO TVRE 5:00 pm BBC World News[#18134] duration: 26:34  CC TVG 5:27 pm NBR NewsBrief[#2032] duration: 01:00   5:30 pm NewsHour with Jim Lehrer[#9127] * Quake Update - For an update on the earthquake in China, Gwen Ifill talks to NPR's Robert Siegel, who was on a reporting trip to the region when the quake struck. * Newsmaker - China's Ambassador to the US, Zhou Wenzhong, discusses the aftermath of this week's earthquake and its impact on China's preparations for the Olympic Games. Margaret Warner reports. * Myanmar Aid - An update on international efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar, following a deadly cyclone. Ray Suarez speaks with Andrew Kirkwood, the country director for Save the Children. * Financial Paradigms - Judy Woodruff speaks with author and well known investor, George Soros, and discusses his new book, "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means." * Remembering Rauschenberg - A look back at the life and work of American artist Robert Rauschenberg, who died Monday night at age 82. duration: 56:46  CC STEREO TVRE 6:26 pm NBR NewsBrief[#2032] duration: 01:00   6:30 pm Nightly Business Report[#28042] duration: 26:45  CC STEREO TVRE 7:00 pm NewsHour with Jim Lehrer[#9127] * Quake Update - For an update on the earthquake in China, Gwen Ifill talks to NPR's Robert Siegel, who was on a reporting trip to the region when the quake struck. * Newsmaker - China's Ambassador to the US, Zhou Wenzhong, discusses the aftermath of this week's earthquake and its impact on China's preparations for the Olympic Games. Margaret Warner reports. * Myanmar Aid - An update on international efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar, following a deadly cyclone. Ray Suarez speaks with Andrew Kirkwood, the country director for Save the Children. * Financial Paradigms - Judy Woodruff speaks with author and well known investor, George Soros, and discusses his new book, "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means." * Remembering Rauschenberg - A look back at the life and work of American artist Robert Rauschenberg, who died Monday night at age 82. duration: 56:46  CC STEREO TVRE 8:00 pm BBC World News[#23134] duration: 26:34  CC 8:30 pm Charlie Rose[#14097] John Harwood and Jerry Seib/Jonathan Zittrain (original broadcast date: 5/13/08) * A conversation with John Harwood and Jerry Seib about their book, Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles In Backroom Power. * A conversation with author Jonathan Zittrain about his book, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It. duration: 56:46  CC STEREO TVRE 9:26 pm NBR NewsBrief[#2032] duration: 01:00   9:30 pm Tavis Smiley[#5712] Journalist and TV host Bill Moyers describes the Rev. Wright fracas and what role his interview with Wright played in the public's view of the Chicago pastor. Philosopher Susan Neiman explains the title of her new book, Moral Clarity, and why Sen. Obama is the embodiment of grown-up idealism. duration: 26:46  CC STEREO 10:00 pm NewsHour with Jim Lehrer[#9127] * Quake Update - For an update on the earthquake in China, Gwen Ifill talks to NPR's Robert Siegel, who was on a reporting trip to the region when the quake struck. * Newsmaker - China's Ambassador to the US, Zhou Wenzhong, discusses the aftermath of this week's earthquake and its impact on China's preparations for the Olympic Games. Margaret Warner reports. * Myanmar Aid - An update on international efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar, following a deadly cyclone. Ray Suarez speaks with Andrew Kirkwood, the country director for Save the Children. * Financial Paradigms - Judy Woodruff speaks with author and well known investor, George Soros, and discusses his new book, "The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means." * Remembering Rauschenberg - A look back at the life and work of American artist Robert Rauschenberg, who died Monday night at age 82. duration: 56:46  CC STEREO TVRE 10:56 pm NBR NewsBrief[#2032] duration: 01:00   11:00 pm Nightly Business Report[#28042] duration: 26:45  CC STEREO TVRE 11:30 pm Small Business School[#1207] Family Business Succession The family business gets passed along very carefully. duration: 26:46  CC STEREO TVG Tuesday, May 13 May, 2008 S M T W T F S 1 2 3