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Over the weekend Glenn Beck drew a huge crowd to the National Mall with the ‘Restoring Honor’ gathering. Judy Woodruff talks to Kate Zernike of the New York Times and David Von Drehle of Time Magazine, to assess Glenn Beck’s influence and the Tea Party Movement.

The President calls out Republicans for blocking campaign finance reforms that would address last year’s Supreme Court decision opening the floodgates of corporate money into elections.

The proposed mosque near ground zero drew hundreds of fever-pitch demonstrators Sunday, with opponents carrying signs associating Islam with blood, supporters shouting, “Say no to racist fear!” and American flags waving on both sides. (Aug. 22)

Read the Transcript: http://to.pbs.org/c3Swyw

With a shortage of immediate aid, some worry that victims of the flooding in Pakistan are at high risk of waterborne diseases, such as cholera, in the hardest-hit areas. Jeffrey Brown talks to Michael Young of the International Rescue Committee about the risks facing flood victims.

“The U.S. economy shed more jobs than expected in July while the unemployment rate held steady at 9.5%, a further sign the economic recovery may be losing momentum.
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Last week Target Corporation gave $150,000 to Minnesota Forward, an anti-gay groups supporting Republican Tom Emmer’s campaign for Minnesota governor. This donation, clearly acceptible under the new Citizens United Supreme Court ruling angered many in the state, seeing this as a $150,000 contribution to fund ant-gay politics.One Eden Prairie mom and grandmother took her anger directly to a Target. Her repeated attempts to get to Target executives failed so she took her Target Charge Card. A $226 purchase on that card was immediately returned for credit and she scissored her Target card into little pieces to be used no more,

The founder of WikiLeaks defends releasing tens of thousands of secret files about the war in Afghanistan.

Would you ask this man for his papers? Why? Because of the color of his skin? Because of the language he’s speaking? Because he’s doing yard work?

The fact is, there is no way to tell who is documented and who is not. If SB 1070 is allowed to go into effect, American citizens WILL be subjected to racial profiling. People in this country legally will be stopped, interrogated and harassed simply because of what they look like or the language they are speaking.

That’s not right and it’s not constitutional. Help us protect the constitution. Help us stop SB 1070. What Happens in Arizona, Stops in Arizona

Notice how Fox News has someone interviewed who manages to blame a bloated intelligence service on Obama. When, under his management, the amount of private contractors in the intelligence community has gone down by 7%. Military spending is one of the things we have to cut as well, might as well save money by not wasting it on private contractors.

President Obama talks about tomorrow’s vote on extending unemployment benefits and notes that the GOP is willing to spend billions on extending the Bush tax cuts for the rich, but balks at extending unemployment benefits

CNN’s Anderson Cooper discusses how the Obama administration is limiting access by the media to areas affected by the BP Macondo well spill.

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President Obama Creating a Green Impact Zone Kansas City MO President Obama speaks about building a green energy economy and creating new jobs to employees of Smith Electric, a Kansas City, MO company that is using a grant from the Recovery Act to build all-electric trucks and help create a “Green Impact Zone” in a 150-block area of Kansas City.

Read the transcript: http://to.pbs.org/aFKzTx

Judy Woodruff reports on the philosophical war inside the Republican Party, where energized voters are calling for limited government, big spending cuts and less “Washington insiders” in office, while others seek greater bipartisan cooperation. Jim Lehrer talks with Politcal Director David Chalian, the newest addition to PBS NewsHour’s political coverage on the show and online.