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Monday, August 25 @ 7:00pm
PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE--A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT "Democratic Convention" Day 1
The 45th Democratic National Convention opens at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Speakers include Michelle Obama; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.); Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.); former president Jimmy Carter. Click Here to learn more.
Tuesday, August 26 @ 7:00pm
PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE--A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT "Democratic Convention" Day 2
Day 2 of the Democratic Convention, set to focus on the economy, is headlined by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and former Virginia governor Mark Warner (D), who delivers the keynote address. Click Here to learn more.
Wednesday, August 27 @ 7:00pm
PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE--A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT "Democratic Convention" Day 3
The vice-presidential nominee headlines Day 3 of the Democratic Convention, which features a "Securing America's Future" theme. Speakers include Bill Clinton; Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.); Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). Click Here to learn more.
Thursday, August 28 @ 7:00pm
PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE--A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT "Democratic Convention" Day 4
The concluding night of the Democratic National Convention is headlined by Barack Obama, who accepts the presidential nomination on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Click Here to learn more.
Monday, September 01 @ 7:00pm
PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE – A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT “Republican Convention” Day 1
Day 1 of the 39th Republican National Convention features President Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Cal.) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (Ind.-Conn.). From the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Click Here to learn more.
Tuesday, September 02 @ 7:00pm
PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE – A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT “Republican Convention” Day 2
Day 2 of the 39th Republican National Convention, featuring former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani (R); former governors Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) and Tom Ridge (R-Pa.); Govs. Jon Huntsman (R-Utah), Linda Lingle (R-Hawaii) and Sarah Palin (R-Alaska). Click Here to learn more.
Wednesday, September 03 @ 7:00pm
PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE – A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT “Republican Convention” Day 3
The vice-presidential nominee headlines Day 3 of the 39th Republican National Convention. Speakers include Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), former Hewlett-Packard chair and CEO Carly Fiorina, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.), Cindy McCain. Click Here to learn more.
Thursday, September 04 @ 7:00pm
PBS CONVENTION COVERAGE – A NEWSHOUR SPECIAL REPORT “Republican Convention” Day 4
John McCain delivers his acceptance speech as the 39th Republican National Convention concludes. Also slated to speak: Govs. Charlie Crist (R-Fla.) and Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.); and Sens. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Mel Martinez (R-Fla.). Click Here to learn more.
Monday, September 15 @ 8:00pm
History Detectives
Blueprint Special - A WWII veteran from Chico, California, owns a unique souvenir from his time as a young GI. While stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey, he picked up a 16-inch acetate recording of a promo for a soldier musical called “Hi Yank.” The recording starts with a director’s introduction, explaining that the musical is a “blueprint special” created by GIs for GIs to be performed anywhere in the world. The contributor has heard of USO shows, but never a “blueprint special” musical. Could this recording be a piece of forgotten history? In Washington, DC, and Virginia, HISTORY DETECTIVES host Elyse Luray meets with U.S. Army archivists and historians to discuss the military’s efforts to boost morale during WWII. Monroe Letter - A Florida woman recently inherited a family mystery. In her late mother’s belongings, she stumbled on a framed letter allegedly penned by future President James Monroe in 1807. The contributor has recognized a family name “Manwaring” scrawled near the date, and believes the letter references a monetary debt the financially unstable U.S. government owed the Manwaring family. The document leads HISTORY DETECTIVES to a tale of terror on the high seas, when American merchant ships were stalked by Britain, their cargo pillaged and their crews forced into the British Navy. Young America was desperate to avoid war, and James Monroe, then Minister to Britain, attempted to mediate with his pen. In Newport, Rhode Island, and Charlottesville and Fredericksburg, Virginia, host Gwendolyn Wright tracks a conflict that nearly bankrupted America. Atocha Spanish Silver – In 1985, one of the greatest treasure discoveries was made off the Florida Keys when the wreck of the Spanish ship Atocha was found. On board were some 40 tons of silver and gold, which in 1622 had been heading from the New World to the Spanish treasury as the means to fund the Thirty Years’ War. A man from Cedartown, Georgia, was a diver on that legendary find and received two silver bars as compensation for his efforts. He’s long been mystified by a strange mark that appears on one of the bars — but the mark is mysteriously absent from the other bar. In Key West, HISTORY DETECTIVES host Tukufu Zuberi translates 300-year-old documents from the archives of the Spanish treasury in Seville to crack a unique code of communication among ship captains of that era. (Repeat from Episode 504, OB: 7/16/07) Click Here to learn more.
Monday, September 15 @ 9:00pm
WHERE WE STAND: AMERICA'S SCHOOLS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
WHERE WE STAND: AMERICA’S SCHOOLS IN THE 21ST CENTURY presents a frank evaluation of our educational system’s strengths and weaknesses. Hosted by Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent for THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER, the documentary visits schools throughout Ohio, an important swing state that represents a range of socioeconomic and geographic school districts. The program features schools in urban Cincinnati, suburban Columbus and rural Belpre. Click Here to learn more.
Sunday, September 21 @ 7:00pm
NATURE Raptor Force
Armed with powerful beaks and razor-sharp talons, raptors are nature's elite killing force — winged predators whose graceful beauty belies their stunning speed, acrobatics and precision. Dramatic original footage from cameras mounted on their wings and ankles shows why falcons, owls, eagles and hawks are masters of the sky. Click Here to learn more.
Wednesday, September 24 @ 7:00pm
KILLER STRESS: A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPECIAL
Stress. It’s always been there to save our lives. It’s what made us run from predators and enabled us to take down prey. But today, humans are turning on that same stress response to deal with 30-year mortgages, difficult bosses, teenagers and traffic jams. Some of us are wallowing in corrosive hormones; for the first time, scientists can reveal just how measurable and dangerous that exposure can be. MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient and Stanford University neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky and National Geographic search for answers to why stress seems to be killing us. Click Here to learn more.
Sunday, September 28 @ 7:00pm
NATURE Dogs That Changed the World 'The Rise of the Dog'
From the tiniest Chihuahua to the largest St. Bernard, all dogs claim the wolf as their ancestor. But how did the wolf become the domesticated dog, and how did the hundreds of breeds we know today come to be so different? Using DNA analysis and other research, scientists have now pieced together the puzzle of canine evolution, creating a fascinating picture of how dogs became an indispensable part of our own history. Click Here to learn more.