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PBS NewsHour Election Night 2012:
A Special Report
airs Tuesday, November 6 at 8 p.m.
On Tuesday, November 6, tune in to the PBS NewsHour at 7 p.m.
for a report primarily devoted to the election and to PBS NewsHour
Election Night 2012: A Special Report at 8 p.m. for complete coverage
of the returns into the night. From WETA’s television studios where PBS
NewsHour is produced each night, senior correspondents Gwen Ifi ll and
Judy Woodruff co-anchor the live report on election results as polls close
around the nation. Ifi ll and Woodruff are joined by NewsHour analysts
Mark Shields and David Brooks. Jeffrey Brown will sort through the
voting trends, and Ray Suarez and Margaret Warner will be reporting
throughout the evening from the presidential candidates’ headquarters
in Chicago and Boston. Hari Sreenivasan will be using the multi-layered
NewsHour Map Center to drill deeper into the specifi cs of the outcomes
in key battleground states. For online coverage throughout the day and
into the night, visit pbs.org/newshour.
Major funding for PBS NewsHour is provided by the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation; BNSF; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Intel; John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; United Healthcare; Viking River Cruises; the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.
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W TA Focus
Few among us can survey the headlines in recent years without pondering our impact on the planet we
inhabit. Climate change and powerful storms; energy debates and environmental concerns; agricultural
crises and, of course, the drought in America’s Midwestern states spark refl ection on our relationship with the land.
This month, WETA and public television stations nationwide premiere a timely new Ken Burns fi lm, The Dust Bowl,
co-produced by Florentine Films and WETA, that looks back on the worst manmade ecological disaster in American
history, exploring the tragedy that unfolded when we as a people ignored the limits of what nature could provide. Over
the course of two nights, the four-hour fi lm chronicles the destruction during the 1930s of Great Plains farmlands —
and the effects of the massive, deadly dust storms that followed.
The Dust Bowl is the latest in a remarkable series of acclaimed American history documentaries created by Ken in
partnership with WETA. We are very proud to have collaborated with Ken for decades to produce and broadcast some
of the most-watched programming in television history: a host of award-winning fi lms that have included The Civil War,
Baseball, Jazz, The War, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea and Prohibition. We are delighted also to have collaborated
on The Dust Bowl with co-producers Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey of Florentine Films. Dayton — with
whom we last partnered on The National Parks — wrote this fascinating new fi lm.
There is much more to come from our partnership with Ken. Next spring, The Central Park Five, created by Ken with
his daughter, Sarah Burns, and son-in-law, David McMahon, comes to air. On the horizon as well are The Roosevelts
(fall 2014), Jackie Robinson (2015) and Vietnam (2016). Thank you for your support, which helps WETA bring these
superb programs to viewers in our community and around the nation.
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COVER: THE DUST BOWL PHOTO.: ASSOCIATED PRESS. BLACK SUNDAY, OKLAHOMA, APRIL 14, 1935.