WORLD (MT)

1:00 am 

Marines of Montford Point: Fighting for Freedom   Hosted and narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Louis Gossett, Jr., THE MARINES OF MONTFORD POINT: FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM profiles the first African Americans recruits in the United States Marine Corps, beginning with their experiences at Montford Point Base, a segregated boot camp in the heart of the Jim Crow South. All-black battalions from Montford Point loyally served their country (some as officers) in three major conflicts - World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War - while fighting for their civil rights back home. D

2:00 am 

Fly Boys: Western Pennsylvania's Tuskegee Airmen   The story of struggle and the ultimate triumph of the brave African-American soldiers who served their country during World War II. The film chronicles the "Tuskegee Airmen" program, a controversial military initiative designed to measure African-Americans' competence for flying the engines of war.G

3:00 am 

Company of Heroes   Easy Company, the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, widely known as the "Screaming Eagles," remains one of the most revered combat units in U. S. military history. The Army company's legendary exploits in World War II inspired Stephen Ambrose's book, Band of Brothers, and the Emmy®-winning HBO miniseries of the same name. Following two years of hard training, the soldiers of Easy Company parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and, later, into Holland for Operation Market Garden. D

4:00 am 

NHK Newsline   NULL

4:30 am 

Tavis Smiley   Graham Nash (musician/author). D

5:00 am 

Linkasia   NULL

5:30 am 

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly   American Dream - Lucky Severson interviews University of Massachusetts sociology professor Tom Juravich, Serene Jones, president of Union Theological Seminary and John Carr director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University about today's American society and what's happening to the American dream that life would be better for each succeeding generation. Coventry Cathedral - On November 14th, 1940, the German Luftwaffe targeted the city of Coventry, in the British West Midlands, with a bombing blitz that caused massive destruction to its 14th Century Gothic cathedral. In response, church officials vowed to seek peace rather than revenge and began a ministry to promote dialogue, healing and reconciliation. D

6:00 am 

Nature  "Love in the Animal Kingdom"  Animals dance, sing, flirt and compete with everything they've got to find and secure a mate. For many, the all-important bonds they share as a couple are what enable the next generation to survive. But can we call these bonds love? In this look at the love life of animals, we see the feminine wiles of a young gorilla, the search for Mr. Right among a thousand flamingos, the open "marriages" of blue-footed boobies, the soap opera arrangements of gibbons, and all the subtle, outrageous, romantic antics that go into finding a partner. D

7:00 am 

African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross  "Into The Fire (1861-1896)"  Into the Fire examines the most tumultuous and consequential period in African American history: the Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction's thrilling but tragically brief "moment in the sun." From the beginning, African Americans were agents of their own liberation, forcing the Union to confront the issue of slavery by fleeing the plantations and taking up arms to serve with honor in the United States Colored Troops. After Emancipation, African Americans sought to realize the promise of freedom-rebuilding families shattered by slavery; demanding economic, political and civil rights; even winning elected office. D

8:00 am 

Global Voices  "Bolinao 52"  A group of Vietnamese survivors of a tragic boat accident struggle to find peace years after the incident took place. D

9:00 am 

Democracy Now!   NULL

10:00 am 

Outdoor Idaho  "Idaho Water Handbook"  OUTDOOR IDAHO goes to where the water is - streams, rivers, reservoirs, aquifers - with scientists, farmers, conservationists and water officials to learn more about the uses and limits of the state's water as well as the laws and plans that determine its allocation.G

10:30 am 

Dialogue  "Bravo!"  Host Marcia Franklin talks with Ken and Betty Rodgers, Idahoans who produced a documentary called Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon Valor about the siege of Khe Sanh in Vietnam. They are joined for this Veterans Day-inspired show by Steve Wiese, who with Ken Rodgers, was a member of Bravo Company, First Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, which fought in the 1968 battle.G

11:00 am 

Linkasia   NULL

11:30 am 

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly   American Dream - Lucky Severson interviews University of Massachusetts sociology professor Tom Juravich, Serene Jones, president of Union Theological Seminary and John Carr director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University about today's American society and what's happening to the American dream that life would be better for each succeeding generation. Coventry Cathedral - On November 14th, 1940, the German Luftwaffe targeted the city of Coventry, in the British West Midlands, with a bombing blitz that caused massive destruction to its 14th Century Gothic cathedral. In response, church officials vowed to seek peace rather than revenge and began a ministry to promote dialogue, healing and reconciliation. D

12:00 pm 

Nature  "Love in the Animal Kingdom"  Animals dance, sing, flirt and compete with everything they've got to find and secure a mate. For many, the all-important bonds they share as a couple are what enable the next generation to survive. But can we call these bonds love? In this look at the love life of animals, we see the feminine wiles of a young gorilla, the search for Mr. Right among a thousand flamingos, the open "marriages" of blue-footed boobies, the soap opera arrangements of gibbons, and all the subtle, outrageous, romantic antics that go into finding a partner. D

1:00 pm 

African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross  "Into The Fire (1861-1896)"  Into the Fire examines the most tumultuous and consequential period in African American history: the Civil War and the end of slavery, and Reconstruction's thrilling but tragically brief "moment in the sun." From the beginning, African Americans were agents of their own liberation, forcing the Union to confront the issue of slavery by fleeing the plantations and taking up arms to serve with honor in the United States Colored Troops. After Emancipation, African Americans sought to realize the promise of freedom-rebuilding families shattered by slavery; demanding economic, political and civil rights; even winning elected office. D

2:00 pm 

Global Voices  "Bolinao 52"  A group of Vietnamese survivors of a tragic boat accident struggle to find peace years after the incident took place. D

3:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

4:00 pm 

BBC World News America   NULL

4:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

5:00 pm 

Long Road Home   Exploring the impact of wartime Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), LONG ROAD HOME offers compelling stories of Pittsburgh-area military veterans of Vietnam, Korea and World War II still coming to terms with the emotional wounds of war. The film explores successful therapies and documents the promising research underway at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where doctors study the sleep and brain patterns of PTSD sufferers and examine the reasons why women are twice as likely as men to develop the disorder. The program concludes on a hopeful note, with a visit to a weekend retreat for veterans dealing with PTSD and combat stress. D

6:00 pm 

Not Yet Begun to Fight   Retired Marine Colonel Eric Hastings remembers flight missions high above the death and destruction in Vietnam. From the cockpit, he traced meandering ribbons that cut through the jungle. He recognized the shapes of the trout streams of home. D

7:00 pm 

Local USA  "Head Trauma at War"  Traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, has received increasing attention especially among athletes and soldiers returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. We examine the links between TBI and post-traumatic stress disorder, and the damage they can do, through the story of retired Army sergeant Andrew Reeves of Colchester, Vermont. D

7:30 pm 

Local USA  "Finding One's Voice"  Searching for an artistic voice and a way of expressing oneself. An autistic artist in New Jersey finds the best tools to communicate his wonderful works of art -- despite barely uttering a word -- and a young Chicago prodigy connects with her inner performer and discovers her electrifying voice. D

8:00 pm 

PBS NewsHour   NULL

9:00 pm 

Nightly Business Report   Tonight on Nightly Business Report, with the Dow at record levels, is the individual investor piling into stocks again? And, why the meeting of China's leadership to set the direction of the economy could have important implications for U.S. investors. D

9:30 pm 

Journal   NULL

10:00 pm 

Charlie Rose   NULL

11:00 pm 

Not Yet Begun to Fight   Retired Marine Colonel Eric Hastings remembers flight missions high above the death and destruction in Vietnam. From the cockpit, he traced meandering ribbons that cut through the jungle. He recognized the shapes of the trout streams of home. D