captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. the united states won agreement from russia, china, and other world powers today for tough new sanctions on iran. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. tonight the announcement came a day after tehran said it would send some nuke fuel abroad. we get the details of today's deal from glen kessler of the "washington post." >> and ray suarez has the latest on the oil spill. >> dave

iverson of san francisco reports on international relief groups, following the lead of haitians to feed the country's hungry. >> we firmly believe that this project is something that is serving the people of ham haiti, and it needs to be in haitian hands to operate the way we believe it can and should. >> we focus on another 2010 senate race, this time in connecticut where questions have been raised about the democrat candidates' military records. >> cartier bresson pictures the magic of taking one moment out of the flow of life. and finding in it a picture that lasts forever. that's one the things that makes people fall in love with photography. >> that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> announcer: major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by.

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>> i am pleased to announce to this committee that we have reached an agreement on a strong draft with the cooperation of both russia and china. we plan to circulate that draft resolution to the entire security council today. >> brown: the russian and chinese support increased chances of approval in the security council. both nations have veto power there, and until now, both have been reluctant to impose mu sanctions. clinton says iran knew what was coming yesterday when it announced an agreement with turkey yesterday to ship to of the fuel out of the country. >> we don't think it is any accident that iran agreed to this decoration as we were prepared to move forward in new york. the fact we had russia on board and we had china on board, and we were moving early this week, namely, today, to share the text of that resolution put pressure on iran, which

knethey were trying to somehow dissipate. >> brown: the u.n. has imposed three rounds of sanctions for failing to comply with international safeguards and inspections. the iranians continue to say their program is for peaceful purposes, but the pressure for news sanctions increased this year when iran began enriching uranium at higher levels. >> reporter: we are producing and stockpiling several kilos of this every day, and god willing, in the near future, daily production will be tripled. >> >> brown: in april, after signing a nuclear arms deal with china, dem ittri said that . they, too, discussed ramping up pressure against the islamic republic. late today, the product of that diplomacy began

circulating among the 15 members of the security council, and u.n. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice, gave an outline of the proposal. >> the goal of this resolution is too -- two-fold. first to increase the cost to iran's leadership for their continued defiance of the international community, and second to persuade iran it is in its interest to peacefully resolve concerns about its nuclear program. the draft seeks to support and not replace our efforts to engage iran diplomatically. we've said throughout this process that the door remains open to iran to live up to its obligations and achieve a better relationship with the international community. >> rice said the resolution would build on previous sanctions and add new categories of punitive measures. for more, we turn to glen kessler at the "washington post." glen, the details

of this agreement are just coming out. what do you see in terms of new sanctions. what, specifically, are they targeting? >> what you see is an expansion and ramping up of some of the sanctions. over all, i would say it is reasonably modest. what you have, for instance, in the previous resolution, states were urged to not sell heavy weapons equipment to iran. what you have now is the draft actually says states cannot sell these heavy weapons to iran. at the same time, it doesn't ban light weapons. it doesn't ban energy sales or energy investment. you will see some additional entities and individuals associated with the iranian revolutionary guard core sanctioned by name. that list has not been finalized, but the list has not been finalized. >> the key issue was getting china and russia on board.

do we know how tough that was? >> i mentioned some of the things they don't have in the agreement. and to fair to the administration, this particular u.n. resolution was always the weakest leg of a three-legged stool, putting pressure on iran. what they needed was some sort of u.n. agreement, and they wanted desperately china and russia's agreement. from this u.n. agreement, assuming it passes the u.n. security council, it would then go to the european union, which will impose even tougher sanctions, including some of the things they didn't get here. and after that is done, a group, such as the united states, france, germany, japan, italy, other countries like that, australia, will then impose individual, tougher sangs, and those are the sanctions that would be the quote, unquote, cripple sanctions that clinton said last year. >>

secretary of state clinton used that "with all due respect to my friends" it seems the u.s. was not happy with that agreement. >> that's right. and neither were the chinese or the russians, to be frank. this agreement was negotiated over the weekend and through yesterday, and they essentially regarded what the turks and the brazilians did as a side show. not something serious, and not something that anyone could take to the bank, but it does complicate matters because we have the turkish president and the president in tea in tehran. and you have susan rice saying brazil will not engage in this resolution. that raises the possibility that you will actually end up with some no votes when they try to press forward with this resolution. and that hasn't happened before on a sanctions resolution regarding iran.

and it is very important to show international unanimit unity as they try to go from here. >> is it clear how clear how strong their support is. late today there is on the wire saying that the china's u.s. envoy says the sanctions are not intended to harm normal trade with iran. what does that tell you about china's stance here? >> china was also reluctant on this. certainly they've been very careful, in this resolution, not to harm their trading relationship. there are all sorts of caveats and outs. akind of restrictions are really related to proliferation activities and the like. it does give a grounding that other countries, like the united states and the europeans, can do their own tougher sanctions. but the chinese are not going to let up on their trade and investment in iran. that is a difficulty going forward, but this is about

the best they can do in terms of dealing with the chinese. >> one of the tough issues was the authorization to search cargo ships going in and out of the country for suspected weapons or nuclear technology. that was something in the sanctions against north korea. my understanding is that is harder to pull off with iran when you have so much cargo going in and out of the country. where did that end up? >> the language is somewhat similar to what they did with north korea. your not going to have ships boarded on the high seas. it is at ports. it is not going to be forcible boardings. it is intended as a threat, and in particular, states are going to be sure they really have the goods. they wouldn't want to be be embarrassed and board something and not find anything. but you're entirely correct. north korea ca north korea doesn't have a lot of trade. and the united states and

its allies will have to be very careful how they implement this. >> and when does it go to the security council? do we know? >> they didn't specify. but they made it clear they wouldn't have gone forward if they didn't have the prerequisite nine votes. they want to make sure they don't have any no votes, and right now turkey, brazil, lebanon and a problem getting to yes. >> thank you so much, glen kessler. >> aid groups feed haiti's hungry. a u.s. senate candidate talks about his military service, and the world as seen by photographer cartier bresson. now the other news of the day. here is kwame holman. >> the prime suspect in the times square bombing attempt in new york had his first court appearance. faisal shahzad went before

a magistrate for just ten minutes. he is accused of trying to explode a car bomb in times square on may 1st. he was arrested two days later, just before he could fly out of the country. >> a taliban suicide bomber killed five american troops and one canadian in kabul, afghanistan. a dozen afghans also died, and nearly 50 others were wounded. >> reporter: it was the deadliest attack the afghan capitol hill had seen in months. the huge blast wrecked 20 vehicles, including five in the convoy and a civilian bus. the attack came on a section of dalulra road, and it defied recent efforts to intercept potential bombers before they strike. president hamid karzai called it a tragic incident. and the nato force pledged to work even harder to stop the taliban. >> i can tell you

alongside the afghan national security forces, we do what we can. condoning this site and investigating this particular incident, but also trying to improve security in kabul. >> reporter: in the u.s., a white house spokesman travelling with president obama said the taliban offers only destruction. the united states and the afghan government remain steadfast to build security and civility. the last major attack in kabul came in february when suicide bombers stormed two hotels, killing 16 people. it also was the worst single loss of life for nato since the suicide bombing killed six italian forces last september. >> two more nato trips were killed in separate attacks today in southern afghanistan. one was an american. >> fresh violence also eruptednorthwest

in north afghanistan. three of the dead were police officers. and the others civilians. hope for a cease-fire in thailand faded today as troops and protestors clashed in bangkok for a sixth day. the government rejected an offer of peace talks with the opposition, demanding demonstrators first leave their barricaded camp. the protestors vowed to keep up their fight until the army retreats. and the death toll rose to 39 people. a series of u.s. senate races was in the pot light this primary tuesday. lance lincoln in arkansas, and arlen specter in pennsylvania, a long time republican who switched parties last year. and in kentucky, senate primary, republicans split between rand paul, and tray greyson. a veto congressman is resigning after admitting

an affair. he said he had what he called a mutual relationship with a part-time staffer. >> in the poisonous environment of washington, d.c., any personal failing is seized upon, and twisted for political gain. i'm resigning, rather than put my family through a painful, drawn-out process in which any legal question would have been clearly resolved and i would have been exonerated. >> suitor is an evangelical. wall street took a hit at the euro currency fell. the dow jones industrial average closed under 10,511, and the nasdaq fell to close at 2317. those are some of the day's major stories, now back to judy. >> now the latest on the oil spill and the efforts to contain its fallout.

ray suarez has our report. >> reporter: the shadow of economic damage leththened over the gulf of mexico as the federal government closed more areas to fishing. the oceanic and atmospheric association said 19% of the waters are now off limit. some 46,000 quar miles. ,000 square miles. the cloarches cak -- on sunday, a robotic insertable -- the oil being siphoned to a surface ship accounts for 40% of what is leaking. the company estimates 210,000 gallons are flowing out of the well each day. but some independent estimates say it could be 10 times that much. in the meantime, marine scientists said sections of the giant spill are

close to or already in the loop current, which runs around the tip of florida and out to the gulf stream in the atlantic. >> that the oil had gone into the loop current, you need to try to put some effort into steering it into deeper water. that will really help benefit the florida keys and the florida coast. the closer that oil is to the shore when it enters the loop cart, the probability increases that some of that oil is going to reach us. >> those fears were heightened on monday. when 20 tar balls were found on key west. chemical analysis will determine if the globs come from the busted well or not. >> once we get approval, we could see land or sand boones in place in 10 days. >> they asked for federal approval to dredge or create barriers of sand to protect wetlands. the president, billy

nunguesser says it is all apparent. >> this comes, and it is not tar balls. it is thick, black oil. it is on the edges of the marsh. if that gets into the back waters, into the lakes and bayous, we'll never clean it up. i am here to beg them to give us a permit and to beg the coast guard to dredge these. >> there should have been 104 inspections. >> reporter: away from the front line of fighting the spill, a new round of senate hearings convened. ken salazar told the energy committee his department has to correct years of lax regulation. >> we have a problem, and we have a collective responsibility to fix that problem. that responsibility, i will say, starts first with the department of interior and the minerals management service. we need to clean up that house. >> reporter: last friday president obama blasted what he called the cozy relationship between industry and the

regulators at m.m.s., and centers took aim today. >> my view is that this agency has been in denial about safety problems for years. >> reporter: oregon democrat ron widen pushed salazar on how ms msn used the fail-safe items. >> do you believe that mineral management has adequately regulated blowout preventers? >> the answer is no. i think there is additional work that should have been done with respect to the blowout prevention mechanisms. >> reporter: the president will create a special commission to investigate the spill and what led to it, modeled on the panels that investigated the 1979 nuclear mishap at three mile island, and the shuttle's disaster in 1986. the disaster in the gulf

has prompted many questions whether b.p. and other oil companies are adequately prepared to deal with other potential accidents on oil rigs in deep water. ben castleman reported on that in today's "wall street journal" and joins me from dallas. ben, have the oil companies put as much investment, research, and energy into preventing and curtailing the damage from accidents has they have to finding oil in deeper and harder to reach places? >> it is pretty clear that they haven't. as the companies have moved into deeper water, they have invested a huge amount in technology. but that technology has been aimed at getting oil out of the ground. and tony hayward, b.p.'s c.e.o. admitted that companies could have done more to prepare for this kind of disaster. >> there are many other rigs, many other companies operating in the gulf of mexico. generally, are they prepared to seal a run-away well? >> well, it is much harder

to control a run-away well in deep water than on land or in shallow water. part of the challenge is that the well itself is under a mile or more of water. and you can't use some of the techniques you could use on land. we're learning more about whether b.p. was particularly well-prepared for this or unprepared, but it is clear that the industry as a whole doesn't have the kind of systems in place that b.p. is now trying to develop for this situation. >> we've been drilling for oil very commonly in the gulf of mexico for decades now. are these companies more able to deal with accidents than they were, let's say, in the 1960s? >> well, companies have developed a great deal of technology, and that technology is much better than it was in the 1960s. at the same time, they tackled increasingly challenging reservoirs. what that means is what was routine a few years ago is now -- or rather what was difficult a few years ago is now routine, and what was unheard of a

few years ago is now being done on an experimental basis. >> you mentioned everybody is going into deeper and deeper water. by necessity, this is all being done at remote control. human beings can't work at that depth, can they? >> no. that's right. we've seen them this week operate with remotely-controlled vehicles. that works fine when things go right. but it makes it much harder to solve a problem with things go wrong. >> a mishaps rare enough at this depth that almost always you're flying by the seat of your pants, because there is nothing like a standard operating procedure. >> mishaps like this are extremely rare. but it is clear that incidents happen on a relatively regular basis. last year, just since july, there was a fire aboard a brand new rig. there was a power outage where a rig started to drift and could have split free from the well. there was a gas leak on a

gas production platform. those kinds of things happen. what is rare is for so much to go wrong as much in a catastrophic situation like this. >> looking at the particular case of b.p., how does their record stack up against other companies in worker safety, spill limitation, control of damage, that sort of thing? >> b.p., of course, has run into a number of problems with its refineries that have been very well documented. it's record in deep waters is unclear. but they have had incidents. one incident we looked at it was in 2003, which in some ways is very similar to this one. in this case, a rig was rocked by an explosion. this was actually a pipe that connected it to a well, and snapped in two and released. and that well, had it flown out of control, could have released as much oil in a week as exxon valdes did in 1989.

in this case, the blowout protector, the valve that is meant to shut down a well in an emergency -- in this case, it worked. unlike the disaster in the gulf going on now. but it was a near miss. and b.p. commissioned a study to try to find out what happened and find out what went wrong. the conclusions they drew was that the company was well-prepared for the immediate aftermath of a disaster like that, but less well prepared for the long-term recovery effort. that is very similar to the criticism being levied genes b.p. right now. >> president obama has slammed the cozy relationship between the minerals management and other federal regulators and the companies working in this area. what did your reporting find about the relationship between the coast guard, which is on the surface of the water, the m.m.s., which is down below, and the companies drilling oil? >> well, the m.m.s., and the coast guard as well, have speeded a lot of their authority to the

industry itself rather than prescribing specific regulations. they've set standards and left it up to companies to find a way to meet those. but one of the challenges is this technological advancement that we were just talking about. as the companies is pushed the limits of technology, the regulators have been left behind, and the coast guard admitted that in hearings last week. they said they really had not been able to keep up with the new technologies that were being rolled out on a regular basis. >> so that emphasis on extraction over emergency preparedness is being conceded by the entities that are supposed to look over the shoulder of the oil industry in the gulf? >> well, they certainly admitted that they were not requiring the kinds of safeguards that we now wish had been in place on the deep water horizon. >> ben castleman joining us from dallas. thanks for joining us. >> thank you so much. >> now haiti four months

later, still coming to grips with the aftermath of the earthquake. dave iverson of san francisco has the second of two reports on the role of aid groups in the recovery. tonight's focus, helping haitians feed themselves. >> much of haiti once looked like this, both beautiful and bountiful, a land capable of feeding an entire nation. but today much of haiti looks like this. 97% deforested. the trees cut down for fuel, leaving a baron landscape and depleted farm soil. fewer people can make their living off the land. and a country that once fed itself now imports most of its food. the consequences stare at you. 20% of haiti's children are malnourished. despite the billions spent by foreign government, and big non-governmental organizations, haiti has

more hungry children than any nation in the western hemisphere. this is a story about two haitian-led projects trying to change that statistic. and about what can happen when internationally funded aid organizations follow the lead of the people they serve. one project works in the field. the other, in the kitchen. in a church rectory kitchen in port-au-prince, cooks are stirring and pounding. today, like every day, they'll feed close to ,000 -- 2,000 children. from a haiti priest and a woman from berkeley, california. in 1997, margaret trost was unexpectantly widowed

at the age of 34. her husband died suddenly from an asthma attack, leaving margaret and their young son behind. more than a year later, friends persuaded trost to join a volunteer mission to haiti. where one night she met the father who talked to the group about hunger in haiti. >> he said, i have a vision for a food program for the hungry children in my community. they come up to me every sunday and say, father, i'm hungry. and he described to us how it broke his heart he wasn't able to feed them. and i thought, maybe i could help him with that. what if i could help him with that food program. >> what if, indeed? when she got back home to berkeley, she started the "what if" foundation. the sole purpose to raise money to feed haiti's hungry children.

the programme feeds 10,000 meals a week, year in, and year out. trost raises the money, but what makes this program stand out from many international relief programs is that all operations are totally run by a haitian staff, which process is key. >> i don't know how to run a program in haiti. i'm still learning croel. they have designed a program that works. >> reporter: days after the quake, when food distribution was snarled, the "what if" program was able to feed 5,000 people a day. bob hoden directs the staff. >> you see how much we are doing in 10 years.

my hope for the organization is to make the difference because the children are the future of the country. >> and so in this one port-au-prince neighborhood, the face of hunger has begun to change. and yet inside the busy kitchen, there is also a clue to the larger problem of hunger in haiti, a bag of rice from america. haitian fruits and vegetables aren't hard to find in the local markets, but haitian rice is. thanks to free-trade policies and american farm subsidies, american rice is cheaper than what is locally grown. today 80% of haiti's rice comes from companies like riceland of arkansas. beneficiaries of policies former president clinton once championed and now

regrets. >> it may have been good for some of our farmers in arkansas, bit it has not worked. i have to live with the consequences. >> but feeding haiti will take more than new trade policies. it will take reinvigorating haiti itself. one such effort is under way here in haiti's central plateau where an estimated 40% of the children are malnourished. >> through translator: it is a big issue and the central plateau because a lot of children die. and the reason is a lot of people are not working and they can't feed the children. >> reporter: lui chan is an economist, with partners in agriculture. >> this is corn. >> on this demonstration farm, he teaches local

farmers the latest productivity techniques. >> through translator: haiti has six months wet and six months dry. so there is a lot we can do with the land. >> including fast growing crops to feed the thousands of people who fled here after the quake. >> this is a miracle. >> in about, like, two weeks-and-a-half. >> and they're also creating jobs by hiring local workers to trade locally grown crops into a food supplement to treat malnutrition. and perhaps more critically, they're reforesting the haitian landscape, by planting trees and developing alternative fuel products, in order to persuade farmers not to cut down industries. >> through translator: this is an alternative charcoal made out of the cane. >>

no deforestation. >> he boosts what can be locally grown and employing local people. it is a philosophy by the parent organization, which the project partners in health. it employs 5,000 people. all of haitians, save a few advisors, like this nutritionist. >> we feel this project is serving the people of haiti, and it needs to be in haitian hands to really operate the way we believe it can and it should. and, you know, i think that that is not something that every n.g.o. is able to do or able to do. but we believe in building capacity and giving the people the tools they need to succeed is the best way forward. >> over the years, haiti's sorrows have been magnified by government failure at home and ill-conceived policies from abroad. but as more outside aid flows into haiti, it may

be that the best chance for sustainable progress and sus tinance will come from itself. >> they are figure how to navigate through these sticky waters, through hurricanes and economic problems. >> it is extraordinarynary extraordinary -- extraordinary to be in partnership with people like that. >> there is a haitian saying about taking steps, a saying that is in realistic. pity, pity, nar narivay, little by little, we will arrive. >> woodruff: next, the leading democratic candidate for the u.s. senate in connecticut defends his military record against reports he

embellished over the years. connecticut attorney-general richard bloomenthal is a strong hope for democrats to hold a u.s. senate seat. but he was rocked today by this story in the "new york times", about repeated claims that he served with the u.s. marines in vietnam. the newspaper's website posted a clip of bloomenthal at a march 2008 ceremony to honor veterans. >> we have learned something very important from the day i served vietnam. whatever we think about the war, whatever we call it, afghanistan or iraq, we owe our military men and women unconditional support. >> woodruff: but in fact, bloomenthal never served in vietnam. instead, he obtained at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970. then he enlisted in the marine corps reserves.

he spent six months in bootcamp at paris island, south carolina, and six years in the reserves, none of it overseas. this afternoon the attorney-general appeared at a veterans' of foreign wars in west hartford, connecticut. he said he had chosen it words poorly but insisted it was totally unintentional. >> on a few occasions i have misspoken about my service, and i regret that, and i take full responsibility. but i will not allow -- applause] >> -- i will not allow anyone to take a few misplaced words and impugn my record of service to our country. >> woodruff: in fact, on a number of occasions, bloomenthal has correctly stated his record, including at a debate last march, seen in this clip posted on youtube.

>> serving in the united states military gave me a perspective as well, even in the reserves. although, i did not serve in vietnam. i have seen firsthand the effects of military actions. >> woodruff: by day's end it was far from clear how all of this will affect the senate race in connecticut. but there was little doubt that bloomenthal will have to answer more questions about his service going forward. for more on this story, we're joined by christopher keating, capital bureau chief of the hartford current. he has covered mr. bloomenthal's career for the past two decades. let me just ask you first, where did the facts stand right now? you have the "new york times" saying that bloomenthal misstated his record several times, and you have mr. bloomenthal himself say it was inadvertent, and most of the times he got it right?

>> that's correct. he basically said he's been to almost hundreds of ceremonies and funerals and different occasions where he spoke, and said it was only a couple of times. and he did admit to misspeaking, but the people who were there, the veterans who were behind him, basically all said they never heard him misspeak. and other vietnam veterans i spoke to said they never heard bloomenthal misspeak about this service. >> woodruff: you've covered him for many years. have you ever heard him claim or say that he served in vietnam? >> i personally have not. i have been at many occasions. he always mentions he is a veteran when people come to the state capitol, and there are different veteran ceremonies, he always mentions that. he mentions he was a sergeant, and compliments the people who were in the

audience, the older veterans who may have been of a higher rank. but i personally never misheard him state what he did in vietnam or that he was even in vietnam. >> woodruff: so it wasn't your understanding he had been in vietnam? >> correct. i never thought he was in vietnam. rob simmons, who is the republican candidate and a former c.i.a. agent and a vietnam veteran for 19 months, who is running against bloomenthal, said he never heard bloomenthal misspeak. the occasions where he did misspeak, generally reporters were not there. other veterans or people of the politicians -- politicians of the rob simmons type were not there. >> woodruff: the other thing that the "new york times" reported about this, chris keating, it suggested that he used influence to get into the marine reserves. he said he picked up a phone book, made a phone call, and was taken. >> that is correct. that is what he said.

he had a very big background. he went to harvard college. he worked in the white house. he knew daniel patrick moynihan. bloomenthal had a lot of contacts. but he said he used none of them when he got into the marine reserves. he said he got it out of the phone book. no special privileges, despite quite a background and resume he already had. >> woodruff: how does this affect the senate race? bloomenthal was running ahead in most of the polls? >> bloomenthal was definitely the frontrunner in basically all of the polls. he was the frontrunner in the democratic primary, and there may not be a primary if he gets the election. the republicans, there will be a primary in august. and the election in november. bloomenthal was ahead in all of the polls, both at the democratic primary level and the general

election. obviously, this can't help him, but he was up by more than double digits over every other candidate in the race, and beating some candidates by 20 points, 30 points. >> woodruff: what sort of reaction are you picking up in political circles and among the public about this? >> many, many people are surprised. a lot of people did not see this coming. his defenders, whom i've spoken to today, say they'll give him the benefit of the doubt. and clearly, obviously, the veterans who said he has been to more funerals than literally any politician in the state of connecticut, including the governor. almost every time somebody in killed in iraq or afghanistan, bloomenthal is there. he is definitely with the veterans more than any other politics in connecticut. so his supporters are giving him the benefit of the doubt. the people who don't like him are using this as another method of saying, you know, we don't need

bloomenthal. he needs to step down and he needs to be defeated in november. >> woodruff: finally, quickly, one of the republican candidates, linda mcmahon, they said they provided some of the information for this story. anything to say about that? >> that is correct. they're backing off from that a little bit. but no -- yes, they said they were -- from our information, they had provided the video and a lot of the details for the story. linda mcmahon has already put down $16 million of her own money on this campaign. that can fund a lot of opposition research. he has said she spent as much as $50 million on the campaign. some people told me it could go higher than $50 million of her own money. >> woodruff: it looks like you will have a contest in connecticut, whoever the nominees are. >> yes. there will definitely be a republican primary in august, between simmons, the c.i.a. agent, and mcmahon, and then the general.

>> wayne: chris keating with the hartford current, thank you very much. >> thank you. . >> next, the story of a man who engaged the world through pictures. the ivory coast, 1931, shanghai, 1949. iran, 1950. los angeles, 1960. french photographer henri cartier bresson travelled the world for decades, capturing people, places and history as a journalist, and helping to define photography as an art form. his interest, life and traditional cultures, his scoops, gandhi, 1948, are on display of 300 of his works at new york's museum of modern art. >> cartier

bresson's pictures depict the magic of taking one moment out of the flow of life. and finding in it a picture that lasts forever. >> cartier bresson grew up in a a a well off family. a man jumping over a puddle in paris. a boy tossing a ball in the air in valencia, spain. >> he is arching back to follow the flow of the ball, but the ball is out of the picture. and so he is transformed into a figure of rapture. this is the art of photography, to be able to anticipate how the making of the picture is going to change what it describes. >> when world war ii came, cartier bresson enlisted

in the french army, was soon taken prisoner, and spent almost three years in german labor camps before kidnapping. when the world had changed, so had the direction of his work. >> he felt he wanted to be engaged with this very different and rapidly-changing world. and he found, in photo journalism, a vehicle for that engagement. >> before television, before the internet, before mass tourism, it was photo magazines that millions turned to for a window on the world. and cartier bresson, a founding member of the magnum photo agency, was a leading figure of the era. his work appear in life, the harper's bizarre, the evening post, and scores of other magazines around the world. one of his first post-war assignments took him back to germany, and one of his photographs was a woman being denounced as a snitch for the gast

apo. >> it summarizes a whole situation. in this case, the anger of the people at the collaborators. >> it's hidden, using the same incredible talent. instead of making magical, mysterious pictures, to make pictures that are crystal clear and summarize the situation. that is part of the job of journalism. >> he was in china just before the communists took over. he travelled to the soviet union after the death of joseph stalan. he was rarely involved in developing his photos. it was all about what was called the shutter moment. >> for cartier bresson, everything that was really exciting about photography was over as soon as he released the

shutter. he was one of the most talented photographers ever at making very clear, simple pictures. classically organized, almost like a painting from the 17th century. but what really mattered to him about photography was, it was a way of engaging the world. photography was a way of being involved with, and trying to understand, people, social situations. anywhere in the world. he could walk into a room and within 10 minutes, he would know who was the powerful person, who was the weak person, who was the liar, who was the cheat. and it was that ability to grasp not just individuals, but the whole social situation. that's what his photography is about, and that's what is so remarkable about looking at it. is that you can have that sense of understanding. >> in addition to the grand sweeping moments,

there were thousands of quieter, every day scenes, many in the u.s. easter sunday in harlem in 1947. a madman-like scene in a new york office in 1959. a texas carnival in 1960. and there were numerous portraits of leading cultural figures. henri artis, triump truman capote, and chanel. cartier bresson was not only a man travelling in the world, but a man of it. he lived large and had friends in high places around the globe. including, says galasi, a young president and his glamorous wife in 1960. >> it is inauguration day in january, 1960, and j.f.k. and jackie are in the open limousine. you can see in this picture, she is just at this moment pointing out to the president. person who is taking the picture. there is henri.

>> cartier bresson began to turn away from photography in the 1970s, preferring, instead, the drawing and painting of his youth. having seen and captured so much of the life of one century, he lived on into the next one. dying in 2004 in france, at age 95. >> woodruff: finally tonight, a portrait of a platoon of in infantry men and served in iraq, and the trouble lives they've led since coming home. the story comes from the frontline investigation of the violent behavior and psychiatric disorders shown by some army men when they return to fort carsen, colorado. here is an excerpt from the wounded platoon. >> in the summer of 2005, after a year in iraq, third platoon came back to the united states.

the new home was fort carsen, on the outskirts of colorado springs. since the start of the iraq war, this city has experienced an unprecedented murder spree. in the last five years, 14 fort carsen soldiers have been charged or convicted in 13 murders and manslaughters. on friday nights, downtown is full of soldiers from fort carsen, some trying to forget what they've experienced. others celebrating their homecoming. ♪ [sirens] >> hector rodriguez was the most experienced

sergeant in third platoon. as the men returned from their first tour, he was worried that his younger soldiers would get into trouble. >> i gave them a speech before we came back. and i said, look, guys, you've been on deployment for a year, and that's pretty much like caging a wild animal and letting it go free. they still had iraq inside of them, and i think a lot of that kind of caused problems for them. because they couldn't let it go. >> oh, my gosh! >> the soldiers of third platoon hit the bars of colorado springs as soon as they got home. >> in the first six months, you're just happy to be home. and after that six months, i just...problems started.

>> depression, anxiety, paranoia. you still have the feeling you're in iraq all over again. seeing people that you know died in iraq in crowds. constantly checking the rooftops as you're walking down the street. oh, man! >> since 2002, a number of fort carsen soldiers diagnosed each year with post-traumatic stress disorder has risen from 26 to 1120, a rise of over 4,000%. >> woodruff: frontline airs on most pbs stations tonight. >> and, again, the major developments of the day, the u.s. won an agreement with russia, china and others to support new sanctions on iran. faisal shahzad had his

first court appearance in the times square bombing attempt. and was held without bail. and a taliban suicide bomber killed five american troops and one canadian in kabul, afghanistan. the newshour is always on line. kwame holman previews mere on that. >> there is a conversation with one of the producers, and we'll post results from today's primaries and talk to poliítico about why the races matter and find more on cartier bresson's photographs. all of that and more is on our website, newshour.pbs.org. >> and that's the newshour for tonight, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you on line and tomorrow here on newshour. thank you, and good night. >> announcer: majoring funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by...