captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. a drop in the unemployment rate announced today, even as employers shed jobs. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we ok at the latest numbers, proposals for job creation and what it all means for the economy. >> lehrer: then, betty ann bowser reports on new figures on health care spending. >> brown: paul solman talks with reagan budget director, david stockman, and gets a surprising take on big banks and taxes. >> the republicans think their mission in life is to cut taxes. sorry, game over. the tax raising business and we're going to be in the tax raising business for the next decade. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks provide their weekly analysis. >> brown: and haitian poet michele voltaire marcelin reflects on the country's tragedy. >> no one knows the exact number of the dead. they were out. they were yours and mine. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> what the world needs n

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. the taliban's top military commander is captured in pakistan. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the significance of that seizure, plus an update on the big coalition offensive in afghanistan's helmand province. >> the marines from bravo company first arrived in the central part of the area, they were welcomed, if will, by repeated small arms attacks. >> ifill: then, politicians jump ship in the face of a rising anti-washington tide. next out-- indiana's evan bayh. >> woodruff: a report from egypt on the country's innovative approach to overcoming a massive problem with garbage. >> the system. let's work in the north and the south. it doesn't work. >> ifill: and european currency under stress-- what it means for europe and the world. that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour". major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. suicide bombers struck afghanistan's capital today, targeting foreigners. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, margaret warner reports the details of the deadly attack. then, we talk to army brigadier general ben hodges about the fall of the taliban stronghold of marjah and what comes next. >> the burden is on the afghan government to demonstrate that it can provide relatively core ruping-free basic services and the expectations of people here in the south are not real high. >> lehrer: then, kwame holman offers a primer on the congressional procedure called reconciliation. it could be used in the health care debate. >> woodruff: the analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: jeffrey brown talks to journalist don peck about the personal consequences of being unemployed. >> long-term unemployment is really one of the worst things that can happen to anyone. psychologically it's roughly equivalent to the death of a spouse. >> woodruff: and we look at the

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. president obama calls for a health care summit: bipartisan solution or party politics? >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at the latest jockeying over policy and power after some conservatives rallied around sarah palin at this weekend's tea party convention. >> ifill: then, nearly one month after the quake hit, a report from haiti on the ongoing struggle for survival. >> brown: and ray suarez gets two views on what it will take to rebuild haiti's government. >> ifill: making a list and checking it twice: betty ann bowser looks at one way to cut health care costs. >> in michigan they had a two-third reduction in within a year, saved 600 lives an 2 $am dollars. >> brown: and more than just a football game, as new orleans celebrates a super bowl victory. we play for so much more than just ourselves, we play for our city. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is e

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. president obama created an independent commission to deal with the federal deficit and national debt. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, judy woodruff talks to the panel's co-chairmen: republican alan simpson and democrat erskine bowles. >> i believe we have a chance if we deal with trust, we pull all the facts on the table, to make progress. this is bigger than me, or erskine, or you. this is about, this is about the future of america. >> lehrer: then, a look at the new nicks in u.s.-china relations keyed to the president's white house chat today with the dalai lama. >> brown: spencer michels reports from san francisco on one man's mission to send specially-designed wheelchairs around the world. >> not only do they need a wheelchair, but they need the best of wheelchairs because they have the worst of terrain. >> lehrer: a newsmaker interview with john holmes, the united nations chief aid coordinator, on the state of the relief efforts in haiti. >> brown: and

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. blizzard conditions wreaked havoc in the northeast and mid- atlantic today. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight snow and high winds even kept plows off some roads. >> you don't see washington like this. i have never run down the middle of pennsylvania avenue in washington, d.c. so this is the first. >> ifill: we get the latest from maryland governor martin o'malley, wayne county, michigan executive robert ficano and major john winkler of the virginia national guard. >> woodruff: then, what's in a name. we examine a proposal to change the way psychiatrists diagnose mental illnesses. >> ifill: talking to the taliban in afghanistan. margaret warner reports. ♪ >> woodruff: and some tropical music on a cold night: jeffrey brown talks to salsa star turned politician ruben blades about his return to the world of music. >> i want a discussion. i want to make people think about stuff. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs ne

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. attorney general holder defended charging the alleged christmas day airline bomber in the civilian courts. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight we get two views on where and how to prosecute terror suspects from former attorney general michael mukasey and yale law professor eugene fidell. >> lehrer: then, the latest on the bomb in northwest pakistan that killed three american soldiers-- the first u.s. military casualties in the lawless border region. >> woodruff: the ongoing struggle to restore basic services in haiti. ray suarez reports from port-au- prince. >> with the medical emergency increasingly under control, attention is now turning toward getting food and water, sanitation, and security to one million homeless haitians. >> lehrer: a debate about president obama's plan to help small businesses. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown reports on how ancient greek drama is helping to fight post- traumatic stress in today's military. >> my name is a sad song. >> l

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. u.s. and nato forces continued their assault on taliban strongholds in afghanistan today. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, the latest from the battlefield, as reported by rod nordland of the "new york times." >> woodruff: then, the debate over the obama administration's anti-terrorism policy, as vice president biden and former vice president cheney take their differences to the airwaves. >> ifill: health correspondent betty ann bowser reports on increasing premiums and profits in the insurance industry. >> woodruff: after an athlete's death, a look at the dangers of winter sports, as the vancouver olympics continue. >> ifill: and controversy in california, where undocumented aliens claim they're the real targets of d.u.i. checkpoints. >> woodruff: . >> cities are exploiting a broken immigration system, exploiting broken state law, taking advantage and exploiting vulnerable members of our society. >> woodruff: and we remember the award-winning poet lucille clifton

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. special teams of u.s. marines were air-dropped behind taliban lines in southern afghanistan as a major offensive entered its seventh day. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get an update on risks for u.s. troops taking part in the fight around the insurgent stronghold of marjah. >> lehrer: then, a dramatic tale of life on the front lines in the battle against the taliban. >> an offensive operation in a counterinsurgency is about taking that away from the insurgents that they can't afford to lose, which is, simply put, "control of the population". >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. >> lehrer: christine brennan on the public apology of tiger woods, and its impact on the worlds of sports and business. >> woodruff: plus her review of week one of the winter olympic games, and her preview of week two. >> canada as you know has puchbed billions of dollars into a campaign called own the podium. and right now their neighbors to

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. toyota's chief told congress he's deeply sorry for the safety problems that have plagued the company's cars. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight, committee members blamed c.e.o. akio toyoda and federal regulators for failing to protect the public. we'll put our own questions to transportation secretary ray lahood >> ifill: an economic update as the senate passes a jobs bill. >> warner: judy woodruff takes the pulse of the millennial generation-- those from 18 to 29. >> when i get out of med school my goal is to be absorbed the world and brick aid to people who are you should served and underprivileged and eventually bring it back to america. >> ifill: jeffrey brown gets the story of joseph pulitzer-- the media baron who helped shape the news business from biographer james mcgrath morris. >> the very idea of purchasing news, the way it's written, the style it's written, the basis of a story being part of news are all gifts that pulitzer gave to us and changed

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. president obama sends congress a $3.8 trillion budget. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, the white house blueprint uses deficit spending to pour money into jobs programs while taxing the wealthy and placing new limits on some government spending. >> woodruff: then, a look at toyota's fix for its faulty gas pedals. >> ifill: the latest from haiti, where ten americans have been detained after allegedly trying to spirit 33 children out of the country. jeffrey brown talks to npr's mandalit del barco in port-au- prince. >> woodruff: a tom bearden report from colorado on efforts to regulate the sale of medical marijuana. it's like trying to pick your teeth way rattlesnake. if you ever trieding that, you know how hard it is. >> ifill: and another of margaret warner's conversations about the strength of al qaeda. tonight: former c.i.a. officer marc sageman. >> it's inevitable that they will succeed in facing the plot. what we need to do is limit the number of people who m

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. president obama said today the fiscal stimulus package averted an economic calamity this past year, but more needs to be done. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, one year after the president signed the $787 billion stimulus bill. what worked, what didn't, and what's to come. >> brown: then, the brewing storm over nuclear energy. after the administration offers to fund two new reactors. >> ifill: ray suarez reports on secretary of state hillary it's not this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> tom: good evening everyone. a birthday bash at the white house today: america's stimulus package is one year old. >> susie: tom, a year ago today president obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus bill, the largest in u.s. history. the question many people are asking >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> what the world needs now

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. there was a governmentrackdown today in tehran against anti-government protesters. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, the demonstrations came on the same day hundreds of thousands of government supporters marked the 31st anniversary of the islamic republic. >> lehrer: an interview with christina romer, head of the president's council of economic advisors about the latest jobs forecast. >> woodruff: paul solman begins a two-part look at wall street's goldman sachs. profitable again after a government bailout. >> i'm not saying that they're necessarily doing my god's work, but as far as they're concerned, >> lehrer: ray suarez reports on digging out and cleaning up after the record snowfall >> the next available flight for me to leave is the 16th, which is next tuesday. >> woodruff: and we'll look at how those delays and cancellations have affected airports and airlines across the country. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer president obama asked the first lady to head a campaign against childhood obesity. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, almost one-third of all children in the united states are overweight. in a white house interview, mrs. obama told jim it's time to tackle the problem. >> it's not about demonizing parents, and it's not about demonizing business. it's just saying we know there's a problem; let's figure out what we can change. >> lehrer: then, toyota recalls another 400,000 cars worldwide. >> woodruff: and spencer michels reports on the demise of a joint venture between general motors and toyota in california. >> i'm a single mom so it's pretty scary. it seems like there's, you know, lots of other people out there looking for jobs as well. >> lehrer: and rising debt burdens in europe have had an impact here in the u.s. jeffrey brown takes a look. that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newsh

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. republicans gain a most important seat in the u.s. senate. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight: democrats lose their 60 vote majority as scott brown becomes massachusetts' junior senator; >> lehrer: then, a new probe into brake problems raises new questions about toyota cars and trucks. >> brown: ray suarez reports on the monumental task ahead to rebuild haiti's shattered government. >> the haitian recognize that the president is in the same situation as they are. he doesn't have a place to stay; doesn't have a place to live. >> lehrer: we'll debrief ray about his reporting experience in haiti. >> brown: plus, paul solman finds some humor in what's been a very sore subject-- the economy. >> knock, knock. >> who's there? >> economist. >> economist who? >> economist the financial crisis but i promise i'll do better next time. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the ene

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. president obama said today the fiscal stimulus package averted an economic calamity this past year, but more needs to be done. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, one year after the president signed the $787 billion stimulus bill. what worked, what didn't, and what's to come. >> brown: then, the brewing storm over nuclear energy. after the administration offers to fund two new reactors. >> ifill: ray suarez reports on secretary of state hillary clinton's tough talk on iran. >> this is a qualitative change in u.s. policy. it's not an outstretched hand. it's more of a clenched fist, make no doubt about that. >> brown: margaret warner looks at the mysterious circumstances surrounding the assassination of a hamas official in dubai. >> ifill: and paul solman talks to a former bank regulator about how the 1980s savings and loan scandal compares to today's banking crisis. >> the financial firms get this burst of short-term profits, they max out their personal bonuss of t

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. president obama called for consensus on health care reform at a white house summit today. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, there were lights and cameras, but was there action? we'll have extended excerpts and analysis from karen tumulty of "time" magazine and ceci connolly of "the washington post." >> lehrer: a japanese view of akio toyoda's apology to congress and the emotional meeting where he thanked american car dealers for their support. >> at the hearing yesterday, you and your colleagues, across america, around the world, were there with me. >> woodruff: margaret warner reports on the showdown in turkey between the islamic government and the secular military. >> lehrer: and the latest from jeffrey brown on a federal investigation into the role of u.s. banks in greece's fiscal crisis. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. new public opinion polls show another drop of confidence in those in charge of the government. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at the latest numbers, and how they're impacting the political and policy landscape; >> lehrer: then, mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis; >> brown: paul solman's reporting on goldman sachs-- tonight, how the firm used taxpayer money to make more money. >> goldman sachs recently was borrowing between 100 to 150 basis points-- that's between one percentage point and 1.5 percentage points above what the government was borrowing-- in the aftermath of the greatest financial crisis since world war ii. that's incredible. it makes no sense. >> lehrer: then comes a preview of the winter olympics with reporter christine brennan in vancouver, where a training run proved deadly for one athlete today. >> lehrer: and the grit and determination of u .s. olympic snowboarder chris klug, taking to the slopes after receivi

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