. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest at what's turning out to be a dead heat in michigan from bill ballenger, and analysis from mark shields and david brooks. >> woodruff: then, ray suarez looks at the new york city police department's surveillance of muslim neighborhoods across the northeast in the wake of 9/11. >> ifill: from ethiopia, we look at the battle over land and water between relocated farmers and the government. >> this country is a country that has suffered food insecurity and famine and yet gives out these huge land resources. >> woodruff: we talk with marcia coyle about today's arguments at the supreme court on whether multinational corporations can be held responsible for human rights violations. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown talks with jason moran, the pianist, composer, and new musical adviser for jazz at the kennedy center for the performing arts washington. >> improvisation of music and jazz kind of forces us to focus. it forces us to have an imagination.

i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we examine what's at the source of the violence and how it will affect the american strategy and the ability to work with afghan security forces. >> ifill: then, we take a closer look at why mitt romney is having trouble closing the deal, through the eyes of voters in arizona. >> the scary part is falling into that who's electable, which way do i go? who do i think can get elected and who do i really support? >> woodruff: plus, stuart rothenberg and susan page assess the state of play in the g.o.p. campaign as the candidates vow they are in the race for the long haul. >> ifill: as russian presidential elections approach, antigovernment protests grow. ray suarez talks with margaret warner, who's reporting from moscow. >> woodruff: and spencer michels reports on how music therapy can help the brain recover from disability or injury. >> music can make a positive impact on people suffering

i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the battle for 50 delegates in the sunshine state, and we talk with its junior senator, marco rubio. >> ifill: then ray suarez interviews susan rice, u.s. ambassador to the united nations, about the security council resolution calling for syria's leader to step down. >> woodruff: from germany, margaret warner reports on reaction to the european union's fiscal discipline deal. >> ifill: as florida votes, jeffrey brown examines the foreclosure crisis that has depressed housing prices there and around the country. >> woodruff: and we close with more on the political campaign from mark shields and david brooks. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by:

good evening, i am gwen ifill and i am judy woodruff in tampa florida, we will have the latest results and analysis thon pbs news hour special report. >> mitt romney is basking in the glow of an easy win in the sunshine state and cruised past newt gingrich in today's presidential primary contest in florida with all but a handful of votes outstanding romney won at least 46 percent of the vote, gingrich had 32 percent, reversing the outcome in the south carolina primary only ten days ago. this evening, romney supporters hit the tampa convention center and took note of the fierce fight that he and gingrich waged in florida. >> primary contests are not easy, and they are not supposed to be. as this primary unfold it is the other party has been watching and they like to comfort themselves with the thought that a executive campaign will leave us divided and weak. but i have got news for them, a competitive primary does not

good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: margaret warner gets the latest on one of the deadliest prison fires in a century from nicholas casey of the "wall street journal." >> ifill: then, we turn to the g.o.p. presidential race, where former pennsylvania senator rick santorum is breaking into the lead. >> brown: we get two views on the safety and wisdom of building the nation's first new nuclear reactors in more than three decades. >> ifill: from tunisia, we have a report on the economic and political struggles of a fledgling democracy one year after the revolution that sparked the arab spring. >> what happened is it gave people the belief that someone is not as only nip at the present time as they thought they are. libya has a real shot as building a real democratic society. >> brown: and ray suarez examines the efforts to resolve a critical drug shortage, involving a treatment for childhood leukemia. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been p

i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we assess what these steps, coming two months after the death of long-time ruler kim jong il, mean for restarting the multi-national disarmament- for-aid talks. >> ifill: then, we turn to presidential politics, as the candidates pivot to super tuesday, when voters in ten states will select more than 400 convention delegates. >> woodruff: paul solman reports on companies who define success as doing good deeds as well as making money. >> what this look, or even this one has to do with socially conscious business. >> ifill: in moscow, margaret warner talks with with alexei navalny, a leading reformer, four days before the russian presidential elections. >> woodruff: and we close with an update on the news corp story, as james murdoch steps down as head of the scandal ridden newspaper arm of the company. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. de

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. you can tell we're approaching another do or die moment in this republican primary contest as the criticism gets more personal and the predictions more apocalyptic. next week's tests occur in arizona and michigan where this week there were high-minded speeches, low-minded negative advertising and one big debate. in this exchange the argument between romney and santorum seemed to be about birth control, but it really was about who do you trust? >> you said i personally opposed creptives -- crept isks but said you -- contraceptisks but voted for title x. you didn't say this was something i was opposed to. you said it in a positive light. >> i think i was making it clear that while i have a personal moral objection to it, that even though i don't support it i voted for bills that included it and i made it very clear in subsequent interviews that i don't support that. gwen: even though i don't support it i voted for bills that included it. that's never combfment which of these guys is pun

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i'm gwen ifill. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the crackdown, and assess what the international community can and will do to pressure the assad regime. >> ifill: then, judy woodruff has a newsmaker interview with the speaker of the house of representatives, john boehner. >> suarez: betty ann bowser reports on the fallout from a new ruling mandating that faith- based organizations provide birth control coverage. >> it's essential for women's health and for the health of their children and ultimately the health of their whole family. >> we think it's really important that we not be obliged to pay for something that we view as immoral. >> ifill: we look at what's next for the republican presidential hopefuls after mitt romney's victory in nevada, with stuart rothenberg of the "rothenberg political report" and susan page of "u.s.a. today." >> suarez: and hari sreenivasan updates the turmoil in egypt, where 19 americans working for nonprofit groups face trial. >> ifill: that's all ahead on t

good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the presidential race from "newshour" political editor christina bellantoni and we ask one of santorum's strategists what comes next. >> ifill: then we turn to margaret warner, reporting from germany on the european debt crisis. tonight, she meets some of the workers behind that country's good economic news. >> we come to germany to find out why it's doing so much better than its european partners. the castle behind me may date from the 1700s, but the economic model they've developed here is 21st century-plus. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown talks with zbigniew brzezinski about america's place on the global stage and his new book "strategic vision." >> the tragedy is the public's understanding of world affairs today is abysmal. it is probably the least informed public. >> ifill: the "washington post" investigates the connection between the private interests and public roles of members of congress. >> woodruff: and special correspondent dave i

i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we examine the fiscal blueprint and the reaction from republicans. >> ifill: then we interview the greek ambassador to the united states after a night of violent riots, as protesters in athens reacted to parliament's passage of new austerity measures. >> i think the bhol greek society right now is rather numb. >> brown: judy woodruff updates the republican presidential campaign, with stu rothenberg and susan page. >> ifill: we look at the pbs documentary "slavery by another name," which tells the forgotten stories of forced labor that continued long after the civil war ended. >> brown: from beijing, global post correspondent kathleen mclaughlin reports on the lure of western culture for china's youth. ♪ i have nothing, nothing if i don't have you ♪ >> ifill: and we close with a conversation about the life and legacy of music icon whitney houston with gordon chambers, a singer-songwriter who wrote and produced for her. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. maj

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, judy woodruff gets the latest on the g.o.p. turnabout from todd zwillich of "the takeaway" on wnyc radio. >> brown: we profile the man most likely to be the country's next leader, vice president she gin-ping, who met with president obama today at the white house. >> ifill: and we look at the investigation into apple's labor practices in china, after reports of serious and deadly safety violations. >> brown: plus, the kids are home-- for good. paul solman reports on the new accordion family, as adult children come home to live. >> when i first moved home i would like six months and then you won't be here anymore. i feel like i'm getting complacent. >> ifill: ray suarez shows us basketball's latest shooting star, new york york knicks point guard jeremy lin. >> brown: and birds do it, bees do it, and you know the rest. poet tony hoagland takes a humorous look at the animal kingdom for some valentine's day verse. >> if i were a peacock, i would flex my muscles to