. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we explore the legal and other issues surrounding the u.s. policy. >> ifill: then, federal and state governments sue a credit ratings agency it says gave good ratings to bad mortgage investments. >> brown: ray suarez looks at president obama's use of campaign-style events to push his legislative agenda. >> ifill: hari sreenivsan examines a million-dollar match fixing scandal shaking the world of international soccer. >> brown: and playing with the enemy: we have the story of an orchestra of israelis and arabs coming together for music, and maybe more. >> the only way that we can achieve anything that is remotely related to peace is if and wek titerthal and talk or if we at least try to. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> sailing through the heart of historic landscapes you see things differently. you get close to iconic landmarks, to local life, to cultural treasures. it's a feeling

i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> viking river cruises. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> tom: good evening. i'm tom hudson. computer maker dell strikes a $24 billion deal to go private. what the buyout means for investors and the technology industry. >> susie: the u.s. government wants as much as $5 billion from standard and poors, officially accusing the credit

i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get reaction to the president's proposal to ban assault weapons and institute universal background checks from two local law enforcement officials. >> brown: then, we have the story of a navy seal, a sniper in the iraq war and best-selling author who was gunned down by a fellow veteran at a shooting range in texas. >> ifill: margaret warner looks at how ancient manuscripts in mali were saved, hidden from destruction during the conflict with islamist rebels. >> brown: what makes a great teacher? hari sreenivasan reports on a charter school in connecticut that uses a checklist to evaluate and keep the best of them in the classroom. >> we have parents, students peer and principal surveys, so the teachers are really getting a whole 360 take on what they are doing well and what they need to improve. >> ifill: the 500-year-old bones unearthed in a parking lot in england are those of king richard iii. john burns of the "new york times" fills us in. >> brown: and w

i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get reaction to the president's proposal to ban assault weapons and institute universal background checks from two local law enforcement officials. >> brown: then, we have the story of a navy seal, a sniper in the iraq war and best-selling author who was gunned down by a fellow veteran at a shooting range in texas. >> ifill: margaret warner looks at how ancient manuscripts in mali were saved, hidden from destruction during the conflict with islamist rebels. >> brown: what makes a great teacher? hari sreenivasan reports on a charter school in connecticut that uses a checklist to evaluate and keep the best of them in the classroom. >> we have parents, students, peer and principal surveys, so the teachers are really getting a whole 360 take on what they are doing well and what they need to improve. >> ifill: the 500-year-old bones unearthed in a parking lot in england are those of king richard iii. john burns of the "new york times" fills us in. >> brown: and

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we explore the legal and other issues surrounding the u.s. policy. >> ifill: then, federal and state governments sue a credit ratings agency it says gave good ratings to bad mortgage investments. >> brown: ray suarez looks at president obama's use of campaign-style events to push his legislative agenda. >> ifill: hari sreenivsan examines a million-dollar match fixing scandal shaking the world of international soccer. >> brown: and playing with the enemy: we have the story of an orchestra of israelis and arabs coming together for music, and maybe more. >> the only way that we can achieve anything that is remotely related to peace is if we sit together and talk or if we at least try to. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> sailing through the heart of historic landscapes you see things differently. you get close to iconic landmarks, to local life, to cultural treasures. it's a feeling th

>> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight.tuesday, we'll look at the president's second term tactics for pushing his proposals on a variety of issues. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. ghosts of the financial crisis come back to haunt standard and poor's. the justice department is close to filing a lawsuit against the agency for wrongdoing in its ratings before the financial crisis. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. weakness in technolo

thank you. >> brown: the u.s. postal service announced today it plans to end saturday mail delivery beginning in august. under the plan, post offices already open on saturdays will remain so. packages will also continue to be delivered on saturdays. but home and business mail would end. the move would save an estimated $2 billion annually. the postal service ended the last budget year with a record loss, nearly $16 billion. today's decision was criticized by several members of congress who may try to overule the agency. and the head of the letter carrier's union called the move "a disastrous idea that would have a profoundly negative effect." joining us now is postmaster general patrick donohoe. and welcome to you. you spoke today being in a "very scary position financially." how scary? >> well, here's where we are right flow. now. as you mentioned we had a pretty substantial loss last year and those were accounting losses. $11.1 billion of the $15.9 is attributed to prepayment for retiree health care that we didn

thank you. >> brown: the u.s. postal service announced today it plans to end saturday mail delivery beginning in august. under the plan, post offices already open on saturdays will remain so. packages will also continue to be delivered on saturdays. but home and business mail would end. the move would save an estimated $2 billion annually. the postal service ended the last budget year with a record loss, nearly $16 billion. today's decision was criticized by several members of congress who may try to overule the agency. and the head of the letter carrier's union called the move "a disastrous idea that would have a profoundly negative effect." joining us now is postmaster general patrick donohoe. and welcome to you. you spoke today being in a "very scary position financially." how scary? >> well, here's where we are right flow. now. as you mentioned we had a pretty substantial loss last year and those were accounting losses. $11.1 billion of the $15.9 is attributed to prepayment for retiree health care that we didn

this little brown bat caught 10 mosquitoes in a minute.ed between them. so a bat wing is really a big, flying hand. ha! i'm making a bat creature power suit. got to go. how come bats are so good at catching mosquitoes? and how can bats catch mosquitoes in the dark? because they have an awesome power: echolocation. first a bat gives off a little squeak. i don't hear anything. that's because the squeak of a little brown bat is too high-pitched to be heard by human ears. but with the animal amplifier... (bat squeaking) he's making high, squeaky sounds. yeah, about 20 squeaks per second. the sound travels through the air in waves. and when it hits a mosquito a tiny wave of sound bounces back and travels to the bat's big ears. that's why bats have big ears: to hear those tiny sounds. and the bat keeps squeaking and squeaking and hearing the tiny pieces of squeak. and in his brain he gets a picture of where the mosquito is. and he follows him. no matter how dark it is or what loops the mosquito makes. he can follow him, tracking him down until..

thank you. >> brown: the nine justices of the u.s. supreme court pondered a central piece of civil rights legislation today. at issue: whether it's still needed, 48 years after it first became law. >> we are not there yet! >> brown: georgia congressman and civil rights leader john lewis was one of many who rallied outside the court this morning for the voting rights act. they were there on a day the justices heard a challenge to a key section of the law: it requires states with a history of discrimination-- mainly in the deep south-- to get federal approval, or pre- clearance, before changing voting procedures or districts. lewis argued the provision-- known as "section five"-- must be preserved. >> there are still forces in this country that want to take us back to another period, but we're not going back. we've come too far. we've made too much progress to go back. the literacy test may be gone; but people are using other means, other tactics and techniques. so we still need section 5 and that's why we are here today standing up for

i'm ray suarez. >> brown: and i'm jeffry brown.ll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

you know, we won too. >> brown: that was an excerpt from cliff hanger >> brown: that was an excerpt from "cliff-hanger," airing on frontline tonight, on most pbs stations. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. north korea conducted its third high-level nuclear test an action condemned by the united nations security council, president obama and other world leaders. a former los angeles policeman wanted for three murders barricaded himself in a mountain cabin after a running gun fight with police. the los angeles times reported that one officer was killed and another wounded. and president made ready for tonight's state of the union address. he planned to focus on job creation and to press congress to avoid across-the-board budget cuts. online we examine good and bad networking. hari sreenivasan explains. >> sreenivasan: how do you find a job if you're turned off by the prospect of asking others for help? on making sense, headhunter nick corcodilos offers strategies and some key advice: keep up your friendships. who won't be at the capitol tonight? the designated survivor.

had a shot with brown. and i remember when they were killing susan rice unfairly in my opinion. the thought was they really were after susan rice because they wanted john kerry and so that kerry could -- the seat would go to scott brown or republican. now brown is out, they don't have a clear shot at the seat. this has to help president obama. scott brown not running is a big win for the president if the republicans can't come up with a comparable candidate. >> no, i think that's right. i don't think they'll ever take a seat for granted in massachusetts again after 2009 and 20 10, rather. but i do think it's a win for democrats. i don't know whether he's announced anything is former governor bill weld who just moved back up there and can run as a kind of independent republican. he's pretty up predictable. if he doesn't run, i think it's going to be hard for them to come up with smnl to take that seat. but, you know, scott brown came out of nowhere, so be ware. >> it was interesting. he released a statement

brown: their commanding officer >> right brown: or a friend of the perpetrator >> exactly. and oftentimes they have to remain in that unit. and they have to work beside their assailant. >> brown: the film opens and the women we just saw there, it opens with a sequence of women talking about why they join the military. these are all women that loved what they were doing. right? they loved the military and still do in many ways. >> oh, yes. absolutely. these are all patriotic women and men who are in our film. i mean, these are people who wanted a career in the military. what's interesting is even after all this happened to them and they still wish they had a career in the military. i mean these are people... these are the kind of people we want in our military. >> brown: now, these are very personal stories. tell me about the process as a film maker of how did you find these women. how did you get them to talk? >> well it was a real challenge to find them because, as you can see, the last time they spoke out they experienced such horrible reprisals. we reached out through al

>> brown: what happens next in washington is unclear.but back at ohio state, the research continues. one new focus: whether playing with another person influences aggressive responses once the game and the video mayhem have ended. >> ifill: there were new reports today about newtown shooter adam lanza. law enforcement officials told the "hartford courant" they are investigating lanza's interest in a deadly attack in norway in 2011, and whether the shootings at sandy hook elementary may have been inspired by that massacre. anders behring breivik was convicted of using guns and explosives to murder 77 people in the summer of 2011. reporters at the "courant" also worked with "frontline" on tonight's program, "raising adam lanza." here's an excerpt featuring the two reporters and an old friend of the family. it includes some new information about lanza's attachment to video games. >> the "courant" has learned that investigators have speculated privately that adam may have carried out the shooting consistent in a man we are video gaming, chan

brown: the fifth assassin. brad meltser, nice to talk to you. >> pleasure. >> suarez: again, the major developments of the day. pope benedict xvi announced he will step down at the end of february, becoming the first pontiff to resign in 600 years. authorities in los angeles charged a fugitive former policeman with murder and attempted murder, as a major manhunt continued. and the north eastern united states spent much of this monday still digging out from friday's blizzard. online, we have more on the medal of honor recipient. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasanread about the extraordinary act of bravery made by former army staff sergeant romesha, and watch the full ceremony in a blog on the rundown. the supreme court will hear arguments later this month on a challenge to the voting rights act. do you remember its passage in 1965? share your memories by calling 703-594-6pbs, or visit our politics page to learn more. and what is your state of the union? as the president prepares to give his annual

i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

the idea is to think what civil rights looked like before brown. ron tells us one vision of civil rights comment that jim crow was a state mandated segregation in brown versus the board of education that's not constitutional and we know from there into a new era of civil rights. what civil rights look like before brown, before we had that idea of jim crow? index of a black workers rights killers to do for them, what they thought jim crow did to them and how it harms none and in their idea was a lot prouder than brown versus board of education. it's not only was saying that black children are my children go to different schools. it's not only anti-miscegenation laws. it's also employers who only higher weight or hire african-americans only for the worst paid and most dangerous and worse condition jobs. if the federal government and the state government interfering in the economy and racially discriminatory ways. the image that comes out other cases that takes on african-american workers reveal a jim crow that is much more total, much more about depr