captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. the protests escalated in egypt today as thousands of anti- government demonstrators clashed with police. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the violent uprising from correspondents on the ground in cairo. >> lehrer: and we assess the options for the protesters, the egyptian government, and the obama administration. >> woodruff: plus, jeffrey brown gets the story behind the story of the relationship between wikileaks leader julian assange and "the new york times" from "times" editor bill keller. >> i have labeled him an

of chicago today. last evening, the illinois supreme court affirmed his eligibility for the office. the court overturned a lower court ruling that emanuel had not lived in chicago for a full year before the election. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we come back to the turmoil in egypt. at the white house, spokesman robert gibbs repeated pleas for both sides to avoid violence, and said now is the time for the mubarak government to reform. but he went further, with a warning that washington will review its financial assistance to egypt. the u.s. provided $1.3 billion in military aid and $250 million in economic aid in fiscal year 2010. gibbs spoke to reporters before president mubarak addressed his country this evening. >> the security personnel in egypt needs to refrain from violence. protestors should reframe-- refrain from violence as well. the legitimate grievances that have festered for quite some time in egypt have to