. >> brown: then betty ann bowser reports on challenges to the new federal health care reform law in one midwestern state. on november 2 republicans here in wisconsin took over everything from the state house to a number of u.s. congressional districts. we're here at the capitol in madison to see how lawmakers intend to use their new influence to put the health-care reform law on pause. >> warner: and we get perspective on where health care reform stands nationally and the battles ahead from julie rovner of npr. >> brown: plus, we examine political dissent and the law in russia, as oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky is found guilty of embezzlement. >> wanrer: we begin a week of encore reports from paul solman on the foreclosure crisis. tonight, troubles in florida as buyers snap up distressed homes. >> brown: and ray suarez looks at proposed privacy rules for internet providers, and what they mean for the rest of us online. >> when it comes to companies surreptitiously collecting information about you and selling it to other companies, you ought to be able to make a choice to opt out. >

>> sreenivasan: health correspondent betty ann bowser has filed a blog post on how some states are handling implementation of the health reform law as court battles over the measure continue. find that on the rundown news blog. there's more from ray suarez on his reporting trip to cuba. and voices from cuban people who reflect on the biggest misconception about life in the country. plus, in the skies of north america and elsewhere tonight, there will be the first total eclipse of the moon in two years. our science unit has more on the details. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at new census numbers and what they tell us about the nation. 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: >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians. >> mechanics. >> carpenters. >> they strengthen our community. >> every year chevron spends billions with sma

there's more from spencer's interviews on health care reform in california, plus you can watch betty ann bowser's story about the brewing political battle over the new law in wisconsin. on "art beat," jeffrey brown talks to veteran "national geographic" photojournalist william albert allard about a new retrospective of his work. and on "nova" tonight, the search for evidence of ancient climate change in the ice beneath antarctica. scientists must contend with harsh weather and broken drill bits to unpack the secrets of the ocean floor. here's an excerpt. >> unlike drilling through sea ice, which is just 26 feet thick, the ice shelf here is 400 feet. >> we're looking at least doubling or trying to double the capability below the sea floor and penetrate to 1,000 meters into the sea floor. >> but that's only the beginning. >> no one has ever drilled through an ice shelf. they present these challenges. the ice shelves float up and down with the tide so you have to deal with the vertical elevation change. they move side ways. they flow. eventually your drill pipe is going to get bent. >> can the drill

health correspondent betty ann bowser begins our coverage with this report. . >> reporter: almost as soon as the president signed the patient protection and affordable care act into law, legal challenges began to mount. many of the cases focus on the individual mandate. the part of the bill that requires most americans to carry health insurance or pay a fine starting in 2014. today in virginia, u.s. district judge henry hudson, a republican appointed by president george w. bush, ruled the federal government could not force citizens to purchase insurance under the commerce clause of the u.s. constitution. in the 42-page opinion he wrote, "neither the supreme court nor any federal circuit court of appeals has extended commerce clause powers to compel an individual to involuntarily enter the stream of commerce by purchasing a commodity in the private market." but the judge declined to rule the entire law unconstitutional. >> mr. attorney general? >> reporter: hours later attorney general who filed the lawsuit said today's ruling was a critical milestone in the protection of the constitu