. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight: with the campaign now fully engaged, we hear from the four men as they make their arguments in four different states. >> woodruff: then, we begin a series of reports about life in the digital age-- tonight, putting and protecting personal information online. >> brown: margaret warner updates the bloody day in afghanistan, where attacks by as many as 14 suicide bombers have killed dozens of people. >> woodruff: we profile rock and roll icon gregg allman of the allman brothers band, whose new memoir chronicles the ups and downs of life, love and music. >> brown: and we remember i mean no pun, but everybody and their brother has a band rock'n'roll band. my brother said, no, man, we're going to be the band. we're going to be >> brown: and we remember another cultural legend, the longtime editor of "cosmpolitan" magazine, helen gurley brown, who died yesterday. >> single girls weren't supposed to have any sex life. that was not the case, of course. they always have

it was. >> brown: the decision to just do it. >> after hearing what is the alternative. >> brown: buttill more tragedy on the way. a year later bassist barry oakley died in a eerily similar motorcycle accident near the spot where duane was killed. all that raining money led to a torrent of problems for the band and greg allman in particular through the '70s and beyond. alcohol abuse, drug addiction, broken marriages, most famously to cher. are interestingly, this man w has ved life so loudly and publicly sees himself as quite the opposite. you write about yourself and even talking to you here, you're a shy person. is that right? >> that's right. brown: and yet you get up on stage and you perform for thousands, hundreds of thousands of people. >> if i really looked out there and just scanned them, you know, i'd go running off the stage, man. (laughing) if i'd have gave it serious thought, you know, i probably wouldn't. poof. disappear. >> brown: greg allman is now 64 and sober 17 years. hes a was granted a new lease on life after a liver transplant two years ago. he and the band, inclu

brown at first. outside. luke brown on deck. cole carter. and, oh, by the way, then it's lorenzo butler. fastball, driven to left field. off the wall! but in comes rucker. jason brown behind him being waved in. here's the throw. safe! back to second and safe is brock mier, and tennessee answer with two runs. >> nomar: brock myers, look at this swing, another beautiful swing on the hance fastball. man, he crushed that ball. look at the reaction. it's now a matter of survival. because the pitchers don't have what it takes to get the best hitters in these lineups. luke brown, after a double by myers comes up. >> karl: that is not a reflection on dylan moore. it's just the depth that the pitching stats don't have. >> nomar: a lot of these -- both teams had to utilize these guys coming into this game that are ineligible to pitch today. >> karl: look at the california team. you have guys like gago and marzo, and jake rucker ineligible to pitch today. japan is excited to know that they're getting into their pitchers, and they don't have that depth,

brown at first. outside. luke brown on deck. cole carter. and, oh, by the way, then it's lorenzo butler. fastball, driven to left field. off the wall! but in comes rucker. jason brown behind him being waved in. here's the throw. safe! back to second and safe is brock mier, and tennessee answer with two runs. >> nomar: brock myers, look at this swing, another beautiful swing on the hance fastball. man, he crushed that ball. look at the reaction. it's now a matter of survival. because the pitchers don't have what it takes to get the best hitters in these lineups. luke brown, after a double by myers comes up. >> karl: that is not a reflection on dylan moore. it's just the depth that the pitching stats don't have. >> nomar: a lot of these -- both teams had to utilize these guys coming into this game that are ineligible to pitch today. >> karl: look at the california team. you have guys like gago and marzo, and jake rucker ineligible to pitch today. japan is excited to know that they're getting into their pitchers, and they don't have that depth,

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i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: we break down the latest numbers and assess the trends in housing with guy cecala of "inside mortgage finance." >> brown: then, as the political candidates spar over welfare programs, we have our own debate over their effectiveness and the daunting challenge of poverty today. >> woodruff: ray suarez continues our series on america's energy resources with a report from utah about an unusual agreement to drill for gas on public lands. >> what we've shown here is that there are compromises that can be reached that protect the special places while still allowing for a robust level of natural gas and oil development. >> brown: margaret warner interviews supreme court justice antonin scalia about his new book, a guide for judges on how to interpret the text of the law. >> the trick for a judge is to see where the balance resides. it's like a murder mystery. there are clues pointing one way, pointing another way. which clues are more persuasive? >> woodruff: we have

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we have a report on the clashes and mounting tensions in egypt and beyond. >> woodruff: in syria, government forces launched a major ground assault against rebel-held areas of aleppo. we'll have a first-hand look at the bloodshed from james foley of global post. >> brown: in the wake of the sikh temple shooting, we examine the scope, profile and power of homegrown hate. >> woodruff: ray suarez has part two of our energy series. tonight, he's in colorado, where natural gas battles coal for prominence, but it comes with a hefty price tag. >> taking a 60-year-old plant that's been generating electricity by burning coal and converting it to natural gas isn't cheap, and it isn't easy as flipping a switch. >> brown: margaret warner continues our look at congress' "unfinished business." tonight, solving the threat of cyber attacks on our critical infrastructure. >> woodruff: and poet priscilla uppall captures the olympic spirit. >> i just love it because it's really

good evening, i'm judy woodruff >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the outbreak that's killed 16 in texas alone. the state that accounts for more than half of some 700 cases nationwide. >> woodruff: then, we update the diplomatic showdown brewing in london, after ecuador granted asylum to wikileaks founder julian assange. >> brown: from our series on "coping with climate change," hari sreenivasan reports on the sour season for cherry farmers in michigan. >> statewide more than 90% of the tart cherry crop was lost when freezing weather followed an unusually warm spring. >> woodruff: we look at the outpouring of young undocumented immigrants who lined up yesterday across the country for the chance to defer deportation. >> we've all been waiting for this, you know? i mean it's not the dream act, but it's something. the main thing is school-- go to college, be somebody, help my family. >> brown: and on the "daily download," we examine how the no-holds barred campaign rhetoric is playing online. >> woodruff

i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. again here tomorrow evening. 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 >> this is n.b.r. >> susie: good evening everyone. i'm susie gharib. home prices head higher, as the housing recovery digs in. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. mcdonald's shares tumble. the fast food giant posts its first monthly sales drop in nearly a decade. >> susie: and the u.s. futures market, it's been hit by scandal, but investors are still buying in. we continue our look at confidence and the markets. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> tom: there's more evidence the housing market is recovering. two reports show home prices jumped signific

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight: we assess the impact of the drought on the price of food and other products, and examine its wider affect on the overall economy. >> woodruff: then, we conclude our series on the domestic energy boom with a debate about the benefits and pitfalls of increased oil and gas production. >> brown: gwen ifill has a conversation with "new york times" reporter rachel swarns about uncovering the rich multicultural heritage of first lady michelle obama. >> they basically had front-row seats to major moments in our history, from shrivery to the civil war, reconstruction, segregation, the migration. it is a very, very american story. >> woodruff: newshour regulars ruth marcus and michael gerson analyze the week's news. >> brown: and as the thrilling olympic games wind down in london, we check in with christine brennan of "usa today." >> woodruff: that's all ahead, on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support o

i'm judy woodruff >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown.shington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. 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.o >> this is n.b.r. >> tom: good evening. i'm tom hudson. uncle sam says the u.s. corn crop could hit a 17 year low come harvest time. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. from farm to table, the midwest droughts impact on restaurant bottom lines. >> tom: and j.c. penney's bottom line comes un-stitched. the retailer posts a bigger than expected loss at it struggles with a turnaround. >> susie: that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: it's going to

the establishment basically followed suit with what brown said.n's perspective, those has been another example of a case where something could have really hurt him and he's gotten out ahead of it. and managed to prevent the kind of attacks the democrats have been lodging against him that he's in lock step with the national republican party. he was actually out calling for akin to resign from the race before warren got a statement out criticizing brown. she was left to say, well, brown is supporting the national party which supports people like akin which supports policies that hurt women. but that's not quite the same argument as being able to say, scott brown supports akin. in fact, scott brown is, you know, in favor of abortion rights. he insulated himself before anybody could really lodge a clear attack on him. >> thank you so much. we turn now to the potential risk of having paul ryan on the ticket if he's tied to an unpopular congress. will it drag down the romney/ryan ticket? that risk highlighted as part of nbc news/"wall street journal" po

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and in brown v. board of education the supreme court tells us that is not constitutional and we move from there to the new era of civil rights, and this book asks what does the civil rights look like before brown before we had that idea of jim crow? it does so by looking at what they were asking lawyers to do for them, what they thought jim-crow did to them and how it harmed them and their understanding of what it was was a lot broader than the image that comes out of brown v. board of education. the image was it's not only adel law saying that that's why children go to different schools. it's not only signs over water fountains. it's not only the law. it is also employers who only hire whites, industries that only hire whites or hire african-americans for the worst paid most dangerous worst condition jobs. is the federal government and the state government interfering in the economy in the racially discriminatory ways. is it, the image that comes out of the cases in the civil rights section takes on

jeffrey brown has that. >> brown: he was born, raised and still lives in janesville, wisconsin; servedesident, prom king, and worked at mcdonald's in high school; attended miami university in ohio; and was first elected to the house of representatives when he was just 28. among those watching his rise in wisconsin and on the national stage has been craig gilbert, washington bureau chief of the "milwaukee journal-sentinel," who joins us now. craig, start with the personal side. what's important to know about paul ryan's family background. >> well, he comes from a big irish-catholic family, multigeneration family in jamesville wisconsin. his father was a lawyer who died when he was 16. paul ryan has talked about having to grow up really quickly and talkd about learning lessons of self-reliance and independence that sort of put him on his road to pretty conservative brand of politics. >> brown: tell us a little bit more about that, the development of his political and social beliefs. when and how did they come? >> well, i think as a young man he kind of gravitated toward thinkers like and

>> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight.y, gwen ifill has a look at first lady michele obama's unique family history with author rachel swarns. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with ruth marcus and michael gerson, 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 >> this is n.b.r. >> susie: good evening. i'm susie gharib. the high-end consumer is back, but the middle guy continues to struggle, the latest retail earnings and outlook. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. stocks trade flat on lackluster volume, we look at what it'll take to get individual investors back on wall street again. >>

brown brown yeah, judy. go ahead?" rough rough main speakers coming up tonight. >> brown. >> we do have big speakers here. they'll be doing a theme all night long of "we built it." playing off those words from president obama and then we'll hear later on of course ann romney and governor chris christie giving the keynote speak. >> woodruff: jeff brown, we'll come back to you a lot tonight. thanks. >> brown: talk to you later, judy. >> ifill: we're coming back with more convention coverage after the news of the day beginning with the latest on hurricane isaac. >> reporter: the storm gained hurricane status around midday, closing in on the louisiana bayous. it had sustained winds of 80 miles an hour and promised to dump up to 20 inches of rain in some places. by late this afternoon, isaac was about 30 miles offshore, heading toward landfall within hours, and a strike at new orleans seven years after hurricane katrina. isaac is less powerful than katrina, but, in washington, president obama urged gulf residents not to und

jason brown is there!h, that went up for so long. >> karl: jason ran about 50 feet to make that play. >> nomar: look at danny marzo, my goodness. i thought i was on. he knew he just missed that one. just gunderneath it. he wanted that one. >> karl: here's the guy that started this inning off with a base hit. bradley smith. 124 bradley smith can pull them within two. there are two men down. first pitch is a ball. toy.omar: bradley is two 2 for 3 11 for 17 in the little league world series. that's good for a .647 batting average. 7 rbis. >> karl: this is a great matchup for tennessee. there's no good matchup with smith at the plate. brock myers, tried to blow one by him and he plays the single right back up the middle. >> karl: often times i want bradley smith to swing away. but you need base runners right here, so. that's what you're worried about for california. and he did. he took it. good job right there. you know he can knock one over the wall. that's not going to tie this game up. you need him to get o

brown brown yeah, judy. go ahead?" rough rough main speakers coming up tonight. >> brown. >> we do have big speakers here. they'll be doing a theme all night long of "we built it." playing off those words from president obama and then we'll hear later on of course ann romney and governor chris christie giving the keynote speak. >> woodruff: jeff brown, we'll come back to you a lot tonight. thanks. >> brown: talk to you later, judy. >> ifill: we're coming back with more convention coverage after the news of the day beginning with the latest on hurricane isaac. >> reporter: the storm gained hurricane status around midday, closing in on the louisiana bayous. it had sustained winds of 80 miles an hour and promised to dump up to 20 inches of rain in some places. by late this afternoon, isaac was about 30 miles offshore, heading toward landfall within hours, and a strike at new orleans seven years after hurricane katrina. isaac is less powerful than katrina, but, in washington, president obama urged gulf residents not to und

la ford chased brown. brown fell unconscious and died. the court ruled it homicide by afollowing -- aif affixuation. he was charged with manslaughter. >> there's no way that he should be walking the streets like this and i don't have my son. >> the family is now petitioning the state's attorney office to file second degree murder charges. tuesday night supporters gathered to sign that petition. >> we want second degree murder, nothingless. >> they're appealing to lawmakers to ban police officers from using force that could restrict a person's airway. >> i don't care if it's a choke hold, slup r sleeper hold, bear -- sleeper hold, bear hug. >> a lifelong mission for one mother. >> we're hurting. we want justice for christopher so that no other life, nobody else, has to suffer like this. >> reporter: officer laboard is currently awaiting assignment of a trial date. police say he tried to reses at a time the teen after the incident. don, back to you. >> the state's attorney's office reports no new developments in the case. >>> a homicide inv