. >> brown: and i'm geoffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, special correspondent syma mawson reports on the disaster from the indus river valley in southern pakistan. and we talk about the aid effort with michael young of the international rescue committee. >> ifill: then the political fire storm ignited by the president's comments about building a mosque near ground zero. as seen by former representative rick lazio of new york and new jersey mayor mohammed hameeduddin. >> brown: judy woodruff examines a proposed ban on private security contractors in afghanistan. >> ifill: author pill yam powers explains how disconnecting from our screens may well help us reconnect with our lives. >> we saw in our family life where something was being leached out of our togetherness and our communication by turning awhich away from each other to the screen. they were emailing across the house, you know, when we could walk a few steps and have a conversation. >> brown: margaret warner previews her reporting trip to iraq. >> warner: it

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we talk to food safety expert caroline smith dewaal and journalist elizabeth weese about the latest on the investigation and how to prevent future contamination. >> ifill: then special correspondent saima mohsin reports from pakistan's swat valley about the humanitarian crisis caused by the massive floods, and daniel wordsworth of the american refugee committee assesses the aid effort. >> brown: we preview key contests in tomorrow's primary elections in florida and arizona. >> ifill: we get an update from santiago, chile, on the rescue efforts for 33 miners, trapped but alive after 17 days. >> brown: and photographer mario tama offers images of new orleans taken in the five years since hurricane katrina. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> the people, the resilience of this city has been something that's been incredibly inspirational to me. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these instituti

i'm willie brown.nd i'm honored to swear in 13 new and not old in terms of time of life but senior representatives of various bodies and boards of commissions in city leadership. i have the privilege today of wearing in 13 people. five who have served previously on board the commissions and seven that will be serving for their first times. i'm honored to be joined by many distinguished guests, leaders in their own right and capacity, members of various commissions, directors of various departments. our senior leader at city hall, my chief of staff and, importantly, former mayor willie brown, who took the time to be here. thank you, mayor. [applause] >> i have said this in a few other public occasions but it bears repeating particularly in light of the fact mayor brown took the time to be here. i started my time and tenure here at city hall, was actually across the street, the temporary facility, when i got a call from someone in the mayor's office who said that she was very proud that the mayor had sel

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: economic reporter tom shepardson of the "detroit news" and auto analyst george magliano take us through what's behind this turnaround for a company that just a year ago had nearly $13 billion in losses. >> lehrer: public broadcasting reporters in columbus, ohio, albuquerque, new mexico, san diego, california and columbia, south carolina assess the housing market as foreclosures jumped 9% in july. >> brown: spencer michels wraps up his series on cyber security with a spotlight on online crime. >> it's a constant game of cat and mouse, right. we build a better mousetrap, the hackers basically create a better mouse. >> lehrer: margaret warner talks to michelle shephard of the "toronto star" from guantanamo naval base about the opening arguments in a war crimes trial of the youngest detainee. >> brown: and paul solman examines the pros and cons of a massive infusion of chinese capital into greece. >> the port of piraeus, which is a traditional port in the medite

jeffrey brown has our coverage. >> brown: the formal announcement that talks will resume came from the secretary of state this morning. >> i've invited israeli prime minister netanyahu and palestinian authority president abbas to meet on september 2 in washington, d.c., to relaunch direct negotiations to resolve all final-status issues, which we believe can be completed within one year. >> brown: the israeli and palestinian leaders will meet after 20 months of no direct negotiations, a period that saw an intense war fought in gaza, and continued tensions over israeli settlements in jerusalem and the west bank. secretary clinton referenced the troubled past between the two sides, and the uncertain future. >> i ask the parties to persevere, to keep moving forward even through difficult times, and to continue working to achieve a just and lasting peace in the region. >> brown: also invited to the talks: jordan's king abdullah, and egypt's president hosni mubarak, as well as former british prime minister tony blair, representing the so- called "quartet," which includes the u.s., european u

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the killings and the dangerous work of aid groups in afghanistan from "new york times" reporter rod nordland, and international development expert barmak pazhwak. >> ifill: then dan balz of the "washington post" takes us to colorado, where tomorrow's primary voting could prove to be a test of the nation's political mood. o have an insurgency going on. just a lot of voters that are unhappy with the status quo, with washington. >> brown: special correspondent kira kay reports on a very different campaign, this one in rwanda, where hutus and tutsis turned out in large numbers >> we want peace, but we need peace in our hearts. there is still a lot of suspicion. there is still a lot of fear. there is still a lot of frustration. >> ifill: and energy and environmental writers eric pooley and darren samuelson explain the rise and fall of this year's climate and energy legislation. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. this program was made possi

willie brown for, for quite a while now and we been looking at a change for willie brown. that kind of school closure was something we were talking about this school improvement grant came about. >> moving on, ball revere. paul revere. we're looking at a transformation model. and possibly. paul revere will get a new principal. and we are in the process of -- they went through an interview process already, april 27th. whenever we had those -- 17th. thank you. and -- and -- i understand that paul revere is going to continue to go through the process. they're going to have another round of interviews that we're supporting them with. we haven't had a principal for paul revere. and it would be the transformation model and we would not be replacing the staff there. the latest information i have. and everett middle school has a new principal. and mr. kirschy been there two years. and everett is a transformation model and forest man. and mr. sanchez has been there one year. they had -- and they have several community meetings and having more and they're a transformation model also

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the congressional debate, which focused on public sector jobs, government spending, and election-year politics. >> ifill: then, analysts winslow wheeler and thomas donnelly assess defense secretary gates' plan to slash military spending. >> brown: the first in a series of reports from spencer michels on cyber security. tonight: the safety of the nation's wired infrastructure. >> if you do something in the cyber domain something happens in physical space. this is not just a video game. >> ifill: political editor david chalian on embattled new york democrat charles rangel's unusual and emotional lf- defense on the house floor today. >> brown: and we take up the fight over whether an islamic community center, including a mosque, should be built just blocks from the world trade center site. >> 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. dedicated to the ide

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we talk to economists paul krugman and douglas holtz-eakin about the state of the recovery, and whether the fed and others are doing enough to help. >> woodruff: then, we have the second of jeffrey kaye's reports from northern pakistan. >> while the world is focused on the immediate needs of pakistan, homelessness, -- issues, rebuilding it, et cetera. this is also a crisis in slow motion. >> from iraq margaret warner >> brown: from iraq, margaret warner updates a violent week as the u.s. combat mission winds down. >> woodruff: betty ann bowser returns to new orleans to find out how three families are coping five years after katrina. >> i think we've done a great job considering all the odds that were against us. >> brown: and mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. a

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight. special correspondent jeffrey kaye reports from one of pakistan's northern provinces on outbreaks of deadly waterborne diseases. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff interviews a medical anthropologist about the hurdles ahead for the trapped miners in chile. >> brown: we have two stories from the louisiana coast. betty ann bowser examines the mental-health toll that began with hurricane katrina. >> even five years later, people here in the gulf are still experiencing emotional trauma. and for some, it's gotten worse since the oil spill. >> lehrer: and we assess the state of the levees protecting new orleans from another storm. >> brown: plus, paul solman talks to author robert mnookin about the rewards and challenges of negotiating. >> bar gaping with the devil is a book about the most difficult kinds of negotiations, where your adversary is someone you don't trust, you think may be out to harm you. you may even think they're evil. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: homeland security secretary janet napolitano talks about the situation on the border and other immmigration matters. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner with robin wright and ray takeyh assess russia's decision to move uranium fuel to a nuclear power plant in iran. >> brown: tom bearden reports from the gulf on seafood safety. >> some louisiana fisherman are concerned the state is about to prematurely reopen some fishing grounds, risking the industry's entire future. >> lehrer: mark shields and michael gerson sitting in for david brooks present their analysis of the week's news. >> brown: and, judy woodruff talks to veteran journalist charles peters about his new book on the presidency of lyndon johnson. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: we have a newsmaker interview with richard holbrooke-- u.s. special representative to pakistan and afghanistan-- about the crisis and the international aid effort. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff talks to margaret warner in baghdad about the departure of the last u.s. combat brigade. thousands of american troops left iraq this week, but many still remain. >> brown: we look at new evidence of oil floating beneath the surface of the gulf of mexico. >> lehrer: special correspondent stuart cohen previews this weekend's elections in australia to determine the country's prime minister. >> brown: and paul solman finds an author and businessman who argues that, despite current hard times, life is getting better and better. >> when we've let people do what they want, when we've let them get on with their lives socially, politically, economically, then prosperity just kind of happens. people get better off. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major fun

. >> brown: eugene robinson, do you accept the idea of two americas? how do you respond to that? >> i think that's true, but i'm not sure that really explains what's going on here. i think if, for example, it were , you know, hari krishnas or someone who wants to build a temple at that site there wouldn't be this sort of reaction. so i think the question, the dichotomy swe're at war against terrorism. is it war against terrorism or war against islam? and i think that specific question is the important dividing line in this debate. and george w. bush, when he was president, and barack obama now that he is president, both have tried to make as clear as possible that our war against terrorism is not a war against islam. i think there are people in the country who don't buy that, who are suspicious of islam specifically, not just suspicious of the new. >> brown: well, ross-- >> i mean, i think that's absolutely true. i think that it is-- it's a combination of the fact that islam is new seeming and alien seeming and so on, and, obviously, the particular association of this spot with i