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>> brown: mr. bryce, why wouldn't we? if china is in the game and it's a global comp dispigz they get backing from the government. >> absolutely. i'll respond, and i respect miss claussen's position, but what's the most admired company now in the united states or even around the world? i think it's clearly apple. what does apple do? they design their products here in the united states and they assemble them and manufacture them in china. where's the outrage in the green left about the fact that all of these cell phones, all of these exurktz all of our iphones, ipads, all these other technologies are being made in chine is that what i hear in terms of this clean energy and solar panels and all these other things that we have to make those here in the united states. to me the rote rick is remarkably similar to what we have heard in the past from the corn-et cetera noel scam bers the evils of foreign oil. i don't see much difference. why is it okay for apple to manufacture all their products overseas and that's okay but some

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the new numbers and the plight of the long-term unemployed. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff looks at the online daily deals site groupon as its stock soared on its first day of trading. >> brown: from nicaragua, ray suarez previews sunday's elections, where there's a familiar name on the ballot. >> more than 30 years since his son won the revolution, president daniel horr tagga is asking the voters for another five years in office. >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies have changed my >> oil companies make huge profits. >> last year, chevron made a lot of money. >> where does it go? >> every penny and more went into bringing energy to the world. >> the economy is tough right now, everywhere. >> we pumped $21 billion into local economies, into small businesses, communities, equipment, materials. >>

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i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the turmoil in athens and the tumbling markets around the globe. >> brown: then, ray suarez examines the rise and fall of a brokerage firm led by former new jersey governor jon corzine. >> woodruff: two stories about budget battles: we update the progress of the so-called "congressional super- committee" facing a deadline for action on the nation's deficit. >> brown: and spencer michels reports from california, facing its own partisan gridlock. >> i think it's the same as at the national level. you have two sides that are, you know, trying to one- upmanship. things don't get done. >> woodruff: plus, margaret warner talks to npr's steve inskeep about his new book on the tumultuous mega-city of karachi, pakistan. >> one of the most remarkable things about this city is the way that it springs back to life after a violent incident. it sounds brutal, but they keep pushing to make their lives just a little bit better than they were. >> brown: th

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at the constitutional questions and political implications with marcia coyle of the "national law journal" and npr's julie rovner. >> woodruff: then, we talk to maryland democratic representative chris van hollen about the stalemate in the congressional committee charged with reducing the nation's deficit, ten days before the deadline. >> brown: from ethiopia, special correspondent fred de sam lazaro reports on the exodus of somali citizens escaping the civil war and humanitarian crisis. >> it's here at the border that some 400 refugees arrive every single day, most of them women and children. most of them fleeing not just famine but fighting. >> woodruff: margaret warner examines the mounting pressure on syria's leaders from the arab world to put a stop to the violence. >> brown: and we close with gwen ifill's conversation with singer, actor and civil rights activist harry belafonte. >> i brought with me this mission of activism what attracted me to t

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i'm ray suarez. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown.ll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. >> i think. >> we need renewable energy. >>. renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. >> i think it's got to work on a big scale. and i think it's got to be affordable. >> so, where are they? >> it has to work in the real world. at chevron, we're investing millions in solar and biofuel technology to make it work. >> we've got to get on this now. >> right now. 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 prod

james brown comes, mr. james brown is --" >> mr. brown. >> jimmy: yeah, they told me mr.ames. don't call him mr. brown. don't call him --" >> call him mr. james brown? >> jimmy: yeah, like i'm going to call him jimmy. i mean, like, why would i do that? [ laughter ] i'm not crazy. so i said, "okay." and i'm so nervous to meet james brown. i meet james brown, and i'm like, "hello, mr. james brown." and he goes, "call me james. call me james." [ laughter ] i go, oh, my gosh. like, he's just that cool right back there. >> he told me to bury my money in the woods. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's a little weird. that makes no sense. >> i went to go see him -- >> jimmy: come on. >> i went to go see him, and he was backstage. he had curls in the head. turned around and he said, "eddie murphy." he said, "when you going to start working clean?" [ laughter ] i said, "what?" he said, "you got to stop doing all that cursing, you know? and you got to make sure you get your money, any money you've got, and bury it in the woods." [ laughter ] and i'm like, "what? bury it in the woods?" he