john brown. angry.meone must have a question. >> you would not know if which still has a sizable african-american population. i wonder what the response of african-americans was at the time and what sort of response you're getting to his story? >> yes. it is, again to one of these extraordinary things about brown he is a man who really lives his beliefs. he has black people, at times, living in his own. he stays with black people as well. he stays with frederick douglass, the famous abolitionist. and over three weeks to become friends. he lives for a time in a pre black settlement in upstate new york. billy quite extraordinary in that sense. very uncommon in the state what do you think about amalgamation was last june. he says, well, not really for a call but i prefer that my daughter is married industrious black man rather than idle white. this is 1859. i will add that he also has great political ambitions. he writes are rewrites the american constitution at one point to give rights not only to blacks,

lincoln uses brown as a foil.

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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the latest tonight, the latest on a high level dispute over restricting the sale of the emergency contraceptive. and rob stein of the "washington post." >> woodruff: then we debate the stalemate over the consumer financial watchdog agency with two senators-- ohio democrat sherrod brown and texas republican kay bailey hutchison. >> brown: gwen ifill talks to marcia coyle from the "national law journal" over who owns montana's rivers. >> woodruff: we update the growing tensions in syria with a surprising denial of president assad that he ordered a deadly crackdown on protesters. >> brown: and censer michels reports on the discovery of a so called goldilocks planet. not too hold, not too cold, maybe just right to support life. >> it will be hard to learn too much more about the potentially habitable planets any time soon since it's 600 light years away. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's naur. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for

i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on today's meeting at the white house with iraq's prime minister maliki. >> brown: then, we update the 2012 race for the white house with stu rothenberg and susan page. >> woodruff: paul solman looks to history for an answer to this question: do higher tax rates slow economic growth or not? >> in 1917, given the expense of war, congress jacked the top marginal rate upward. >> from 7% to 77%. by the way, the phrase "soak the rich" emerged at that time too. >> brown: ray suarez gets two views of the global climate deal reached in durban, south africa over the weekend. >> woodruff: and we talk with british foreign secretary william hague about his country's decision to reject an agreement aimed at fixing europe's debt crisis. >> in europe but not run by europe. that's all been my mantra, if you like. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years

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i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we look back on the dictator's rule, and ahead to what's next for the isolated nuclear nation. >> brown: then we update the payroll tax stalemate with white house advisor gene sperling and house republican jason chaffetz. >> ifill: from our colleagues at the center for investigative reporting, we have the story of unusual and possibly fraudulent billing practices at a chain of california hospitals. >> there is a substantial amount of waste in the medicare program, and a lot of it comes from fraud. we're talking about billions and billions of dollars of fraud that isn't uncovered. >> brown: and we look back at the life and legacy of vaclav havel, the czech leader, writer, and dissident. judy woodruff talks to former secretary of state madeline albright. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> intelligent computing technology is making its way into everything from cars to retail signs to hospitals; crea

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we sift through the details and the ramifications of a pact that only britain refused to endorse. >> woodruff: then, we look at how authorities handled yesterday's virginia tech shooting as compared to their response to the deadly rampage of four years ago. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and, we have another of paul solman's reports on economic inequality in the united states. tonight: the connection between ideology, wealth and happiness. >> reporter: study after study, it turns out, finds conservatives happier than liberals. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> intelligent computing technology is making its way into everything from cars to retail signs to hospitals; creating new enriching experiences. through int's philosophy of investing for the future, we're helping to bring these new capabilities to market. we're investing billion

thank you. >> brown: the u.s. justice department announced a major settlement today over alleged racial bias in home-mortgage lending. bank of america agreed to pay $335 million in a case involving countrywide mortgage, which the bank bought in 2008. attorney general eric holder said countrywide engaged in systematic discrimination against blacks and hispanics. >> these allegations represent alarming conduct by one of the largest lenders in this country during the height of the housing market boom. for example, in 2007, a qualified african american customer in los angeles, borrowing $200,000, paid an average of roughly $1,200 more in fees than a similarly qualified white borrower. >> brown: the settlement stems from an investigation that began in 2008. two years later, illinois attorney general lisa madigan filed her own lawsuit and she worked with the department of justice to gain today's settlement. i spoke with her a short time ago. lisa madigan, welcome. fill in the picture. what exactly was countrywide accuse

thank you. >> brown: the u.s. justice department announced a major settlement today over alleged racial bias in home-mortgage lending. bank of america agreed to pay $335 million in a case involving countrywide mortgage, which the bank bought in 2008. attorney general eric holder said countrywide engaged in systematic discrimination against blacks and hispanics. >> these allegations represent alarming conduct by one of the largest lenders in this country during the height of the housing market boom. for example, in 2007, a qualified african american customer in los angeles, borrowing $200,000, paid an average of roughly $1,200 more in fees than a similarly qualified white borrower. >> brown: the settlement stems from an investigation that began in 2008. two years later, illinois attorney general lisa madigan filed her own lawsuit and she worked with the department of justice to gain today's settlement. i spoke with her a short time ago. lisa madigan, welcome. fill in the picture. what exactly was countrywide accuse

thank you. >> brown: the u.s. justice department announced a major settlement today over alleged racial bias in home-mortgage lending. bank of america agreed to pay $335 million in a case involving countrywide mortgage, which the bank bought in 2008. attorney general eric holder said countrywide engaged in systematic discrimination against blacks and hispanics. >> these allegations represent alarming conduct by one of the largest lenders in this country during the height of the housing market boom. for example, in 2007, a qualified african american customer in los angeles, borrowing $200,000, paid an average of roughly $1,200 more in fees than a similarly qualified white borrower. >> brown: the settlement stems from an investigation that began in 2008. two years later, illinois attorney general lisa madigan filed her own lawsuit and she worked with the department of justice to gain today's settlement. i spoke with her a short time ago. lisa madigan, welcome. fill in the picture. what exactly was countrywide accuse

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on today's debate, and look ahead to the battle in the senate. >> ifill: then we update the investigation into more than a billion dollars that vanished from a now-bankrupt brokerage firm once headed by former senator jon corzine. >> where is the money from funds that were supposed to be kept separate? customer money? >> brown: margaret warner examines the changing political landscape in russia, where prime minister putin faces widespread anger over alleged voting fraud and new opposition in next year's presidential race. >> ifill: we look at a project aimed at training young people to sort out fact from fiction in the news. >> mark twain said that a lie can get halfway around the world while truth is still putting on its shoes. in this hyper behind beinged information age, a lot can get all the way around the world and back while truth is still getting out of bed. >> brown: and we assess the politically charged docket at the supreme court, n

brown was solid in 1955 known as brown 2 allowing brown 1 to be implemented with all deliberate speed, a recipe providing for much deliberation and press little feed, and given that room, many of the south concocted ways to delay and defie. the south was encouraged by the impression that eisenhower himself had reservations about brown. as they experimented with the resistance, the court demanded its own insistence as the court changed and ranks were filled with appointees. john on the bench in 1955, william brennan in 1956. eventually potter stewart as well making for five justices that ike put on the court. despite those new members, the changes in membership, the court was steadfast in insistence that in demanding the end of the jim you. despite the comfort of what the speed was moving, they reenforced the work, and the appointments to district courts provided the bull work of the jew dish ri's brave attempt to fashion brown into a working doctrine at the school distribute level. ike was capable of a crude remark and also noble work. by 1957, though, ike had another reason to be unh

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: we discuss the impact of the president's plan three decades into a pandemic that's killed 30 million people worldwide. >> woodruff: then, margaret warner gets an update on the situation in burma from william wan of the washington post as secretary of state clinton makes the first top level official visit in more than 50 years. >> brown: "newshour" science correspondent miles o'brienç reports on the growing concernç over the use of full-body scanners at airports across the country. >> it uses x-rays to see right through clothing and identify all kinds of potential threats. critics call it an electronic strip search. >> woodruff: we have a conversation with long-time congressman barney frank of massachusetts as he announces plans to retire at the end of this term. >> brown: and hari sreenivasan talks with global-post correspondent iaon grillo about his new book "el narco," which chronicles the growth of mexico's violent drug cartels. major funding for the pb

i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we look back on the dictator's rule, and ahead to what's next for the isolated nuclear nation. >> brown: then we update the payroll tax stalemate with white house advisor gene sperling and house republican jason chaffetz. >> ifill: from our colleagues at the center for investigative reporting, we have the story of unusual and possibly fraudulent billing practices at a chain of california hospitals. >> there is a substantial amount of waste in the medicare program, and a lot of it comes from fraud. we're talking about billions and billions of dollars of fraud that isn't uncovered. >> brown: and we look back at the life and legacy of vaclav havel, the czech leader, writer, and dissident. judy woodruff talks to former secretary of state madeline albright. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> intelligent computing technology is making its way into everything from cars to retail signs to hospitals; crea

i think the world is better off. >> brown: greg baumgartner. is this an easy question for you if i ask, was it worth it question? >> it's a little bit more difficult tore me to answer that question. i have a very complex feeling about it. i certainly want and i certainly believe that what we've done in iraq, i'm hoping that the blood and treasure that we've spent on this is going to be worth it. you know, today's and even recent events with bombings in baghdad immediately after we leave, i certainly am pessimistic about that. however, i am so proud of the work that my fellow soldiers, marines and airmen did in iraq. i think that iraq right now has the best chance it's ever had or it's ever going to get. it really depends on what the iraqis want to do with it now. again i'm very pessimistic about iraq's future. >> brown: kelly daugherty, chime in here or pick up on what you started with your work after leaving the service. >> right. well i was actually on the same program about six years ago in 2005, and the question was the same. wast worth it