. >> woodruff: we get a campaign 2012 update from christina bellantoni and susan page as the g.o.p. presidential field narrows to five. >> suarez: we look at the rebuilding and recovery efforts in haiti two years after a devastating earthquake killed over 300,000 people and left more than a million homeless. >> woodruff: and we close on this martin luther king, jr., birthday with two takes on his powerful rhetoric. >> i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up. >> we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >. bnsf railway. >> 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. >> suarez: search teams in italy struggled against rough seas today, a

smith, stuart rothenberg of the "rothenberg political report," and newshour political editor christina bellantoni. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown looks at today's supreme court arguments about government regulation of profanity over the airwaves with marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> woodruff: margaret warner updates the bloodshed in syria as president assad threatens an "iron hand" against protesters. >> ifill: ray suarez examines north carolina's move to compensate people sterilized against their will. >> woodruff: and we close with some final thoughts on the campaign from mark shields in new hampshire and david brooks. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. >> ifill: they voted in ne

selzer, stuart rothenberg of the "rothenberg political report," and newshour political editor christina bellantoni. >> woodruff: and perspective from historians jeffrey stein, michael beschloss, and richard norton smith, and newshour regulars mark shields and david brooks. >> ifill: plus, hari sreenivasan reports on syrian americans who say they are being watched by syrian spies in the u.s. as their families are being harassed at home. >> when they were beating my wife, she was screaming, why are you killing me? why are you hitting me? they said we're doing this to teach you a lesson because your son is demonstrating against us. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. >> woodruff: it is

republican response, you can join a google plus hangout hosted by newshour political editor christina bellantoni. also, if you speak another language, we're looking for volunteers to help us translate the president's speech and the republican response into as many languages as possible. find details on our homepage. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll look at the president's trip to key battleground states as he sells his economic plan. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll be back tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern with full coverage of president obama's state of the union address. afterward we'll carry the republican response by indiana governor mitch daniels, plus the analysis of david brooks and ruth marcus. until then, 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: >> bnsf railway. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a

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