for more, we turn to newshour political editor david chalian.id, $10 million in one day is not chump change. mitt romney may be unofficially in the race. >> since he's indicated that he is very serious about making another run for the white house, almost all of the coverage of mitt romney, gwen, has been about his flaws as a candidate. why is he such a flawed frontrunner? his health care position, questions about his authenticity. today was a day for the romney campaign to put forward their strength. that was the purpose of this. we don't have other fund raising reports. the candidates don't have to report until the middle of july. this is in a vacuum where in one day they put out a total of $10.15 million. we have nothing to compare it to. four years ago when he did this he raised $6 million. for the first three months of his last run in 2007 he raised a total of about $23 million. his fund-raisers are talking about this quarter the first of this race $40 million. that will wipe away the rest of the republican field. >> ifill: he sets the bar a

. >> woodruff: then, david chalian looks at how the medicare debate helped turn a new york house seat from red to blue. >> ifill: margaret warner updates the political upheaval in egypt, as former president hosni mubarak is ordered to stand trial on charges of corruption. >> woodruff: ray suarez talks to "global post" reporter james foley, recently released from six weeks in captivity by qadhafi forces in libya. >> when we hit that two-week mark i knew, okay, this is going to be a long time. they're telling us two to three days but they're just playing mind games with us. >> ifill: and we chronicle the 25-year run of cultural and business phenomenon oprah winfrey, as she ends her daily talk show. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i want to know what the universe... >> looks like. >> feels like. >> from deep space. >> to a microbe. >> i can contribute to the world by pursuing my passion for science. >> it really is the key to the future. >> i want to design... >> a better solar cell. >> i want to know what

and to our political editor, david chalian. hello david. >> hello, jim. >> lehrer: does newt gingrich deserve to be considered a serious contender or needs to be on the serious contender list? >> i think he does. i think that he was a national figure for quite some time in public office and has remained so since. a leading voice in his party, certainly when it comes to policy ideas. and so i think it's hard to discount him out of hand. i think he has a ton of obstacles to get to the nomination as he goes through this process now, jim. but he is not an unheard of candidate that nobody has any idea about. i mean, he's a well-known figure. he just now has the challenge of reintroducing himself to the electorate. >> lehrer: and how will he reintroduce himself? what will he reintroduce himself as? >> well, you mentioned his polarizing past in the '90s. i think he has to reintroduce himself as somebody that that is behind him. that is no longer part of who he is. in fact, in his announcement video today where he rolled out he claimed

and more on the politics of the debt limit from gwen and political editor david chalian on this week's political checklist. plus, watch the launch of space shuttle "endeavour." and you can still submit questions for our live interview with the crew, part of a collaboration with google and youtube. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. ray? >> suarez: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll have the first of margaret warner's reports from oil-rich bahrain, a look at the crackdown on protesters. i'm ray suarez. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evenin thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> 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. >> that money could make a big difference to a lot of people. >> moving

gwen, judy, and political editor david chalian discuss what bin laden's death means for president obama on this week's political checklist. and we've collected photos showing how people around the world reacted to hearing the news of the killing of the al qaeda leader. find all our coverage on a special bin laden topic page. plus, our science unit asks engineers to explain the technical reasons for the delay of the launch of the space shuttle "endeavour." all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll take a closer look at the ripple effects caused by the death of osama bin laden. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. 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: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions w

on this week's political checklist, david chalian chats with gwen about the medicare fight and the gopresidential field. plus, we caught up with actress geena davis to talk about gender roles in film and a new public media project called "women and girls lead." that's on art beat. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at israeli prime minister netanyahu's address to a joint session of congress. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. 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: >> auto 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 million into local economies, into small businesses, communities, equipment, materials. >> that money could make a big difference to a lot of people. ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf,