. >> 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