gwen: and stay in office? >> it's not only face saving, it's space creating because what they would like to do at this point is get him out of the political center so that vice president sull i aman -- suleiman, the former intelligence chief, and others can begin to get into this dialogue with the people on. street and with mohammed elbaradei and ooments gwen: i want to ask, i'm also curious, there were a lot of efforts made to try to head this off. the envoy they sent used to be great good friends with hosni mubarak and was supposed to talk him into leaving. was that mission just a complete failure? >> well, he's not gone yet, is he? >> well, but shortly after that, he announced he would not run. these things move so fast that we sort of pocket that and say it's no big deal but within 24 hours he announced that neither he nor his son would be in the line of of skefplgts that's pretty dramatic. -- succession. that's pretty dramatic. the last time was in 2005 when george w. bush pushed for elections in the terr

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. lawmakers this week have been debating everything from the future of social security to the future of cotton subsidies, the big, the small, and the darned near inconsequential all in the name of coming up with a working federal budget. the long-term debate is about the $3.7 trillion plan the president presented this week, essentially the launching point for a more sustained debate over priorities. >> just like every family in america, the federal government has to do two things at once. it has to live within its means while still investing in the future. that what we have done with this year's budget. gwen: the short-term debate is over a house plan to cut $61 billion from the federal budget over the next seven months. >> the president's budget is the clearest sign yet that he simply does not take our fiscal problems seriously. it's a patronizing plan that says to the american people that their concerns are not his concerns. gwen: lets start with the long term. what was the president

gwen: ben reduced to zero. that's fairly strong language coming from an administration which has been sixes and sixes and sevens over the last upheavals in the last couple of weeks. >> but if you look at all these upheaval, libya is so terrifying because muammar qaddafi is firing on his people with heavy weapon. this is opening fire with huge military weapons, sending fighter jets up, sending helicopter jets up. and the reports out of there -- we don't really faux what's going on in libya. we especially don't know what's going on in tripoli. but the reports you are getting from set zins there are just -- citizens there are just terrifying, thousands dead. but from what we've heard it is like no other place and you have a leader who's clearly losing it. if he hasn't lost it already. gwen: and the u.s., people look to us to say we're going to fix this. we're going to the very least assemble an international group to get this back -- do something. but what? >> they talked about sanctions today. obviously, unilater

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gwen: everybodys up in arms from the streets of madison, wisconsin to the streets of manama, bahrain. the debate over dollars and democracy, tonight, on "washington week." >> what my budget does is to put forward some tough choices. >> when we say we're going to cut spending, read my lips, we're going to cut spending. >> we're terribly disappointed that speaker boehner can't control the votes in his caucus to prevent a shutdown of government. gwen: tough choices and tough talk everywhere when it comes to the budget, will it become cooperation, or combat? >> i guess i would say debt on arrival, d-e-b-t on arrival. gwen: meanwhile, in nations across the middle east, protesters follow egypts lead. >> [chanting] the result -- violence in bahrain, yemen and libya and iran. we talk about turning points here and abroad with jeanne cummings of "politico," john dickerson of "slate magazine" and cbs news, doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times," and jim sciutto of abc news. >> award-winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. live from our nations capitol, this is "washingt

i'm gwen ifill. embattled libyan leader moammar gadhafi refused to step down today, saying in a televised address he would "die a martyr" rather than leave the country. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the bloody revolt gripping the north african country. >> ifill: then we look at the death of four americans, hijacked by somali pirates. >> brown: judy woodruff talks to marcia coyle about a supreme court case that began with a jilted wife, and now raises important tenth amendment issues, plus a ruling today that shields vaccine makers from lawsuits. >> ifill: charles sennott of "global post" examines the role of the muslim brotherhood in post-mubarak egypt. >> they call themselves the brothers, and they have decades of experience providing social services to egypt's poor. they became key to holding the revolution's infrastructure together. >> brown: and we go beyond wisconsin to explore the showdown over labor rights and tight budgets, now spreading to ot

gwen: everybodys up in arms from the streets of madison, wisconsin to the streets of manama, bahrain.he debate over dollars and democracy, tonight, on "washington week." >> what my budget does is to put forward some tough choices. >> when we say we're going to cut spending, read my lips, we're going to cut spending. >> we're terribly disappointed that speaker boehner can't control the votes in his caucus to prevent a shutdown of government. gwen: tough choices and tough talk everywhere when it comes to the budget, will it become cooperation, or combat? >> i guess i would say debt on arrival, d-e-b-t on arrival. gwen: meanwhile, in nations across the middle east, protesters follow egypts lead. >> [chanting] the result -- violence in bahrain, yemen and libya and iran. we talk about turning points here and abroad with jeanne cummings of "politico," john dickerson of "slate magazine" and cbs news, doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times," and jim sciutto of abc news. >> award-winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. live from our nations capitol,

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, also in that interview, foreign minister ahmed aboul gheit suggested the u.s. should ease up its pressure on the mubarak regime. >> i hope that we are all rational enough to go on a gradual change. an abrupt sudden change might entail very deep risks for egypt. chaos. violence. i detest-- i hate to see the country being engulfed in that kind of violence. >> lehrer: and lindsey hilsum of "independent television news" reports on today's protests in cairo and elsewhere. >> ifill: then, we examine a new study that could well change the way doctors treat breast cancer. >> lehrer: spencer michels looks at a california program on mental illness in young people. >> identifying pre-psychotic individuals and treating them early seems to be working in a unique san francisco mental health program. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown has the real-life story of an american diplomat arrested for murder in pakistan. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding

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i'm gwen ifill. the egyptian government moved to defuse the protests today, offering public sector workers a pay raise. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, margaret warner reports from cairo with reaction from people inside and outside the city's central square. >> ifill: and we assess the state of negotiations aimed at ending the uprising. >> brown: then we look at president obama's outreach to corporate america in a speech to the u.s. chamber of commerce. >> but i want to be clear. even as we make america the best place on earth to do business, businesses also have a responsibility to america. >> ifill: judy woodruff talks to actress and playwright anna deveare smith about her one- woman play on facing the end of life. >> i say that it is about the vulnerability of the human body, the resilience of the spirit, the price of care. >> brown: and we examine aol's big buy of the web site the huffington post, with arianna huffington and aol chief tim armstrong. >> ifill: that's all

thank you. >> once again live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. >> good evening, 18 days after it started the people of egypt pulled off a very modern sort of revolution today making full use of satellite television, facebook, twitter and the full throttle cries from tahrir square. president mubarak was shown the exit. it became clear that none of that will be heard. with that the u.s. abandoned its middle ground giving mubarak a final push out the door. >> i am confident that the people of egypt can find the answers and do so peacefully, constructively and in the spirit of unity that has defined these last few weeks. for egyptians have made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day. >> the president's tone was very different today than it had been in the past. when the u.s. finally realize, tom, that its relationship with mubarak has that has been sustained for 30 years was broken? >> it was undoubtedly when they decided that he was out of touch with reality and no longer really able to preside over that government. but i think the larger question, the

gwen: what can the u.s. or

gwen: what can the u.s. or anyone else do? at home, democrats and republicans prepare to square off at the u.s. capital and around the nation. >> what we're doing right now i

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. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the increasingly unstable situation in the north african country. >> lehrer: then, we take a closer look at moammar gadhafi and his 42 years of rule in libya. >> ifill: and we assess what pressure, if any, other nations can bring to stop the regime's deadly crack down. >> lehrer: plus, charles savage of the "new york times" goes through the justice department's decision on no longer defining marriage as only between a man and a woman. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. 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. >> the suffering and bloodshed is o

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, on capitol hill, republicans called for slashing this year's spending. david chalian walks us through the politics of today's debate. >> woodruff: and we talk to freshman senator and tea party leader rand paul, who says neither party is going far enough. >> i don't think we're on a path towards balancing the budget. we're not a path towards reducing the debt. we're on a path towards exploding the debt on both sides, democrat and republican. >> ifill: then, we look at the ripple effect from egypt's uprising, as protesters take to the streets in bahrain and yemen. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown zeroes in on the moves by the government of iran to crack down on demonstrators. >> ifill: betty ann bowser tells the story of a colorado clinic helping diabetes patients stave off the devastating consequences of the disease. >> we're winning the war because we see less long-term complications happening. we have fewer patients ending up with diabetes caused blindness or >> wo

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, lindsey hilsum of independent television news reports on today's turnout, including the appearance of a google executive turned protest organizer. and margaret warner interviews an egyptian nobel prize winner who's taking part in the negotiations. >> my worry is that there will be a tipping point at which all of this will be gone and we might see chaos. >> woodruff: plus we examine the role of the egyptian military in the uprising and in the transition to a new government. >> ifill: then science correspondent miles o'brien reports on the threat posed by dirty bombs made of radioactive material. >> as the terrorists are trying to think of new ways to access materials we're trying to think of new ways to protect them. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown talks to transportation secretary ray lahood about a government probe into toyota's troubles. >> ifill: and we look at the safety of municipal bonds and the risk that some cities could default on their obligations. >> woo

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