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good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, kwame holman wraps up today's congressional action, including work on three free trade agreements and a measure aimed at pressing china to let its currency rise. >> ifill: then, political editor david chalian recaps last night's republican primary debate in new hampshire. >> woodruff: we examine today's supreme court arguments over routine strip searches with marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> ifill: paul solman reports on a georgia state program that allows the unemployed to get job experience and collect benefits at the same time. knowing that you're still receiving the unemployment check can bring great peace of mind to someone who wants to try something new. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown looks at the state of the auto industry and its unions as labor and the big three carmakers reach contract agreements. >> ifill: and margaret warner talks to novelist alaa el aswany about his reflections on egypt's revolution. >> millions of egyptians are suffer

i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the charges and the alleged conspiracy. >> ifill: then we look at opening day in the trial of the so-called underwear bomber, who tried to bring down a u.s. airliner on christmas day 2009. >> brown: we debate the merits of president obama's jobs bill with two senators: michigan democrat carl levin and georgia republican johnny isakson. >> ifill: john merrow examines the dilemma faced by a pennsylvania school system that spent big on a state-of-the-art facility. >> reporter: the economic crisis hit. like rural school districts all across the country, this school had to put its ambitious dreams on hold almost overnight. the challenge became to make ends meet. >> brown: and ray suarez talks to a 94-year-old former french resistance fighter who urges young people to take to the streets and show their outrage. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> computing surrounds us. som

live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. >> to give our war fighters every advantage. >> to deliver technologies that anticipate the future today. >> and help protect america everywhere. from the battle space to cyber space. >> around the globe, the people of boeing are working together. to give our best for america's best. >> that's why we're here. >> additional funding for "washington week" is provided by prudential financial, norfolk southern, the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. within the last 48 hours, two ji -- two gigantic shoes have dropped on the foreign policy front and both events mean the u.s. role abroad is about to shrink. today, the news was about iraq. >> after nearly nine years, america's war in ira

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live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we know why we're here. >> to give our war fighters every advantage. >> to deliver technologies that anticipate the future today. >> and help protect america everywhere. from the battle space to cyber space. >> around the globe, the people of boeing are working together. to give our best for america's best. >> that's why we're here. >> additional funding for "washington week" is provided by prudential financial, norfolk southern, the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. within the last 48 hours, two ji -- two gigantic shoes have dropped on the foreign policy front and both events mean the u.s. role abroad is about to shrink. today, the news was about iraq. >> after nearly nine years, america's war in ira

this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with national journal. corporate funding for washington week is provided by -- >> we know why we're here, to give our war fighters every advantage. >> to deliver technologies that anticipate the future today. >> help protect america everywhere, from the battle space to cyberspace. >> around the globe, the people of boeing are working together to give our best for america's best. >> that's why we're here. >> additional funding for "washington week" is provided by prudential financial, norfolk southern, the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. all is now clear. two longed-for candidates have opted out of the race for the republican presidential nomination. and those in the race are starting to put all their fundraising cards on the table. so the field is set, but the contest is not. first, to the opt-outs -- one a current governor,

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we get two on-the-ground reports from athens on the clashes and the austerity measures aimed at easing the nation's debt crisis. >> woodruff: then, we recap the sparring at last night's republican presidential debate with political editor david chalian and "washington post" fact checker glenn kessler. >> ifill: margaret warner examines the first cost of living increase for social security recipients in three years. >> woodruff: from rio de janeiro, fred de sam lazaro reports on one man's push to close the digital divide in brazil. >> the more brazil's poor gain access to technology and the know how to use it, the more they can participate in the country's booming economy which would get a $1 billion stimulus for the world cup and olympics. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown assesses the state of the banking industry, as some of the largest financial institutions report growing losses. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs

i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, kwame holman reports on the demonstrations in more than 100 cities. and we assess the growing movement and its impact, here and abroad. >> ifill: then we look at the role of big money super pacs in the 2012 presidential campaign. >> brown: ray suarez interviews f.c.c. chairman julius genachowski about new consumer- friendly rules for wireless companies. >> ifill: betty ann bowser talks to the author of a new book about the addictions of two medical revolutionaries. he loved the way cocaine made him feel. he was very interested in its psychological components. but he got to like it a little bit too much. >> brown: and we close with excerpts from yesterday's dedication of a new memorial in the nation's capital for civil rights leader martin luther king, jr. >> come and walk in my shoes. dr. king is is teing you that we have changed, that we are better people. we're a better nation. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newsho

i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we have the latest on the movement after 700 people were arrested in new york over the weekend. >> america thinks we're okay. we are not okay. more people need to get together like we're doing here and protest for our rights and what we deserve as human beings. >> ifill: ray suarez gets an update on the stepped-up violence in syria from deborah amos of npr. >> woodruff: kwame holman reports on a senate bill that could-- if passed-- punish china for undervaluing its currency. >> ifill: on this first monday in october, we look ahead to the supreme court's new term with marcia coyle and tom goldstein. >> woodruff: from india, fred de sam lazaro reports on the world's largest school lunch program. >> the second fastest growing economy in the world has almost half of its children mall newerished. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown talks to dr. anthony fauci about the nobel prize in medicine, awarded today to three scientists for research on the body's immune system. that's all ahead on tonight's

i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the death toll, the search for the missing and the recovery effort from i.t.n.'s john ray in the city of van near the epicenter of the quake. >> ifill: then, we assess the impact of the arab spring uprisings as libyans declare independence; tunisians head to the polls and new attacks in syria force the u.s. to withdraw its ambassador. >> woodruff: margaret warner examines new tensions in the u.s. pakistan relationship. >> i think the obama administration understands that the relationship with pakistan spiraling out of control will jeopardize their ability to leave afghanistan. >> ifill: we look at the administration's plan to jumpstart the ailing housing industry, as president obama visits nevada, the state hit hardest by foreclosures. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown talks with the irish nobel laureate known as "famous seamus" about his newest collection of poems and his life's work. >> i began to write poems about my parents, kind of ele

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. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we have a newsmaker interview with cain, the fifth in our series with g.o.p. hopefuls. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. so this false allegation to now come up is kind of baffling. >> woodruff: then, ray suarez talks to rod norland of the "new york times" in kabul about them latest attacks by militants in afghanistan.t, >> ifill: from liberia, special correspondent kira kay reports on the promise and the pitfalls that come with a wealth of natural resources.d >> my previous experience in a way has been a resource. we've always had these natural resources. they just haven't been usedmy well for the development of the people.we >> woodruff: we update the story of convicted financier bernard madoff, as his wife and son speak out in new interviews. >> ifill: and betty ann bowserof examines president obama's push to get lifesaving drugs to patients who need them. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has be