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gwen? >> ifill: for >> ifill: for more reaction on today's decision, we're joined by two legal experts who've been following the case closely. kansas secretary of state kris kobach, who helped draft the arizona statute, as well as similar laws in other states. and steven gonzales, a constitutional law professor at the phoenix school of law. kris kobach, we've heard both sides here, as it were, claim victory based on this ruling. kind of the split decision of the supreme court, as it were. what is your thought about that? was this stop-and-check provision that was upheld, was that the heart of the law in your opinion? >> yeah, i think so. it certainly is part of the law that has the greatest scope so when arizona claims victory, i think that's correct. it's a qualified victory for the states. the that has greatest reach. put it this way. that provision will kick in in thousands of law enforcement stops every day throughout the state of arizona. so it has a great reach. the other provisions are less significant. for example, the part criminalizing the illegal seeking of work. that's only going

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. economists didn't think today's job news would be good, but they didn't predict it would be this bad either. a net gain of only 69,000 jobs last month, nearly half of what had been expected. response and counterresponse was swift. >> the president's policies and his handling of the economy has been debt a harsh indictment this morning. >> we will come back stronger. we do have better days ahead. and that is because of all of you. that's because of all of you. i've placed my bets on american workers and american businesses any day of the week. gwen: but the underlying questions are clearly bigger than the monthly numbers. chief among them, what is stunting growth and is there anything the chief executive can do about it? tackle the first one for me, jim. >> it's a great question, and there's a lot of things that are very much related to the headwinds of the global economy right now. for one, europe is, as i wrote today, a capital p problem. the financial crisis has turned into a huge d

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: welcome to this week's roller coaster, or maybe it's not so welcome if you are a democrat. wisconsin republicans set the stage tuesday by fending off a vigorous attempt to recall embattled governor scott walker. both president obama and governor romney remained at arms' length from that battle, but, in victory, walker saw a lesson for both men. >> i think voters coming to the presidential election will want candidates to explain what they'll do, how they'll look out for the next generation more than just getting through this next election. that was clearly said in the election results yesterday. gwen: perhaps that's what we saw today as obama and romney engaged in long-distance battles over who is right about the economy. >> the private sector's doing fine. where we're seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government, oftentimes cuts initiated by, you know, governors or mayors who are not getting the kind of help that they have in the past from the fed

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. a remarkable week in washington, and we'll get right to it. there is almost no underselling the scope of the victory the obama administration scored at the supreme court this week. the man they have to thank? not perennial swing voter anthony kennedy, but chief justice john roberts. consider the contours of the court's two 5-to-4 votes to uphold the affordable health care act. a majority actually rejected the administration's central argument, that the mandate to purchase health insurance is permitted under the constitution's commerce clause. on that point, roberts sided with the conservative majority. but the chief justice swung the other way on a narrower matter, voting to redefine the mandate as a tax, which he and the court's four liberals said is constitutional. right off the t, the first question -- what's the difference? >> you have to look at this through two lenses. through the law itself, it's upheld. it's upheld, it stands, it's the of barack obama's domestic agenda. he goe

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. the president took matters into his own hands today, moving to allow noncitizen students and graduates under 30 to avoid deportation. it's a version of the dream act, which stalls in congress last year but has become for now the leading immigration issue. >> the bill hasn't really changed. the need hasn't changed. it's still the right thing to do. the only thing that has changed apparently was the politics. it makes no sense to expel talented young people who for all intents and purposes are americans. gwen: mitt romney seized on the president's admissions and his was a short-term solution. >> if i'm president, we'll do our very best to have that kind of long-term solution that provides certainty and clarity for the people who come into this country, under their own coverage of the action of their parents. gwen: how far did the president's actions go today and how far didn't they, pierre? >> gwen, we're talking about roughly 800,000 people, age 16 to 30, and what this allows them to d

i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the death of abu yahya al-libi, an experienced leader in the terror network who once escaped from an american prison in afghanistan. >> ifill: then, as voters head to the polls in five states, judy woodruff interviews former president bill clinton about his global initiative, politics, and mitt romney's business record. >> i don't think that saying that i was in business and i succeeded, therefore, i would be a good president on the economy. it just doesn't follow. there's no evidence of it. >> brown: we examine a promising new "smart bomb" drug treatment for breast cancer that attacks tumors while leaving healthy cells alone. >> ifill: from our "american graduate" series, ray suarez talks with former assistant secretary of education diane ravitch about what teachers can do to stem the nation's dropout problem. >> teachers want to work together. they know that they're on the same team. they want to collaborate. the essence of every good sc

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, kwame holman has the latest as tropical storm debby douses the florida panhandle, and extreme heat feeds the wildfires in colorado. >> woodruff: then we turn to the presidential campaign as the candidates and their outside supporters are raising and spending more money than ever this election cycle. >> ifill: in the latest installment of our "american graduate" series, tom bearden reports on texas students treated as criminals, even for missing school. >> if a student tells a teacher to, you know, go f themselves, called them a b or throws chairs or fights in the classroom, those are all offenses. we have to have order in the classroom. >> woodruff: we hear from anne- marie slaughter and get two reactions to her recent article in the "atlantic" magazine which has sparked a lot of buzz about women balancing work and family. >> ifill: ray suarez talks with author rajiv chandrasekaran about the u.s. role in afghanistan, and his new book, "little america." >> it's

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we sesshe rsons for a precipitous decline brought about by the nation's economic recession. >> woodruff: then, from colorado, tom bearden has the latest on the wildfires still out of control and now blamed for one death. >> ifill: and we turn to a fire of a different sort, attorney general eric holder's grilling before a senate committee over his leadership of the justice department. >> woodruff: from our "food for nine billion" series, we have a report about japan's moves to revamp the way it feeds its people. >> japan as farmers are getting old and their children and grandchildren are leaving the farms for higher-paying jobs in the cities. japan's government has responded with a proposal to completely overhaul the way the country gets its food. >> ifill: margaret warner looks at the rally in moscow, which drew tens of thousands of protesters, in spite of a promised kremlin crackdown. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown previews tonight's n.b.a. finals game opener

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the election results, europe's fiscal woes, and the continuing anxiety over greece's fate. >> brown: then we turn to egypt, where the military moved to consolidate power, even as an ismist party claimed victory in sunday's voting. >> ifill: back on the domestic campaign trail, i spent the weekend in ohio talking to voters about what worries them this election year. and grand kids with debt. just really, really concerned about how we're going to dig ourselves out. >> i know i've been working. it's been very bad the last few years in the cleveland area. the last few years it's been very steady for me. >> ifill: paul solman profiles economist paul krugman. he has a new book out called "end this depression now." >> we're spending more time on things we're used to like educating our children and fixing the holes in our roads. when is the time? >> brown: and we close with a look at the complicated life story of rodney king, the man whose 1991 be

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the turmoil in egypt, as three losing candidates allege fraud in last month's runoff elections. >> brown: then, we turn to elections in this country with a preview of the heated battle in wisconsin over recalling the governor. >> it's a power struggle between the tax payers and the public workers' union. >> when you mess with wisconsin, you're messing with something that is very basic to the heartland of america. >> ifill: margaret warner examines today's supreme court decision shielding the secret service from a lawsuit by a man who confronted former vice president dick cheney. >> brown: from our "american graduate" series, hari sreenivasan interviews philanthropist melinda gates about the role of teachers in preventing students from dropping out of school. >> an effective teacher in front of a student, that student will make three times the gains in a school year than another student will make. >> ifill: and we close with a look at bri