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i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the grim findings coming amid news of further setbacks to the nation's economic health. >> ifill: then, ray suarez examines how the worst drought in 55 years is choking half the country, causing crops to wither and the price of food to rise. >> brown: we update the security woes in london, as athletes arrive for the olympic games. >> brown: as the political map shrinks, we join anna sale of wnyc radio on her tour of the nation's battleground states. >> brown: from panama, the story of a tug-of-war in the rain forest between a canadian mining company and the local community. >> is building what would be one of the biggest compromises in the world. right in the middle of the rain forest. home to thousands of animal and plant species. some of them endangered. >> ifill: and we close with a mystery about an electric guitar that just might be the same one bob dylan played at the 1965

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight: as the extreme weather continues, we examine new data tracking this year's unusual run of heat, drought and even cyclones. >> woodruff: then, aids in black america. a special "frontline" report tonight looks at that subject. we talk to phill wilson of the black aids institute in los angeles. >> ifill: author david brody discusses his book, "the teavangelicals," about evangelicals and the tea party, and the romney campaign's effort to win their hearts and minds. >> romney has three and a half years of president obama which is which has definitely helped these teavangelical voters come to his aid. the question is, they may be 80% there, but are they going to get there... what about those last 20%? >> woodruff: paul solman explores the prospect of eternal life with author, inventor and futurist ray kurzweil. >> there's a very good chance of making it through. >> when you say "making it through" you mean live forever? >> indefinitely. the goal is to put that that

good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the investigation from spencer hsu of the "washington post." >> ifill: then, we update the politics of the health care debate, as house republicans vote for repeal and some governors say they cannot afford the law's plan to expand coverage for the poor. >> woodruff: from northern ireland, special correspondent kira kay reports on the religious divide, still present 14 years after the peace agreement that ended the decades of violence. >> reporter: this small area, the tensions break out where catholic area butts up against protestant area. >> ifill: ray suarez talks with alexander thier about whether u.s. economic aid to afghanistan is having its intended effect. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown sits down with producer, director and movie buff george stevens, jr. to talk about the art of making films and the masters of the craft. >> it's always this struggle between art and commerce. it's like a shotgun marriage of money and art. >> ifill:

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. well, it all seems simple enough, a presidential candidate makes a quick trip abroad and gets his picture taken by a few leaders and brandishes his credentials. but no it took a passing criticism of london's readiness for the olympic games to spark this line in an opinion column in "the telegraph" newspaper. and mitt romney is the only politician could start a trip being utterly void of charm and offensive. the britts are harsh. if you're mitt romney, you're happy to get on to the next stop. what happened there, dan? >> a very rough start on this trip. as he was flying over there was a story in one of the british papers quoting an unnamed advisor saying president obama didn't understand the anglo-saxon heritage and the relationship between u.s. and the britains. which they deny there is any advisor who did it but it started to set a tone and he did an interview with brian williams in which he made the comments about the olympics and by the next day he was called out by the prime minis

once again live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. the early-morning massacre in aurora, colorado, was the largest peacetime mass shooting in u.s. history. shock turned to grief. grief turned to despair, and then to calls for unity. >> we need to recognize that we can't allow people that are aberrations of nature to take away the joys and freedoms that we enjoy. gwen: even the political world froze in place. more on that in a moment. first we turn to pierre thomas, who for obvious reasons is working late in the abc newsroom tonight. pierre, what's the reaction in washington to this latest outbreak of gun violence? >> the f.b.i., a.t.f. and the department of homeland security jumped on this the minute that it happened. at one point there were over 100 f.b.i. agents on the scene assisting. we know the president has been briefed and been given regular updates on this situation. penguin, right now it's a -- gwen, right now it's a situation where they are working with the locals to go through the man's apartment, which they believe is boob

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dionne, gwen ifill. >>> your voice is coming up.nd mort zuckerman. >>> your voice this week is coming up. three moments from this week in history. what year was it? al qaeda targeted the world trade center for the first time. the government sieged of the branch davidian community texas compound ended with a fire claiming 80 lives. >> how did the victims start? how did the fire start? >>> plus, the political discussion. >> asking the wealthiest 1% to pay higher tax rates. >> dominated by talk of the 1% and health care. >> is it really possible to give everyone health care in the united states? >> some things never change. was it 1993, 1994, 1995? we'll be back with the answer. >>> so, what year was it? when did al qaeda first target the world trade center? and al gore made the case for raising taxes on the top 1%? it was 19 years ago, 1993. >>> and now, we honor our fellow americans who serve and sacrifice. this week, the pentagon released the names of three soldiers killed in afghanistan. >>> and in your voice this week, today's que

i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the suspect's court appearance, and talk with an author and a criminologist about mass killers. >> ifill: then we turn to the presidential campaign, as mitt romney woos the jewish vote and angers palestinians during a weekend trip to israel. >> woodruff: we have two reports from the embattled syrian city of aleppo, where refugees are fleeing by the thousands. >> ifill: jeffrey brown profiles the man who helped launch brazil's economic boom, former president fernando henrique cardoso, recently honored at the library of congress. woouff: and ray suarez examines a legal battle between two tech giants, apple and samsung, squaring off in federal court over patent infringements. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at

i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on today's hearing and assess the nation's gun, assault weapon, and ammunition laws in the wake of the tragedy. >> ifill: then, ray suarez explores the fallout at penn state after the n.c.a.a. imposed fines and penalties that could cripple the school's storied football program. >> woodruff: i traveled to florida to see firsthand the challenges ahead for the obama campaign in that battleground state, ranging from the housing crisis to the health care reform law. >> now that people are really saying and saying to the president, what more can you do? what more do you have to offer now? we're still with you, but you've got to continue to do more. >> ifill: we have two reports from syria on the rebel offensive in the city of aleppo, and the aftermath of the bombardment by government forces in the capital, damascus. >> woodruff: and on the bloodiest day in iraq in two years, margaret warner talks to jane arraf in baghdad about coordinated insurgent

good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we examine the candidates' dueling plans and their moves to appeal to voters this november. >> ifill: then, we debate the wisdom of allowing iran to acquire nuclear bombs. >> woodruff: betty ann bowser looks at a new health care trend: concierge medicine offering specialized care for those who can afford it. >> what happens if somebody gets sick at 2:00 in the morning? >> it happens and they wake me up. you know what? i ask for that. >> ifill: hari sreenivasan interviews npr's howard berkes about the rise in black lung disease, that's sickening thousands of coal miners. >> woodruff: and we close with a conversation with journalist david maraniss. his new book traces president obama's family history and explores how his early years shaped his future. >> that's what fascinated me in the beginning, sort of the unlikeliness of this character coming from so many different places and weaving it together in someone who became president. >> ifill: that's all ahead on