it's for her little boy, jeffrey. who is only ever known his mommy in a big, black mask. >> i feel like i'm living for him more in a regular world where he can look at mom and says she looks as regular as everybody else. >> she wants to reveal the new look slowly, worried it might scare him. >> hi, peek. >> reporter: but apart from a smile, jeffrey seems to barely notice. for him, it turns out, nothing has changed. >> he's not minding it one bit. >> reporter: what do you think jeffrey sees when he sees you now? >> i think he sees his mother. he sees that mom doesn't need the mask anymore. >> reporter: and perhaps that is the reason for this. knowing what you have now, if you could do it all over again, would you change anything? >> you know, i wouldn't think so, i mean -- i i feel blessed and if i were to change any one thing i'd be afraid it would change everything. >> reporter: now, as chrissy goes about her every day life, like taking her little sister to the mall, she no longer feels the stares of strangers. chris

deputy chief jeffrey israel/ oakland p.d. 21:28} " .. both bart and opd fired shots? at this time .. both opd and bart discharged firearms, yes." two bart officers first spotted the suspect armed with knives walking on east 12th street. { sot.. 23:30.deputy chief jeffrey israel/ oakland p.d.} "early reports from at least one witness .. he was yelling "shoot me".. when officers first made contact with him." the man then took off - the bart officers chased him for several blocks.. when oakland police joined in { sot.deputy chief jeffrey israel/ oakland pd..20:06++} " ... we believe at that pt.. we attempt to taze him. it is not effective.. he continues to flee.. and still armed with knives. the suspect kept running - at least five officers chased him onto 33rd avenue.. { sot.20:34++} "..the man then turns toward one of the officers who attempted to taze him..knife in hand.. charges the officer. at that point.. other officers on the scene.. there to protect the officer discharges their firearms.. striking the suspect.who then falls to the ground.. and did not survive his

. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown has a conversation with jean- michel cousteau about his famous father-- ocean explorer jacques cousteau. >> when people ask what do you expect to find? he would always say if i knew, i wouldn't go. so it was the sense of discovery which is, obviously, related it to adventure. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> 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. >> woodruff: the u.s. and russia put the legal machinery in motion today to exchange accu

jeffrey? >> reporter: good evening, diane. you know, it was almost a month after the rig explosion we first saw oil come ashore in those remote marshes. today, to see where things stand on day 100, we went back to those same marshes again, and what we saw today was not what we expected to be seeing by now. as we began our journey on the mississippi on day 100, a surprising sight. that collection of skimmer boats assembled from across the country, sitting at anchor,. apparently there's no oil to skim. are you heading back out to skim? >> we're not sure. we're just waiting for orders. >> reporter: we moved on. our destination, here, in the eastern marshes of the mississippi on may 18th that we waded ashore with maura wood to see the very first oil from the rig disaster make landfall. >> here's the problem. it's so sticky. >> reporter: today, as we made our way towards those same marshes, we saw no oil in the water. we saw oil boom, but no oil on it. this was my report on may 18th. but today, it's arrived. this is the exact spot

the first priority is a bit of >> lehrer: jeffrey brown gets a rare view from inside the failed state of somalia, from jeffrey gettleman of the "new york times." >> ifill: and spencer michels unveils the soon-to-be-published life story of a literary giant. >> mark twain decreed that his autobiography couldn't be published until 100 years after his death. that's this year. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. 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. >> ifill: nursing homes were evacuated, transit slowed and millions sought relief today as intense hot weather continued to grip the east coast. heat records were shattered all along the east coast this week, as early summer readings headed i

i'm jeffrey kofman, at miami

and here's jeffrey kofman. >> reporter: just how safe are gulf fish? one way to check is the oysters because unlike fish and shrimp, they can't swim away from the oil. mitch jurisich and his brother frank are third generation oystermen. more than half of their oyster beds are closed, but government inspectors have reopened these. and what did they find? >> nothing, the water samples are good. that's why we're open. it's coming out of good, clean water. >> reporter: and this is safe? >> safe. i'm still standing here. >> reporter: but will i be standing in 12 hours? >> you'll still be standing in 12 hours. i guarantee you. >> reporter: well, they taste good. >> they're clean. >> reporter: i'm going to be okay? >> you're going to be fine. >> reporter: most of louisiana's commercial fishing grounds are closed, but recreational fishing is gradually being reopened. we met these guys as they returned from a day on the water. that is one big fish. and look what they caught. a 28-pound red fish. you'll eat this? >> oh, yeah. >> eat it tonight. >> reporter: what

jeffrey kofman went to find out. >> reporter: this is what it looked like in the gulf a few weeks agohen we reported finding huge plumes of oil hidden below the surface. but in the two weeks since the leaking well was capped, government and independent scientists have gone extensive testing in the deep sea. it is not what they expected. >> we're finding hydrocarbons around the well, but as we move away from the well, they move to almost background traces in the water column. >> reporter: many scientists pointed to the same answer. the deep sea microbes that occur naturally in the waters of the gulf, and when there is oil, they multiply to eat it. >> when a large amount of oil comes into the environment, then they quickly muster, if you will, and they can sometimes grow to 1,000-fold. >> reporter: they are also not finding oil in seafood. this independent lab has been testing fish from the louisiana coast since the disaster began. the state has tested 15,000 seafood samples. not a single one has shown elevated levels of oil. what are you finding? >> we're not finding very much at all.

thank you, jeffrey. that is the news from the gulf tonight. >>> and next, the u.s. army pushed to the brink. that's the conclusion of the army's own report, released today. it is a portrait of drug use, suicide and crime among soldiers, all soaring. the report actually says, quote, we are often more dangerous to ourselves than the enemy. martha raddatz has the human cost of what the army found. >> reporter: the toll of the wars has never been made more clear. with an army sometimes unprepared for the devastating impact on the health of the troops. just look at these figures. one-third of soldiers are now taking prescription drugs, antidepressants, anxiety medications and pain pills. amphetamine use has doubled since 2006. sexual offenses have tripled since 2003. domestic abuse is up 177% in the past six years. and the most stunning, more soldiers died in 2009 from non-combat injuries than at war, with the vast majority of those from suicide, murder or high risk behavior, like drunk driving. that is another startling revelation in the report. more than ever, the army

jeffrey kofman has been looking for the oil on the water and in the air. he's in buras, louisiana, tonight. >> reporter: for 86 days, oil spewed into the gulf, perhaps 200 million gallons of it. so where is it? >> i think it's underneath the water, you know? >> reporter: he has been laying out boom with his boat but he says there's no oil to catch. is there much oil? >> no, no, no, there's not really a lot. >> reporter: it's becoming increasingly hard to find the oil. we surveyed the marshes this morning and saw none. in a flight to the rig site yesterday with the coast guard, there was no oil to be seen. >> it's becoming a very elusive bunch of oil for us to find. >> reporter: two weeks ago, skimmers picked up about 25,000 barrels of oily water in one day. last thursday, they picked up a total of just 200 barrels. that doesn't mean all that oil is gone. there are thousands of small patches like this below the surface. but experts say an astonishing amount has disappeared. here's why. the light crude began to deteriorate the moment it escaped at high press

here's jeffrey kofman. >> reporter: that blown-out well, capped -- at least for those ships fr gas at tips frantically burning oil and gas at the spill site, suddenly quiet. and look at this map of the area where the oil had been spotted then this weekend. in june, and then this weekend. ys the oil slickys, the oil rably.has shrunk considerably. >> we see light at the end of the tunnel. it's a very long tunnel, but today we're making progress. ch is a good which is a good thing, because the more than 400 skimmers have had very little impact, catching perhaps 80,000 barrels of the 5 million barrels that have spewed into the gulf. >> and we still have an awful lot of oil out in the gulf of mexico. >> reporter: while oil has hit the beaches and marshes in four states, this weekend, there is no sign of oil along the florida e is no sign of and scientists say the very small amount of oil in lake pontchartrain, the tidal bay ed.th of new orleans, has broken down and disappeared. and remember the loop current that threatened to catch and carry the oil through the florida keys and up the coas

jeffrey brown talks to sting. >> reporter: call it "sting with strings."ting is rock 'n roll royalty-- an international pop star. the strings are part of the royal philharmonic concert orchestra, which is helping him re-create past hits with a very different sound. the singer and his band are in the midst of an american and world tour and have released a new recording, titled "symphonicities." ♪ born gordon sumner and raised in newcastle, england, sting burst on the rock scene in the 1970s as lead singer and bass player for the police, a three-member rock band that recorded numerous hit songs and sold millions of albums. ♪ the group split in 1984 and, other than a reunion tour several years back, sting has been on his own ever since with more hit songs and several unexpected twists. in 2006, he recorded the songs of elizabethan composer john dowland. ♪ and last year, sting and his wife, trudy styler, presented a theater performance based on the lives and words of composer robert schumann and his wife clara. now, at 58, he's got the orchestra, not for class

jeffrey smith. . >> there was a center that died in 1976, 64 years old. he was labeled the conscience of the senate. i preface this because you did a story recently about the democratic club in michigan. what is it about? >> it is one of the most unusual offall of the political action committees. we try to take a close look at the way political action committees were spending their money and this came on the radar screen. they increase their revenues eight fold between 2007 and 2009 and they are now one of the most profitable or lucrative political action committees around. i am trying to take a look at how they spend their money like all the political action committees that we are looking at this year. they are spending theirs on been go games. it is quite bizarre. >> why? >> i cannot say that i ever figured out exactly what is behind it because all of the key principles refused to talk to us about it at all. the democratic party refused to talk to us. the state lottery bureau refused to talk to us. the treasurer of the committee would not talk to us and

and 11 months ago, jeffrey jr. arrived.ow you're blind. >> reporter: but most difficult of all, the year-long multi-surgery marathon to rebuild the bowl-shaped crater that had been left in her face. year after year, crissy was refused insurance coverage. they called it an aesthetic procedure. >> it's just as much of a medical necessity, to me, as an artificial arm or a leg. >> reporter: dr. larry over and dr. david trainer are maxillofacial prosthodontics who, like dr. dirks, are working for free. the steps to rebuild her face, complete with natural character and realistic eyes, is part science and part artistry. positioning the acrylic eyes is critical. since so much of what we feel about people comes from looking directly into their eyes. and finally, the moment she's been waiting for. >> let's put it on, make sure it fits. there we go. >> reporter: and the net effect of all this work might be best measured by the reaction of her family and friends, who gathered to see her with a face for the first time in a decade. >> oh

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, spencer michels reports on the evacuation efforts at the rig site, and storm preparations underway in and around new orleans. >> lehrer: then, we talk to deborah solomon of "the wall street journal" about today's report from the administration's pay czar on executive bonuses given out at the height of the financial crisis. >> brown: judy woodruff reports on disillusioned democrats a year and a half into the obama administration. >> if you are elected as moses who is going to take everyone to the promised land, then you're bound to disappoint people. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks present their weekly analysis. >> brown: paul solman wraps up his series on europe's economic woes with a look at spain's unemployment problem. >> lehrer: and ray suarez interviews robert mccrum about how english has become the first worldwide language. >> if you said in say 800 or 900 b.c. in 2010 people would be discussing a global language, they would have looked at you i

jeffrey kofman, abc news, venice, louisiana. >>> well, august is just a few days away now. but you couldn't know it in parts of colorado. a summer storm hammered the foothills west of denver, leaving some areas buried under up to a foot of hail. wow. many drivers needed help after getting stuck in all that ice. >>> and now, for this morning's weather from around the country. the monsoon season brings more heavy rain to colorado, new mexico and arizona. severe storms in the dakotas and northern nebraska, with gusty winds, large hail and isolated tornado there's. thunderstorms and downpours from new england, down to the washington area. and isolated showers in parts of the south. >> 90s from dallas to miami and all the way up the east coast. 80s across much of the midwest. 75 in seattle. 85 in sacramento. and a sizzling 105 in phoenix. >>> it was another historymaking day for president obama, as he sat down with the ladies of "the view." >> yesterday's taping marked the first daytime television appearance by a sitting president. an unprecedented attempt to directly reach out

he will be here tonight plus craig breslow and jeffrey maw. that is the smartest game day, an mit guy, a harvard, a yale guy. they are all there 11:30 tonight. >> dennis, thank you. >>> 20 year long battle comes to a happy ending. a handful of gay pastors welcomed back into the fold in san francisco. why they were forced to leave their former pull pits. that story and more at 10:00 on the cw and at 11:00. that's it for this edition. cbs news is next. have a good night. ,,,, [ man ] my perfect summer is grilling up a masterpiece. daily. [ woman ] my perfect summer is having everyone over. and having money leftover. [ female announcer ] safeway lets you have it all. with thousands of everyday low prices and great club card savings. [ man ] my perfect summer. [ woman ] perfectly priced. [ female announcer ] safeway. ingredients for life. now introducing all new refreshe beverages. get four 6-packs for $3.49 with your club card. and any 2-liter 2 for $1. pour yourself happy with refreshe. exclusively at safeway. "meg whitman says she'll run califo

jeffrey is twenty eight locked up since ninety ninety five he's serving a life sentence since he first entered the competition in two thousand. brown has become a celebrity. in a way i feel like i don't malone i feel like i'm on a plane. you know because the level of education is different. processes and different. to where care myself is different you know. what i have to offer society in very day. jerry brown decided to get an education in prison he reads books writes poetry and especially letters which is the only way to avoid censorship but i'm glad. when i mentioned i wanted to be an example i meant to be can of hope inspiration in courage meant and six us to all those that chose to watch and witness said. this type of example is needed here in a place of such does elation disparity and neglect. and environment i came up with violence around you all day whether you are going fighting someone against their family can shadow is invalid its vileness while when i face the bore i'm not scared. needed to see the discount someone vanity blom on to some of us that but i'm a laugh and not

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: "newshour" political editor david chalian fills us in on the latest developments. >> lehrer: then, economists mark zandi and john taylor debate the effectiveness of government efforts to stimulate the economy. >> brown: ray suarez reports on what's next in arizona, after a federal judge blocked key parts of the state's immigration law. >> lehrer: then two stories on the mexican drug violence. yone grillo of "global post" talks to residents of ciudad juarez, mexico, about a city under attack. >> we are getting the kidnappings, the carjacking, especially the extortions. i mean, it has killed the city. >> brown: judy woodruff gets an update from reporter angela kocherga on the spread of violence from northern mexico. >> lehrer: and, fred de sam lazaro explores hands-on healing with physician and author abraham verghese. >> i'm the first to admit that the resolution of a hand feeling the belly doesn't compare with the resolution of a cat scan scanning the belly

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, authors steve coll and phil smucker assess what the secret material says about the conduct of the war. >> woodruff: phil shenon of the "daily beast" updates us on what is wikileaks and who is behind it. >> brown: fred de sam lazaro reports on the first sentence handed down by a war crimes tribunal to a member of cambodia's "killing fields" regime. >> woodruff: john merrow wraps up his series about the top to bottom efforts by a school superintendent to reform the new orleans public education system after hurricane katrina. >> making promises, talking publicly about all the big changes he's going to make in the schools. well, it's been three years, time for paul vallas's report card. >> brown: and we look at the impact of the americans with disabilities act on this, the 20th anniversary of the law. >> he didn't come because politicians thought it was a good idea. it came because people with disabilities fought and said we're going to be equal. we're going to ha

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, unemployment insurance has run out for more than a million americans. we look at the latest figures, and the debate over extending jobless benefits. >> woodruff: then, tom bearden reports from gulf shores, alabama, where the once-pristine beaches are now almost empty. >> people here are racking their brains trying to figure out some way to mitigate the economic affects of the bp oil spill. >> brown: ray suarez updates the surge in drug violence gripping mexico, killing thousands in the last year, including a candidate for governor. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. >> brown: and we close with remembrances of senator robert byrd from the memorial service held today in charleston, west virginia. >> this is a guy who continued to taste and smell and feel the suffering of the people of his state. he tasted it. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: the good news was tempered by other data that showed sinking homes sales and rising claims for unemployment benefits. we sort out the mixed picture with greg ip of "the economist." >> lehrer: we have the latest on the tropical storm threat to activities in the gulf. as senators roger wicker of mississippi and bill nelson of florida debate the offshore drilling moratorium. >> brown: spencer michels reports from louisiana on the controversy over the use of chemical oil dispersants. >> the key question that scientists are trying to figure out is whether oil dispersants in the deep ocean do more harm than good. >> lehrer: ray suarez gets two views on the legal challenges to arizona's immigration law. >> brown: and paul solman examines the housing slump in spain, as he continues his reporting on europe's economic troubles. >> see these four big towers? they are beautiful and they were built just before the crisis so they are empty. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the afghan leader spoke at a meeting of the international community, and his words came on a day of new violence. we get two views on how much the u.s. and others can rely on the karzai government. >> brown: then we look at the new choice for director of national intelligence and his tough job ahead. >> brown: paul solman reports from greece on tough, new austerity measures and the anger they've brought on. >> lehrer: and margaret warner talks to dr. anthony fauci about promising new ways to prevent aids. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lehrer: the president of afghanistan appealed for greater global support at today's kabul conference on security and development. as he spoke, the country's problems were underscored by events outside the afghan capital. zelikow president karzai addressed representatives from dozens of nations and organizations. and he called again for afghans to take charge of

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. >> woodruff: and, on this 60th anniversary of north korea's attack on the south, jeffrey brown revisits that first hot conflict of the cold war, and explores its continuing legacy with warren wiedhahn, a u.s. marine veteran of the war, plus historians michael beschloss and alex roland. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. 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. >> woodruff: the campaign to toughen financial regulation in the u.s. reached its climax today. it came nearly two years after the financial meltdown that triggered the current recession. >> woodruff: the financial overhaul bill was one of the chief items on the president's agenda and he signed it with fanfare, before an audience of 400 lawm