. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we have extended excerpts of today's hearing: the partisan jousting and the push to learn what happened and who was responsible. >> woodruff: then, margaret warner reports on the pentagon's moves to deal with the growing outrage over sexual assaults in the military-- a problem the secretary of defense said today he will do everything necessary to fix. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. plus, a special report with our own macneil and lehrer on covering the watergate hri

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: we get the latest on the miraculous rescue and look at what the garment industry is doing in the wake of the disaster that's now claimed more than a thousand lives. >> woodruff: then, we have the remarkable tale of sophisticated and brazen bank heists, totaling $45 million taken from atms around the world. >> brown: ray suarez reports on this weekend's historic elections in pakistan, coming amid a daily drumbeat of violence. >> the country is beset with corruption, widespread poverty, sunni-shiite divisions and a constant struggle against the taliban and its allies. >> woodruff: mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week's news. >> brown: and we close with a story of loss, recovery and courage in her own words, from a victim of the boston marathon bombing. >> i have to move forward. i-- i can't-- there's no-- no way to look back and say anything negative about it or "i can't do that" or "i can't do this." i'm going to try to do whatever

. >> woodruff: then, jeffrey brown reports on the first suspected u.s. drone strike since president obama laid out new guidelines for such attacks, this one killing a top leader of the pakistani taliban. >> ifill: a new survey finds mothers with children at home are now the top breadwinners in four out of ten american families. we look at what's driving the trend. >> woodruff: miles o'brien has the story of advances in facial recognition software. turning the grainiest of photos into information helping police reel in terror suspects. >> we're still blown away on how it works. this actually fit the boston suspect. so that was huge. >> ifill: we continue our series of conversations on immigration reform. tonight, ray suarez talks with two law enforcement officials about the challenges of securing the u.s.-mexico border. >> woodruff: and we close with music legend dolly parton and her literacy program that's delivered nearly 50 million free

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i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we examine the growing scandal, a problem president obama said he wouldn't tolerate. >> brown: then, as south korea's new leader visits the white house, we assess continuing tensions on the korean peninsula. >> suarez: spencer michels visits san francisco's exploratorium, a science and technology center with a hands- on approach that peaks the imaginations of children and adults alike. >> we know we have a good exhibit when the person laughs and turns around and says to anybody passing "hey, look at this!" that's a good exhibit. >> brown: how much are across- the-board federal spending cuts hitting programs around the country? we check in with public media colleagues in three states. >> suarez: and we have a story about preserving the nation's culturaldentity, contained in millis of pieces of film, video, and audio gathered over more than 100 years. >> there's a belief among the younger generation that everything has been digitized, that that ever existed befo

i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we examine china's hacking capabilities and what the breach means for u.s. security. >> brown: then, as president obama tours new jersey's shore for an update on recovery from hurricane say, judy woodruff explores the progress that's been made and what still needs to be done. >> ifill: miles o'brien visits the nation's most active explosives testing facility, home to the forensics team examining the inner workings of the bombs used at the boston marathon. >> even though off detonation, all of the pieces are still there. with enough time and enough diligence you could actually probably put the entire pressure cooker back together. >> brown: we take a closer look at the interstate 5 bridge collapse in washington state and what it says about problems plagug the nation's irastructure. >> ifill: and margaret warner talks to richard haas about why he believes american foreign policy should start at home. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major fun

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on today's congressional hearing, where republicans renewed charges of a cover-up and democrats said the issue was being politicized. >> brown: then, we update the remarkable story of three cleveland women freed after being held captive for more than a decade. >> suarez: paul solman talks with the new treasury secretary, jack lew about jobs financial reform and the partisan divide over automatic federal spending cuts. >> the thing that i find truly amazing is that there are members of congress who are calling the sequester a success. a victory. their policy. they can have the policy. nobody at the time thought it should take effect. >> brown: miles o'brien reports from guatemala on the forensic science used to document charges of genocide that wiped out thousands of indigenous mayans in the early eighties. >> this skeleton shows evidence of four close range gunshot wounds to the head. the mans hands were tied behind his back: an execution.

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we have extended excerpts of today's hearing: the partisan jousting and the push to learn what happened and who was responsible. >> woodruff: then, margaret warner reports on the pentagon's moves to deal with the growing outrage over sexual assaults in the military-- a problem the secretary of defense said today he will do everything necessary to fix. >> brn: mk shields and dad brooks analyze the week's news. plus, a special report with our own macneil and lehrer on covering the watergate hearings. >> good evening from washington. in a few moments, we're going to bring you the entire proceedings in the first day of the senate watergate hearings. >> we are running it all each day because we think these hearings are important. we are doing this as an experiment to give you the whole story, however many hours it may take. >> woodruff: 40 years after the scandal that brought down an american president. robert macneil and jim lehrer rlect owateate's legacy and th

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we talk with the white house communications director, jennifer palmieri about what the administration is doing to weather the political uproar. >> brown: and we get two takes on the president's management of the i.r.s. revelations and more and how all this might affect his broader second-term agenda. >> ru

i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we examine china's hacking capabilities and what the breach means for u.s. security. >> brown: then, as president obama tours new jersey's shore for an update on recovery from hurricane sandy, judy woodruff explores the progress that's been made and what still needs to be done. >> ifill: miles o'brien visits the nation's most active explosives testing facility, home to the forensics team examining the inner workings of the bombs used at the boston marathon. >> even though off detonation, all of the pieces are still

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. the "newshour" tonight, we excerpt the president's foreign policy address and get reaction to his proposals about the use of drones, the guantanamo bay prison and more. >> brown: then, we turn to an attack authorities in britain have called terrorism, the brutal murder of a soldier in london. >> woodruff: hari sreenivasan reports on the road to recovery in oklahoma, as the town of moore buried its first victim, a

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we talk with the white house communications director, jennifer palmieri about what the administration is doing to weather the political uproar. >> brown: and we get two takes on the president's management of the i.r.s. revelations and more and how all this might affect his broader second-term agenda. >> woodruff: then, with syria high on the agenda for mr. obama's meeting today with turkey's prime minister. margaret warner has our update on the conflict and renewed efforts to put an end to the bloodshed. >> brown: ray suarez explores how demographic shifts and biblical ideas of helping others are changing the ways evangelical christians view the

i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we explore the options on the table for the u.s., amid growing calls for international intervention in syria. >> brown: then, as the u.s. government weighs new regulation, we debate whether publicly traded companies should have to disclose their political donations. >> suarez: special correspondent john tulenko visits a middle

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on today's congressional hearing, where republicans renewed charges of a cover-up and democrats said the issue was being politicized. >> brown: then, we update the remarkable story of three cleveland women freed after being held captive for more than a decade. >> suarez: paul solman talks with the new treasury secretary, jaclew out jobs finanal

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the suspicious packages that contained threats of gun violence and possibly the deadly poison ricin. >> brown: then, we take a closer look at james comey, a former top justice department official in the bush administration, widely reported to be president obama's pick to head the f.b.i. >> wdr

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: we get latest on the massive twister that first touched down near oklahoma city, from the national weather service in norman, oklahoma. >> brown: then, a pitched battle for a key syrian city raged on for a second day. we update the bloody civil war, as fighters from lebanon's militant group hezbollah take up arms topo

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we follow up with a closer look at the i.r.s.'s independence and new developments on the story. >> ifill: then, margaret warner reports on more troubling allegations of sexual assaults in the military, as leaders charged with protecting victims are accused of abuse.

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we examine the politics and the sticking points over border security and more. >> woodruff: then, two takes on the story of the ohio women kept captive for a decade. ray suarez gets the latest on the arraignment of the suspect and looks at the road ahead for the victims. >> brown: we return to

i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we examine the allegations the agency singled out groups with the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their names. >> brown: then we get the latest on the trial of the philadelphia abortion doctor found guilty on three counts of first-degree murder. >> woodruff: we talk to marcia coyle about today's unanimous supreme court decision, upholding monsanto's patent on soybean seeds.

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. n the "newshour" tonight, we excerpt the president's foreign policy address and get reaction to his proposals about the use of drones, the guantanamo bay prison and more. >> brown: then, we turn to an attack authorities in britain have called terrorism, the brutal murder of a soldier in london. >> woodruff: hari sreenivasan reports on the road to recovery in oklahoma, as the town of moore buried its first victim, a nine-year-old girl and tackled the massive clean-up after monday's tornado. >> the massive cleanup after monday's tornado. >>

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on today's congressional hearing, where republicans renewed charges of a cover-up and democrats said the issue was being politicized. >> brown: then, we update the remarkable story of three cleveland women freed after being held captive for more than a decade. >> suarez: paul solman talks with the new treasury secretary, jack lew about jobs financial reform and the partisan divide over automatic federal spending cuts. >> the thing that i find truly amazing is that there are members of congress who are calling the sequester a success.

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. n the "newshour" tonight, we excerpt the president's foreign policy address and get reaction to his proposals about the use of drones, the guantanamo bay prison and more. >> brown: then, we turn to an attack authorities in britain have called terrorism, the brutal murder of a soldier in london. >> woodruff: hari sreenivasan reports on the road to recovery in oklahoma, as the town of moore buried its first victim, a nine-year-old girl and tackled the massive clean-up after monday's tornado. >> the massive cleanup after monday's tornado. >> we got in here as quick as we could, and when we were in here there were jackhammers going and cutting torches and trying to take bits and pieces away at a time. >> brown: in the second in our series on immigration reform, ray suarez looks at the debate over allowing more high-skilled foreigners to work in the u.s. >> woodruff: and with sexual assaults in the military on the rise, kwame holman explores ways to prevent and prosecute the crimes. >> we a

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the devastation caused by the twister that claimed more than two dozen lives and injured more than 200. >> ifill: then, judy woodruff reports on a senate panel grilling two former i.r.s. commissioner on how the agency targeted conservative groups. >> brown: we examine charges the justice department overreached its authority by tracking reporters to crack down on leaks. >> ifill: apple's c.e.o. faced blistering questions on capitol hill today. margaret warner looks at whether the tech giant used offshore companies to skirt paying

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown.n the newshour tonight, we analyze the better-than-expected numbers and what they say about the state of the economy. >> woodruff: the c.d.c. reports more people in the u.s. die from suicide than car accidents. ray suarez looks at this worrisome rise in rates, particularly among baby boomers. >> brown: paul solman reports on the plight of older workers struggling to find employment even as the job numbers improve. >> i have 30 years of experience

jeffrey brown has our update. >> brown: the central battleground in the debate over abortion rights has shifted in recent years to the states. in just the past two months five states alabama, arkansas, kansas, north dakota and verge why-- virginia have approved more stringent restrictions in abortion. in north dakota the new law prohibit as bortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected, could be soon as-- as soon as 6 weeks. >> north dakota leaves in the life of the unborn child and believes heartbeat is life. >> undermining the standards set out in the supreme court 1973 ruling in "roe versus wade". that decision gave women the right to an abortion until the fetus is viable outside the womb, about 24 weeks it into pregnancy. speaking last friday at a planned parenthood conference, president obama took aim at measures designed to limit abortion rights. he told the crowd such policies would, quote, roll back basic rights when it comes to women's health. >> when you read about some of these laws, you want to check the calendar. you want to make sure you are still living in 2013. 40 yea

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. the "newshour" tonight, we examine the state of u.s.-mexico relations as mr. obama meets with mexican president enrique pena nieto. >> brown: then, we look at the fight over access to the morning after pill. a federal judge had ruled it should be available over-the- counter to women and girls of all ages. but the obama administration is now appealing that decision. >> woodruff: ray suar r

i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. the newshour tonight, we examine the growing scandal, a problem president obama said he wouldn't tolerate. >> brown: then, as south korea's new leader visits the white house, we assess continuing tensions on the korean peninsula. >> suarez: spencer michels visits san francisco's

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we follow up with a closer look at the i.r.s.'s independence and new developments on the story. >> ifill: then, margaret warner reports on more troubling allegations of sexual assaults in the military, as leaders charged with protecting victims are accused of abuse. >> brown: spencer michels has the story of a push by the san francisco police to increase the use of surveillance cameras in the city in the wake of the boston bombings. >> everybody likes video, juries like video, investigors like video, prosecutors like video, and i think, looking at the boston marathon, they made that case off of video. >> ifill: judy woodruff examines a new $100 million push to help a hundred cities weather disasters, both natural and man-made. >> so much of climate change that's already occurred is leading to these huge shocks, huge storms, wind, hurricanes, and cities are going to have to adapt to that. >> brown: and we close with the angelina effect: why women choose surge

. > own: i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we examine the report from federal reserve economists finding the average household has regained less than half its wealth since 2007. >> woodruff: then we debate what's to be done about student loans as president obama pressed congress again today to prevent a doubling of some key interest rates july 1. >> brown: we get two stories on syria's civil war and its impact on the wider middle east. margaret warner is on

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we start with the i.r.s.nder fire, with a criminal investigation now under way after reports its audits of tea party and other groups extended to officials in washington.

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we follow up with a closer look at the i.r.s.'s independence and new developments on the story. >> ifill: then, margaret warner reports on more troubling allegations of sexual assaults in the military, as leaders charged with protecting victims are accused of abuse. >> brown: spencer michels has the story of a push by the san francisco police to increase the use of surveillance cameras in the city in the wake of the boston bombings. >> everybody likes video, juries

. >> woodruff: then, jeffrey brown reports on the first suspected u.s. drone strike since president obama laid out new guidelines for such attacks, this one killing a top leader of the pakistani taliban. >> ifill: a new survey finds mothers with children at home are now the top breadwinners in four out of ten american families. we look at what's driving the trend. >> woodruff: miles o'brien has the story oa

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we start with the i.r.s. under fire, with a criminal investigation now under way after reports its audits of tea party and other groups extended to officials in washington. >> woodruff: and we examine the clash between the first amendment and leaked classified information, after the government secretly obtained phone logs of the associated press. >> brown: then, fred de sam lazaro reports on a new approach to educate and engage millions of india's poorest students.

i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. e newshour tonight, we examine the growing scandal, a problem president obama said he wouldn't tolerate. >> brown: then, as south korea's new leader visits the white house, we assess continuing tensions on the korean peninsula. >> suarez: spencer michels visits san francisco's exploratorium, a science and technology center with a hands- on approach that peaks the imaginations of children and adults alike. >> we know we have a good ex

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we examine the state of u.s.-mexico relations as mr. obama meets with mexican president enrique pena nieto. >> brown: then, we look at the fight over access to the morning after pill. a federal judge had ruled it should be available over-the- counter to women and girls of all ages. but the obama administration is now appealing that decision. >> woodruff: ray suarez reports on iraq's bloody april with bombs and other attacks killing more than 700 people, raising fears of a sectarian civil war. >> brown: we talk to google's eric schmidt and jared cohen about the intersection of technology and democracy and the promise and pitfalls of the new digital age. >> privacy becomes more important in this new interconnected world because we need privacy, we all-- everyone wants it and i think you're going to have to fight for it. >> woodruff: and we close with a surprising archeological find in jamestown that tells a bleak story of the early colonists' struggle with star

i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we examine the allegations the agency singled out groups with the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their names. >> brown: then we get the latest on the trial of the philadelphia abortion doctor found guilty on three counts of first-degree murder. >> woodruff: we talk to marcia coyle about today's unanimous supreme court decision, upholding monsanto's patent on soybean seeds. >> brown: margaret warner updates the winners and losers in saturday's election in pakistan, marred by violence and allegations of vote rigging. >> woodruff: hari sreenivasan has the story of the genocide conviction of former guatemalan dictator ephraim rios montt, as seen from inside the courtroom last week. when the verdict was read, total chaos broke out. there was a swarm of cameramen who just encircled the defense team looking for that shot of the century. >> brown: and we close wh the vces of african-american poets, compiled in a new anthology of contemporary verse. >> the purpose wa

i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we explore the options on the table for the u.s., amid growing calls for international intervention in syria. >> brown: then, as the u.s. government weighs new regulation, we debate whether publicly traded companies should have to disclose their political donations. >> suarez: special correspondent john tulenko visits a middle school in maine where students are trading in their notebooks and pencils for robots and wind turbines.

i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we explore the options on the table for the u.s., amid growing calls for international intervention in syria. >> brown: then, as the u.s. government weighs new regulation, we debate whether publicly traded companies should have to disclose their political donations. >> suarez: special correspondent john tulenko visits a middle school in maine where students are trading in their notebooks and pencils for robots and wind turbines. >> brown: we turn again to the subject of guns in america, as a texas man proves technology has made it possible to easily make your own pistol at home. >> anyone can create it in the privacy of their garage with a couple of clicks and some software and a download from the internet. anywhere there's a computer and an internet connection, there's a promise of a gun. >> suarez: and we close with a report on poland's embrace of fracking, despite concerns from some residents about land rights and the environment. >> brown: that's all ahead

good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we talk with the white house communications director, jennifer palmieri about what the administration is doing to weather the political uproar. >> brown: and we get two takes on the president's management of the i.r.s. revelations and more and how all this might affect his broader second-term agenda. >> woodruff: then, with syria high on the agenda for mr. obama's meetingoday with turkey's prime minier. margaret warner has our update on the conflict and renewed efforts to put an end to the bloodshed. >> brown: ray suarez explores how demographic shifts and biblical ideas of helping others are changing the ways evangelical christians view the immigration debate. >> i think this is a moral issue. i do think if you welcome the stranger and treat him as you would treat jesus, it throws things into a whole different light and messes up your politics. >> woodruff: and we close with the story of a scientific first, as researchers announced they cloned a baby's genes