chef ed roehr wasted no time turning them into a delicious dish. >> jim's been a great help in us for learning what we can get in the area and how we can get those items here. well, without a connection to the food, you know, i think when you're trying to make food as close to the farm to table as possible-- we are busy, our calendar is busy all the time, and the reality of the matter is is as a chef of a place like this, i don't even have a lot of time to cook. it's almost--there's so much going on, and having somebody that you can depend on and somebody you can trust, that gives us the confidence to go out to our clients and our guests here in the cafe and say, you know, "this is what we told you it was. this is from here. and this is where it comes from." and that's a big deal. information is a big deal. >> the restaurant has an extremely busy kitchen. but to mills, who's in his sixties, it's like home from home. he knows about the stresses chefs face, since he used to be one. for 14 years, he was the head chef for randy parygary restaurants in sacramento. today, he's traded in his

>> some democrats are obviously nervous about the deficit, jim. and the argument is that the economy remain approximates the central dominant defining problem and issue, human problem in this campaign. and it appears that the government is limited in what it can do about the economy and joblessness. but they can do something about the deficit. and the deficit appears to bother independence more than it bothers democratic voters. are you not going to pick up republicans on the issue. but if is a real dilemma because if you try to do something about jobs, and a jobs program, say infrastructure where i mean we've got thousands it of bridges in this country that are affected that could be repaired, well that will run up the deficit. try and do something about the deficit, does that cut back the spending for example on unemployment benefits which become held hostage to sort of the deficit fever. so they really do play against each other as well. >> you agree with that. >> one of the things that strikes me just on the substance-- not the substance but t

i'm jim lehrer. scorching heat and humidity gripped the northeast and mid-atlantic again with temperatures topping 100 degrees. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, the record highs disrupted train travel and pushed electricity use toward record levels. we get the latest on the heat wave and on how people are coping. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff reports on the philosophical war inside the republican party. >> ifill: paul solman interviews french finance minister christine lagarde about the european debt crisis and france's moves toward economic reform. >> we want as our first priority economies to develop value and to create jobs. and this is my constant obsession. how are we going to create jobs in europe. 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 decre

jim cantore in florida tonight. jim, thanks. we want to let you know later in the broadcast something extraordinary from our kerry sanders. we'll show you his reporting from underwater today. he went looking for the spread of the oil in the so-called loop current. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >>> and the white house has announced the obama family will vacation in the gulf region in florida during a weekend in mid august. the bottom has fallen out of the tourism industry, as you may know, along the coast. some places down 90% or more even though oil has not shown up everywhere. it's believed but not confirmed that the obamas will still go on their traditional family break on martha's vineyard in massachusetts. >>> now to the fast-moving story of the past 48 hours. shirley sherrod, the government employee who was fired, then vindicated and offered a brand new job with apologies from the white house. if you were watching "today" on nbc this morning you heard her say she would love to have a conversation with president ob

he does these go much cuter boats then jim rogers you know jim rogers bow ties time slot but this is important to talk about is that he's talking about the fact that it's the federal reserve from whence all of our financial fraud exists in the world from inflation to deflation that follows the inflation to this situation where of too much debt in the system well absolutely there's the u.s. before the fed came around in one nine hundred thirty they could issue their own money and it was backed by gold and the economy did fantastically well they could issue money that was not debt every single dollar that is that so debt is also a big story in united states deficits everybody's introducing austerity measures all over the world here's a big headline deficit fraud g.o.p. senator extend the bush tax cuts for the wealthy even if they add to deficit but don't pass unemployment insurance if it impacts the budget so he was interviewed on fox news this is john kyl minority whip are you going to pay the six hundred seventy eight billion dollars just on the tax cuts for people over making more t

first, our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this massive leak provides incredible detail and insight into the u.s. war in afghanistan. day by day, battle by battle it's a tough look at the worst of the war. the staggering mountain of documents, nearly 92,000, covers a six-year stretch of the war ending last december when the u.s. war effort was failing and the taliban was on the rise. the secret documents were released by the whistleblower website wikileaks and its founder, julian assange. >> the real story of this material is that it's war. it's one damn thing after another. it is the continuous small events, the continuous deaths of children, insurgents. >> reporter: many of the documents tear the cover off pakistan's alleged secret support for the taliban. the u.s. has long complained to pakistan that its intelligence service, the isi, was working with the taliban, but today's release provides shocking and specific new details. even as pakistan accepted billions in u.s. ai

i feel like i am in class when i listen to jim. commissioner sullivan, thinking long term, echoing the conclusion of the report, is duly noted. i think we obviously have had a lot of conversations about identifying sustainable funding sources, but a subset of that, i think we need to come up with a strategy to figure out how to improve the work we need to do on this front. it is a concept that a lot of things come before this commission that are divisive. protecting our trees is not. i think if we take that sort of consensus opinion and figure out how to translate that into a policy idea, to dedicate funding for that purpose, i think we could actually take a very significant step in that direction. so i will do it to things, not remove the trap -- not remove the taxgs, and i will be thinkig about what this team how we can comeback with a strategy for augmenting our resources in this area. >> i think the good news is in the last fund, the first time, the city of san francisco was able to come before council and put $4 million in fou

i'm jim lehrer. president karzai said his government would take charge of security in afghanistan by 2014. >> 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

jim deakin is right. in the 1980's, we gave amnesty for 2.5 million people and that promise was that we secure the border. the american people do not believe us. that is why we have to secure the borders first. we can do it without the expenditure of too much money, especially compared with the cost and the human suffering of these people that are being serviced -- smuggled across and the drugs and being brought into our country and the brutality that exists. we have to secure the border first. according to michael chertoff, there are too many people in this country already that have committed crimes. if you strictly enforce the laws where employers that employee insurance illegally, there are some exceptions. there is a soldier in iraq that i knew that i met that was a green card holder. his wife's mother is in this country illegally. i am not want to deporter while she -- while he is fighting in iraq. there are cases that have to be addressed. the moral to this story is to get the border secured first.

jim, good evening. >> good evening, lester. you wouldn't know we had a storm here today, that's for sure. the sun is out here in naples and the storm pushes to the northwest. let's look at that projected path and time it forward, shall we? you can see, we get into saturday. that is when it will be over the heart of the oil spill and making its way onshore by saturday night. those will be the major impact times. in the meantime, look at these impacts, surface winds from the east-southeast will allow these seas to build, possibly ten, as high as 12 feet. we heard from thad allen today that is a good thing, helps to mix up and break up the oil. the bad news, according to the noaa forecast, the dark blue area you see surrounded by the hatch blue area where the heaviest concentrations of oil is and that means bretton sound and the chandelier islands will deal with this. about 150 miles of coastline are expected to be impacted, lester. that could be less by the time all is said and done than we had with alex. >> thanks, jim cantore.

>> larry: back with jim, mark, and robin. what did you make, jim of that little debate? >> look, we hear the tapes. you can talk about ed its. there were names removed. you hear mel gibson or some one purportedly mel gibson saying these hate-filled words. mark and i, were saying off the air, i don't know the tapes will ever come in as evidence. but we have heard them? >> larry: if they don't? >> if they don't he is damaged outside of court. there is bigger problem as side from the tape. you may have a witness from a dentist who has photographs taken the day after this alleged attack. that could be evidence. you may have a witness in the son who may have seen or heard something. that's evidence. >> the tapes are corroborating her prior allegations. that is going to make the difference between filing and not filing. >> larry: is there a crime in words? >> there is. >> larry: can i commit a crime by saying something? >> you can commit a crime with a threat so long as there is reasonable fear, injuries, hitting, alleged injuries from the past would substantiate the fear. >>

>> 20. >> ten more minutes to come. >> thank you all, jim, robin, mark.rantee they will be back. a corridor of cruelty, abused animals, many victims of dog fighting are dumped and left to die. those are the lucky ones. cnn's hero stumbled across this gruesome place and simply could not turn her back. watch. >>> the first time i ever went to the corridor, i realized there were strays everywhere. so many dogs that were starving. dogs with broken legs. and i parade and i parade that somehow i could be inspired to do something to help. i'm deborah hoffman and my calling in life is to save neglect add bused abandoned animals. this street is one of the major dumping ground. we'll find dogs that we believe are used in dog fighting. in large trash bags. >> oh, yeah. back in here. >> deborah hoffman was a person who brought to our attention the fact that the corridor of cruelty even existed. deborah is saving the animals and because of her, there are some happy endings in this situation. >> come on, cody. come on. >> this is what i am going to do rest of my life.

good to be here, jim. >> lehrer: as the... has the economic recovery taken a sudden return for the worse? >> jim, the economy is healing. it's getting stronger. i'm very confident we're going to continue to grow and continue to make progress not just repairing the damage caused by this crisis but build ago stronger economy that is going to create better opportunities for all americans. >> lehrer: it doesn't seem that way. all the current things, the stock market, jobless rates, we'll go through these specifically in a moment. there's a feeling that there might even be a double-dip recession coming. you don't feel that. >> it's important to recognize that the scars of this crisis cut very, very deep. just remember what it was like a year-and-a-half ago. you saw people across the country saw their savings fall by more than 40%. thousands of businesses were closing their doors. millions of americans lost their jobs. in january alone of 2009 the economy lost three quarters of a million jobs. we've now had six months of sustained g

jim, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. based on this new report, the army promises to fix its mental health problems and put its soldiers first, but it's got a long way to go. as a specialist in the army jennifer crane was sent off to afghanistan. >> two weeks after we landed there, we were attacked for the first time. >> reporter: the war took a heavy personal toll. once back home, she got hooked on cocaine and ended up on the streets. >> unfortunately, didn't cope with anything fairly well. >> reporter: jennifer got the necessary counseling and is back on her feet, but a devastating new report from the army today reveals that after nine years of war, thousands of soldiers never survive their own personal battles. >> we have an army that's been fully engaged for almost nine years now. i don't think that we fully understand the toll that that's taken on the forces. >> reporter: the numbers are staggering. last year, more than 1,700 soldiers attempted suicide. 160 succeeded -- the highest number in 30 years. and drug abuse

jim gilchrest is president and founder of the minuteman project. their aim to prevent illegal immigration across the southern united states border. jorge ramos is author of univision and country for all, immigrant manifesto. they're on opposite sides of the immigration issue. judge bolton granted a temporary injunction that prevents police from questioning people about their immigration status. she's also blocked a provision that would make it a crime to fail to apply for or carry alien registration papers. all for an unauthorized alien to solicit, apply for or perform work. these provisions were to go into effect less than 24 hours from now in arizona. you disagreed i guess with her decision, jim. why? >> certainly disagreed. i feel the statement she made to the american public is that the united states is no longer a nation governed by laws. the rule of law essentially is meaningless. certainly to jane and joe average america out there. and i believe there's a lot of pandering being involved here. it's coming down from the obama administration. a

i'm jim lehrer. tropical storm bonnie made landfall in south florida today, drawing closer to the gulf oil spill zone. >> 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 worldwi

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i'm jim lehrer. a complex u.s.-russia spy swap was underway late today, involving ten russian agents here and four people convicted of espionage in russia. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the action in a new york court today and look at russia's deep-cover spy program. >> lehrer: then, we talk to white house chief of staff, rahm emanuel. >> woodruff: tom bearden reports from the gulf of mexico, where scientists are turning to tiny microbes to help clean up oiled marshland. >> lehrer: margaret warner examines the pentagon's new rules for dealing with the news media. >> 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 p

even if we go back to the time when jim bunning stood out there alone and republicans got angry whenit began to turn against him politically, this had gone on for several cloture votes and offering of multiple amendments that we're not terribly relevant. it's part of a larger approach as well by republicans to kind of clog the pipes of the process so that other things don't get done. and if it turns against them politically as it did back when jim bunning did this, they'll back off. but now as david said, they're more comfortable with the deficit argument. one real question is whether the other side of that deficit argument as republicans are now ramping up to take on the tax cuts, the bush tax cuts that expire at the end of the year. and will add several trillion dollars to deficits down the road. they are opposed to ending those tax cuts which, of course, will add deeply to deficits. >> brown: we heard the president today pointing right to that. saying hey, hypocrisy. >> right. >> it was just last week we heard john kyl, the number two republican in the senate said when pressed, we

russia because obama was i think it's a mix of political opportunism and ignorance pushed together so jim de mint in a recent speech referred to russia as the soviet union half a dozen times he wasn't aware that the cold war had ended right sarah palin probably is aware of it but just doesn't care this is part of their opposition to anything that obama does on farms and he's in favor of that it's over she sees it from her house you would think so but you know her expertise notwithstanding she wants to make this a big issue she needs to make this a big issue she wants to attack obama on anything and everything and in foreign policy this is the thing that's going on now so this is the thing they've decided to start crowing about ok but sarah palin of course she makes her career out of attacking obama because she doesn't have anything of substance to really say she doesn't have really experience mitt romney here is interesting too i guess you could say he's more of a businessman than a politician but this guy many say is the front runner for twenty top to be the republican candidate so you k

thank you, jim. with you. i look forward to many years ahead of you serving this great country of ours. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair thanks the gentleman from rhode island. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. petri: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield ch time as she may consume to the genewoman from the state of washington, kathy mcmorris rodgers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs.cmorris rodgers: you truly are an inspiration to us all. i want to join in the celebrion of the 20th anniversary of the americans with disabilities act. the a.d.a., which was signed 20 years ago today, was one of the most important civ rights achievements in american history. and for me, it represents the empourment. and it represents encouragement. this landmark bill gave 50 million americans, including my sown, cole, who was born with down syndrome three years ago, the opportunity to live the american dream. through the a.d.a., cole and so many others like him were give

i'm jim lehrer. new polls today showed public confidence in president obama at an all-time low. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, a majority of americans polled said they lacked faith in the president and in the way he's handled the economy. we look at how the tide is turning and what that means for the midterm elections with newshour political editor, david chalian. >> lehrer: then, we flesh out public opinion with pbs correspondents in sacramento, california, rochester, new york, and hampton roads, virginia. >> ifill: spencer michels has the story of a california man who is fighting poverty in kenya by selling pumps to poor farmers. >> it won't break down. very lightweight. you can carry it to the field. the farmer doesn't have a screwdriver in rural africa. >> lehrer: margaret warner gets an update on cuba after the first of 52 freed political prisoners arrive in spain. >> ifill: and ray suarez has another report on haiti six months after the earthquake. >> suarez: in an inter