i'm jim lehrer. president obama took responsibility for the systemic failures that allowed a terror suspect to board a plane with an explosive. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight: analysis of the president's statement on the high-level review of security lapses, from two members of congress and two counter-terrorism experts.

i'm jim lehrer. unimaginable death and destruction in haiti. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, the death toll could be as high as 50,000 with a further three million people injured or homeless. >> lehrer: we'll talk with former president clinton-- the u.n. special envoy to haiti-- about the catastrophe that came just as haiti seemed to have turned an economic corner. >> woodruff: plus, we get first hand accounts of the relief situation on the ground. >> lehrer: and some perspective on the global humanitarian effort from the president of care, helene gayle. >> woodruff: then, president obama's new plan to tax big banks to reimburse taxpayers for the federal bailout. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: ♪ we see beyond cars. >> this is the engine that bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and wi

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i'm jim lehrer. the devastating earthqke claims thousan of lives in haiti. >> ifill: i'm gwen ifi. on the nshour tonight, schools, hospitalsnd government buiings have collapsed. we get the latest on t crisis in port-au-prince. >> lehrer: intnational groups e scrambling to send emergen help margaret warner report >> ifill: then, an intview with rajiv shah, the administration offial charged withoordinating the u.s. lief effort. >> lehrer: then, t investigation to the causes of the financiacrisis. kwame hoan covers day one of e hearings. >> ill: and jeffrey brown looks atyber-attacks and censorship--oogle's threat to pull out of ina. >> lehrer: that's all ead on tonight'"pbs newshour." jor funding for the pbs newshour iprovided by: >> what e world needs now is energy. the energy to get the onomy humming again. the energy to tackle challges ke climate chang what if that energy me from an energy company? ery day, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ids-- seeking, teaching, buiing. fueling owth around the world to move us all ahead this is the por of human energy chevron. >> bnsf ra

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i'm jim lehrer. the obama administration considers taxing big banks to recoup some of the federal rescue money. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, judy woodruff gets two views on what should be done to hold financial institutions accountable. >> lehrer: then, the state of state budgets. we hear from six pbs correspondents around the country. >> brown: three auto-related stories: a report from detroit, where manufacturers hope their new models will lure back customers after a very rough year. >> this is a second chance, and i'm personally grateful for this. i know all the employees at gm are grateful for the opportunity. we will not disappoint. >> lehrer: gwen ifill looks at automakers expanding into new markets, including china, now the world's largest. >> brown: and a conversation with a one-time auto worker, who became a pulitzer prize-winning poet. >> lehrer: plus, a look at sports and drugs, after home run king mark mcgwire admitted using steroids. that's all ahead on tonig

i'm jim lehrer. the struggle for surval sends ousands of haitians into the countryside. >> brown: and i'm jeffrebrown. the haitian government begs work osetting up camps outside port-au-prince for 4,000 ople. >> lehrer: we gereports from jay newton small of "time" magazine iport-au-prince, and our own ray suar on the border with the dominican repubc. >> i visited aospital in e border town, jammed with patientsho streamed over the border frohaiti seeking eatment for injuries sustained ithe earthquake ten dayago. >> brown: then, theconomic and political fallout fr some stunningvents this week. dy woodruff takes a look wit vid wessel of "the wall stre journa. >> lehrer:ark shields and vid brooks offer their analysis. >> brown: and a look at o controls the internet the u.s. challges china on its censorship policies. >> couries that restrict fr access to information or violate the bic rights of internet users risk they will sels off from the progress of the xt century. >> lehr: that's all ahead... on tonig

i'm jim lehrer. a senior haitian official said today the death toll in haiti may be as high as 140,000. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: three days after the devastating earthquake, delivery of much needed international aid remains difficult because of a severely damaged seaport and a congested airport. >> lehrer: we'll look at conditions on the ground, including a security assessment from the united nations undersecretary for peacekeeping operations. >> woodruff: plus, we'll hear from the haitian ambassador to the united states. >> woodruff: then, a look at the surprisingly hot campaign in massachusetts for ted kennedy's senate seat. >> lehrer: and, the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: and we'll close with the voices and see the faces of the desperate people of haiti. that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again

. >> jim lehrer, what are you reading? >> i'm just now finishing dan brown's, the last demo, which i have been reading by listening to it on cd in the car. and in terms of the book i am reading, it's actually holding in

i'm jim lehrer. the struggle for survival sends thousands of haitians into the countryside. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. the haitian government begins work on setting up camps outside port-au-prince for 400,000 people. >> lehrer: we get reports from jay newton small of "time" magazine in port-au-prince, and our own ray suarez on the border with the dominican republic. >> i visited a hospital in the border town, jammed with patients who streamed over the border from haiti seeking treatment for injuries sustained in the earthquake ten days ago. >> brown: then, the economic and political fallout from some stunning events this week. judy woodruff takes a look with david wessel of "the wall street journal". >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks offer their analysis. >> brown: and a look at who controls the internet as the u.s. challenges china on its censorship policies. >> countries that restrict free access to information or violate the basic rights of internet users risk-- they will selves off fr

i'm jim lehrer. president obama took responsibilityor the systemic ilures that allowed a terror suspecto board a plane with an explosiv >> brown: and i'jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight: analysis of thpresident's stement on the high-level review of security lapse from twmembers of congress and two counteterrorism experts. >> lehre then, ray suarez updates the h1n1 flu pdemic and the vaccine campaign this see -- flu season nerally lasts until may and although flu is way do, we don't kw what the future will hold. >> bro: we look at violence in professial sports after basketball player gilbert aras is suspended for bringing ns into the lockeroom. >> lrer: and gwen ifill talks to biogrher joan biskupic about supreme court stice anton scalia. >> hsays i read text, i read the conitutional, i'm an originast, i do not let my religus views come in. and i don't t any other personaliews come in. >> lehrer: that's all ahead tonight's pbs nehour. major funding for e pbs newshour is providedy: >> what makes u

you can't get started until you have security. >> lehrer: gentlemen, thank you both very much. >> thank you, jim. >> thank you. >> ifill: and still to come on the newshour: the race for federal education dollars; and a look back at year one for president obama. >> lehrer: that follows the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: the stakes were high today in a special u.s. senate election in massachusetts. the seat was held by democrat edward kennedy for 47 years, until he died last august. republican scott brown faced democrat martha coakley. he vowed to deny democrats the 60th vote they need to pass health care reform. the candidates voted this morning, as a light snow fell across much of the state. but election officials said turnout appeared to be strong. democratic leaders insisted today their push to pass health care reform will stay on course, regardless. the election in massachusetts sent wall street sharply higher. it was driven by speculation that the outcome will undercut health care reform. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 115 p

. >> jim lehrer, what are you reading? >> well, i'm just now finishing dan brown's "the last symbol, " which i have been reading while listening to it's on cd in the car. in terms of the book i am reading it is actually hold it in my hand is a book about running, and the title is what i think about when i'm running." i'm not a runner, but it is what went through his mind and all of that. that's where i am. >> i fully expected to hear some public policy title from you. >> i read that public policy stuff, but that is where my job. i do that's on company time. no, all of that is very important to i read for a living. on my own time i read for joy. >> jim lehrer of the "news hour." >> "after words" with peniel joseph and kevin merida continued. >> host: welcome back to book tv's "after words". we are talking with professor peniel joseph. and a very interesting book, which i rmend. "dark days, bright nights: from black power to barack obama." it's a great piece of work, and congratulations to you. >> guest: thank you. >> host:

i'm jim lehrer. a sharp drop in the number of americans in the work force. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the unemployment rate remained at 10%. jeffrey brown gets context on the numbers from david leonhardt of "the new york times." >> lehrer: then, the bombing suspect makes his first appearance in federal court. ray suarez talks to paul egan of "the detroit news." >> woodruff: we look at the state of u.s. intelligence after the botched attempt to blow up an airliner. >> we find those and put them together. much easier to -- >> lehrer: paul solman reports on why small businesses aren't increasing their hiring. >> woodruff: plus, the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> lehrer: more americans losing jobs, and even more giving up hope of finding them. that was the gist of december's unemployment report. jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the labor

i'm jim lehrer. reaction to president obama's state of the union address. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, it's all about jobs, the president said, as he announced new funding for high-speed rail projects. >> lehrer: we'll discuss last night's speech with michael beschloss, cynthia tucker, reihan salam and john harris. >> woodruff: then, a dramatic story of rescue in haiti, where a teenage girl survived more than two weeks in the rubble. >> lehrer: and an interview with rene preval, the president of haiti. ray suarez talked to him in port-au-prince today. station that now serves as his government's headquarters, haitian leader said the solutions to his country's problems lie within haiti, and haitians must solve them. >> woodruff: kwame holman looks at the fallout from toyota's move to halt sales and production of some top-selling cars and trucks. >> i do think that what you're seeing now is toyota being a victim of its own success. >> lehrer: and, we wonder about j.d. s

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i'm jim lehrer. the u.s. supreme court overturns decades of limits on corporate campaign contributions. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, marcia coyle of "the national law journal" tells us what happened inside the court. and we get analysis of a decision the obama administration called a victory for special interests. >> lehrer: the president also moved today to restrict risk- taking by one group in particular-- big banks. a wall street reaction followed- - a tumble of more than 200 points on the dow jones industrial average. >> woodruff: we'll have back to back interviews with treasury secretary timothy geithner and a leading republican congressman scott garrett. >> lehrer: then, more aid arrives in haiti by ship and by air. some shops re-open even as thousands still live on the streets. >> reporter: are you going to try to stay here, or are you going to try to move somewhere? >> well, moving somewhere... the big question mark is where. because, actually, no where in port-au-pri

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but for now, bk to jim. lehrer: and still to come o the newshour, the carsf the future, and who will buyhem; an auto rker turned poet; and the tainted records of srts stars. >> brown: that follows our lk at budget woes in states aoss the country, as legislats return to work and fe even gger deficits and tough decisions in 2010. the center obudget and policy iorities, a non-partisan grp, projects potential shortfalls of $350illion tionwide over the next two yes, with every state except montana and nortdakota facing fiscal trouble. we te our own snapshot now with theelp of pbs corresponden in new york, colorado, uisiana, oklahoma, idaho, and califora: julie >> reporter: snow isn'the only thing ping up here. sos the state deficit. the forecast? a current year bget gap of $500 million is excted to growo $9 billion by the end of the next scal year. the result of years of overspending and one-time fixes. mocratic governor david patterson, considerea lame duck by some polital obseers, is having trouble geing the state leg

i'm jim lehrer. the president took his "let's work together" message directly to the republicans today. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we'll have extended coverage of today's extraordinary meeting between the president and house republicans. >> the discussion that all of you just witnessed is a first. it was the kind of discussion that, frankly, we need to have more of. >> woodruff: and get the analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: then, the debate over where to hold trials of 9/11 suspects. margaret warner reports. >> after a storm of protests, the white house has asked the justice department to scout out locations other than new york city to try 9/11 mastermind challid sheikh mohammed. >> woodruff: and in haiti, ray suarez looks at the prospects for a commercial revival there. >> lehrer: that's all ahead... on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: chevron. this is the power of human energy. grant thornton. the william an

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i'm jim lehrer. president obams first state of the union address. >> ifill: and i'm en ifill. the "newshour" tonight, we' get a preview fr white house advisor david axelrod. and alysis from mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: toya halts sales and production of some leadi models--udy woodruff reports. >> ifill: then, laakers had tough questions today fo treasury secretary timothy ithner and his predecessor henry paulson about the bailt for inrance giant i.g. kwamholman covers today's congreional hearing. >>hy shouldn't we ask for your regnation as secretary of the treary? >> that is yr right, that is ur right to that opinion. >> lehre a paul solman take on e federal reserve, as the fe held ierest rates at a record low th a little country music help. >> ♪ the fed is printing trillions now, but will thei ♪ eorts work? >> ill: and maaret warner talks ray suarez in haiti, where hundredsf thousands of pele are still in need of food and shelter. >> lehre that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshr." major fundinfor the pbs newshour is providedy: >> what the world eds now is energy

captioning spoored by macneil/lehrer proctions >> lrer: good evening, i'm jim lehrer. president obama talkabout thwarting future terroattacks >> woodruf and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour night, we'll talk to denimcdonough, chief of sff for the national security council, d get reaction tthe president's proposals. >> lehrer: then, the sained u.s. jdan relationship, after a jordanian dole agent killed seven cia emplees and himself at a base in afghanian. >> woodruff: jeffreyrown looks at a treasurtrove of national geographic images fromround the world,ever seen before by the public. >> i didn't ow if i had the piureç at all, but i was gog to do everything i possibly cld, within reason. wiout being eaten. to try to gethatÑi photograph. >> lehrer: and we ta the pulse of theation's economy at the start of the new year. that's all ahead, ononight's pbs newshour. major fundg for the pbs newshour is prided by: >> this is the eine that connectsbundant grain from the americ heartland to haran's best selling whole wat, while keepin60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosp

i'm jim lehrer. a sharp drop in thnumber of americans in t work force. >> woodrf: and i'm judy woodruff. the newshour tonight, the employment rate remained at 10%. jerey brown gets context on the numbers from dav leonhardt of "e new york times." >> lehrer:hen, the bombing spect makes his first appearan in federal court. ray suarez talks to paul egaof "the droit news." >> woodruf we look at the state of u.s. intelligencefter the botched attempt blow up an airliner. >> we fi those and put them together. much easier to -- >> lehr: paul solman reports on why small business aren't increasing their hing. >> woodruff: plus, theeekly analysis omark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: that's all ead on tonight's "pbs newshr." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided b >> lehrer: more americs losing jobs, and even more ging up hope of findg them. that was the gist of decembes unemoyment report. jeffrebrown has the story. >> brown: e labor department numbertoday fell well short of hos in some quarters th

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she's been for quite a while the on-air analysts on health issues and "the newshour with jim lehrer"er on pbs. and she's formally the chief economics correspondent and economic columnist for "u.s. news and world report." and she's been a senior writer covering business for newsweek. and for work on television, included appearances as a regular analysts. and commentator on cnn and the mclaughlin group. sheefs a niemen fellow at harvard university and if i read to you all of the accolades and prizes she has won for her terrific work, we won't have a planry here this morning. so we're delighted to have sunser denser here this morning. seated on my far right, he's normally not on my far right. is jonathan kohn. and jonathan is the senior editor at the new republic. and he's a contributing editor for american prospect, where he serve served previously as executive editor. and he has been a media fellow with the kaiser family foundation. he's written for numerous publications, the "new york times" and "the washington post" and newsweek and mother jones and rolling stone and slate. and he's t

it was a story on the jim lehrer show. it was such a hopeful story.ning factories. the next day, this happens. it is not easy. we know there is a long way to go. i think if we are smart about how we choose to interact with them and we have the right set of expectations, i think this can be done. i do not have any comment on that. >> i am wondering if you have an update on accounting for americans. are you troubled by the fact that the embassy have not heard from a lot of americans? >> i am troubled. communication is still very difficult. we are encouraged by those with whom we have made contact and the hundreds of hundreds that we have evacuated at their request. we are working feverishly to track down as many as we can. thankfully, a lot of people have called in with information. we would not know, as i was looking at the records of this, a friend called a friend who called another friend and contacted us. a young woman was down there on a missionary medical trip. she was staying in a hotel and no one had heard from her. we take every piece of inform