i'm jim lehrer. the 2010 campaign is in the homestretch with just six days until election day. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we zero in on two tipping-point in colorado, where a democratic incumbent is endangered, and in illinois, where president obama's old seat is up for grabs. >> lehrer: and historians beverly gage and richard norton smith give us a history lesson on the importance of mid-term elections. >> ifill: then, from pakistan, special correspondent saima mohsin reports on the plight of pregnant women and newborn infants after the floods.

i'm jim lehrer. the rescue operation in chile for 33 trapped miners is under way. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest from the san jose mine. >> lehrer: then, marcia coyle takes us through today's supreme court arguments about whether vaccine makers can be sued. >> woodruff: special correspondent jeffrey kaye reports from pakistan on the challenges getting american aid to desperate flood victims. >> if we can get money and support to these communities, then the markets will come back and the whole economy will come back up. >> lehrer: we talk to juliet eilperin of the "washington post" about the administration's decision to lift the deep water drilling moratorium. >> woodruff: ray suarez has a closer look at religious literacy in america. >> i do believe that you fear that which you do not know. you fear islam when you don't islam. you fear christianity when you don't know christianity. >> lehrer: and jeffrey brown talks to author jonathan franzen about his n

that was the year robert macneil and jim lehrer first appeared on pbs. they called it the mcneil-lehrer report. television news had never seen anything like it. no anchor desk happy talk. no eight second sound bites. no in-depth coverage that lasted 1:20. instead, they gave us expanded speeches and news conferences. interviews and field reports of 10-12 minutes. they covered afghan at -- iraq and afghanistan. they gave us an hour of no shalt stability. as they got better and better, they began to hear from their critics. to prove establishment, they said. to balanced, they said. too polite, they said. too white, they said. they were threatened by a financial crises by grumbling by the pbs stations. they held their ground, and with indispensable guidance, they kept pace might be linked through five reincarnations. the newest one, called the pbs newshour, debuted next year. take a look -- seven and get news posts. that is some team. the principles of journalism are intact and shall remain so. the main one being they are not in the entertainment business. th

i'm jim lehrer. the obama administration said today the government will vigilantly follow up on the foreclosure paperwork mess. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we have a newsmaker interview with the administration's point man on the response: secretary of housing and urban development shaun donovan. >> lehrer: and paul solman has the story of a non-profit financial firm reselling foreclosed homes back to their owners. >> we had to find an end game. we had to find someone to buy the property back and the obvious solution was let the former owner buy the property back. >> brown: then, a look at the dramatic and deep spending cuts announced today by the british government. >> lehrer: kwame holman reports on the stealth election battle of 2010 over drawing new congressional districts. >> reporter: next year, state legislatures will redraw congressional maps, giving the party that controls those legislature it is power to influence who gets elected to the house of representativ

i'm jim lehrer. president obama's chief of staff rahm emanuel resigned today to run for mayor of chicago. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, political editor david chalian walks us through the changes in the president's inner circle. >> lehrer: then, ray suarez looks at the varied reactions to the suicide of a student at rutgers university in new jersey. >> brown: special correspondent kira kay previews this weekend's elections in bosnia, where ethnic tensions still run high. >> lehrer: mark shields and michael gerson offer their analysis of the week's news. >> brown: and hari sreenivasan has the latest on a powerful computer virus that could be targeting nuclear facilities in iran. >>> there are lots of groups today that are now sitting planning how to make use of this kind of mechanism. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this prog

i'm jim lehrer. a foreign ministry spokesman confirmed today that iran has sent millions of dollars to the afghan government. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, two afghan watchers assess the growing rift between washington and kabul. >> lehrer: then, a campaign update with the latest on two key senate races. jim o'toole of the "pittsburgh post gazette" goes through the contest in pennsylvania. >> ifill: and joel connelly of the "seattle post intelligencer" has the sprint to the finish in washington state. >> lehrer: special correspondent kira kay reports on the fight against breast cancer in bosnia. 1992 war broke out here. the medical system crumbled along with the rest of the country. >> ifill: and a closer look at the engineering feat that saved the chilean miners. margaret warner talks to one american who helped plan the rescue. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get

i'm jim lehrer. president obama confirmed today that packages containing explosives were shipped from yemen to chicago. he said they were part of a "credible terrorist threat" to this country. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we'll have the president's full statement about the plot, plus excerpts from today's security briefings, and an update on the investigation from greg miller of "the washington post." >> lehrer: then, on this final weekend of the 2010 election campaign, special correspondent betsy stark reports on how the sour economy is affecting a close house race in michigan. >> it's ironic that this very spot in jackson, michigan, here under these oak trees, lays claim to being the birthplace of the republican party because neither party seems to have a very firm grip on voters in the seventh district. >> woodruff: and mark shields and david brooks offer their pre-election analysis. >> lehrer: plus, newshour science correspondent miles o'brien has a report on our f

i'm jim lehrer. more than one million people took to the streets across france today to protest a hike in the retirement age. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get an on-the ground report on the demonstrations, and look at what's turning into europe's biggest obstacle to economic reform. >> lehrer: then, two doctors examine the latest research on hormone therapy for post- menopausal women. >> ifill: paul solman profiles a boston nonprofit group that is helping homeowners fight foreclosures and evictions. >> they took my life savings. now they're going to take my house. you know something, i'm not going nowhere. >> lehrer: margaret warner reports on today's deadly attacks by islamic militants in russia's southern republic of chechnya. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown talks to former world bank president james wolfensohn about his memoir, "a global life." >> we will not have a stable world unless our children and their children really think globally and think in terms of a balanced l

i'm jim lehrer. the times square bomber was sentenced to life in prison today. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we talk to reporter ailsa chang of public radio station wnyc, who was in the courtroom this morning. >> lehrer: then we look at the close race for the u.s. senate in wisconsin. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown has a newsmaker interview with elizabeth warren, the new head of the consumer financial protection bureau. >> lehrer: special correspondent fred de sam lazaro reports on the dispute over water resources in the middle east. >> 98% of the historical flow of the jordan today no longer flows. we're left with this very, very sad sight. >> woodruff: science correspondent miles o'brien has the story of today's nobel prize winners for physics. they developed graphene, the thinnest yet toughest material known. >> lehrer: and we talk to philanthropist melinda gates about the push to improve job training programs at community colleges. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour

i'm jim lehrer. federal reserve chairman bernanke said today the fed may take new steps to prod the sluggish economy. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, economists alan blinder and john taylor parse the chairman's words and explore the fed's options. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner looks at the administration's afghan war strategy-- attacks on the taliban while assisting peace talks. >> brown: lindsey hilsum of independent television news hears the stories of rape victims in the democratic republic of congo. >> it's not that no one knows. there have been hundreds of reports about rape in the congo. but the congolese authorities don't seem to do anything about it. this is a lawless place >> lehrer: from florida, gwen ifill reports on the race for the state's open senate seat. >> it's a three way race in the sunshine state between a republican, a democrat and a popular incumbent governor turned independent. >> brown: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >>

i'm jim lehrer. rescuers expect to hoist the last of the trapped chilean miners to safety tonight, in what has been an astonishing successful operation. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: we recap the gripping rescue so far and get the latest from the site of the san jose mine from "washington post" reporter jonathan franklin. >> lehrer: then, newshour political editor david chalian and mark thompson of "time" magazine discuss the fallout from the ruling to strike down don't ask, don't tell. >> brown: special correspondent judy muller reports on a california ballot proposition that would legalize the use and cultivation of marijuana. >>>> reporter: growers would have to start paying taxes on their crops, which is why not everyone in humboldt favors legalization. >> lehrer: margaret warner talks to marcia coyle about today's supreme court arguments on a death row inmate's right to new dna testing. >> brown: and, judy woodruff has a conversation with former justice sandra day o

they did not know who jim lehrer was. the quality is being buried under a lot of fluff. >> we covered newspapers and broadcast journalism. lisa frazier, you are testing a new model, the bay citizen, formally known as the bay area news project. you are a nonprofit startup. what is your annual budget, is it enough to provide coverage, comparable to the chronicle? >> i think the challenge we all have is that this is a difficult problem. no one organization can go forward on their own. it is irrelevant when our budget is -- in five years, we hope it is $12 million. our aspirations is to have 15 journalism editors contest by the end of the year to help fill the gap that we, as a community, are all feeling. the fundamentals for around our model are non-profit, but there are a number of elements that are important that we are passionate about. first and foremost is the collaboration element. i just talked about why we feel we cannot do this on our own. there are so many great media organizations, that coming together to represen