i'm jim lehrer. the protests escalated in egypt today as thousands of anti- government demonstrators clashed with police. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the violent uprising from correspondents on the ground in cairo. >> lehrer: and we assess the options for the protesters, the egyptian government, and the obama administration. >> woodruff: plus, jeffrey brown gets the story behind the story of the relationship between wikileaks leader julian assange and "the new york times" from "times" editor bill keller. >> i have labeled him an

i'm jim lehrer. president obama said violence was not the answer to anti- government tensions in egypt. and he called on president hosni mubarak to move ahead on political reform. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight in a newsmaker interview, we ask vice president joe biden about the uprising in egypt, plus we talk to him about the president's state of the union message and the 2012 campaign. >> lehrer: then, we take a broader look at options for the u.s. as political unrest spreads in the arab world. >> brown: plus, as a commission investigating what caused the financial collapse issues a divided report. judy woodruff talks to chairman phil angelides and republican member douglas holtz-eakin. >> 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 serious. >> i think... >> we need renewable energy. >> ...renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? w

i'm jim lehrer. violent anti-government protests pushed the tunisian president from office after 23 years of rule. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the north african country after a state of emergency was declared and the prime minister assumed power. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner previews her upcoming reports from korea, as secretary of state clinton urges china to enforce u.n. sanctions against north korea. >> brown: we continue our series of reports from haiti. tonight, the struggle to contain an outbreak of cholera. >> this is terrifying. you've got salts, afeces and not much municipal water service, this is an area where we would expect to see dangerous levels of transmissi >> lehrer: tom bearden, in tucson, reports on how the shooting survivors are coping, including staff members of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. >> nearly a week after the shooting representative gifford's constituents are still coming by her office to show their support. >>

i'm jim lehrer. republican leaders vow to cut spending on the eve of the start of the new congress. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get a reality check from two federal budget watchers on what's politically viable and what's not. >> lehrer: then senators lamar alexander and tom udall debate changing the senate's filibuster system. >> ifill: lindsey hilsum of independent television news reports on the continuing deadlock in ivory coast after a disputed presidential election. >> lehrer: ray suarez interviews the dallas county district attorney about a convicted texas man cleared by d.n.a. testing after spending 30 years in prison. >> ifill: plus jeffrey brown talks to writer kwame dawes about his video poems capturing the aftermath of haiti's earthquake. >> the faces of mothers, of motrs, their cek bones gleaming against taught skin, their eyes glazed with the scarring of so much loss. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has be

i'm jim lehrer. president obama flew to tucson today to meet with families of the victims of saturday's mass shooting and to speak to the nation at an evening memorial service. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the tragedy, the investigation, and the medical status of the injured as congress paid tribute to the victims in washington today. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff talks to congressmen john larson of connecticut and jason chaffetz of utah about congressional security. >> ifill: we look at how a community and a nation can come together in the aftermath of tragedy. >> most of the people we talked to here at the hospital where rep giffords is recovering are looking forward to the presidents speech tonight. they hope he can help heal the community. >> lehrer: michael beschloss and ellen fitzpatrick provide some historical perspective on the president's role as national consoler. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour

i'm jim lehrer. chinese president hu called for closer cooperation with the united states and working together toward a global economic recovery. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we assess the prospects for partnership and the economic tensions that divide the two superpowers. >> lehrer: then, from seoul, margaret warner gets south korean perspective on the recent hostilities on the korean peninsula. >> reporter: south koreans are still reeling from last year's aggression by the north. we explore their reaction and what it means for their nation going forward. >> woodruff: lindsey hilsum of "independent television news" talks to a group of students in beijing about how they view themselves and how the world sees china. >> lehrer: we interview oklahoma city mayor mick cornett and charlotte mayor anthony foxx about their budget troubles and their meeting with president obama today. >> woodruff: and we close with an excerpt from john f. kennedy's inaugural address 50 years

i'm jim lehrer. president obama reached out to the business community again today and chose general electric c.e.o. jeffrey immelt to head a new jobs council. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at the frayed relations between corporate america and the administration, and assess the president's moves to change the tone. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff talks to two doctors about the road to recovery for brain injury patients like arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. >> brown: margaret warner files the last of her reports from south korea. tonight-- a look at the country's pressure-packed education system. >> i have to go to school in the morning like 6:20 and school ended up around midnight. so it was-- stressed out. and mark sh >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small busi

i'm jim lehrer. the news on unemployment today delivered a two-part message about the economy-- the nation's jobless rate fell to its lowest level in 19 months, but employers hired fewer new workers than expected. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we talk to two people who follow the job market about what the latest numbers say about the recovery. >> lehrer: then, fred de sam lazaro reports on a town in south sudan preparing for next week's vote on independence. >> woodruff: ray suarez profiles one of the new members of the republican majority in the house, ohio's jim renacci. >> it was easy for me to step up to the plate. i'm concerned for mire children and grandchildren, can't keep spending ourselves into the debt situation we have right now. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: from port-au- prince, jeffrey brown previews his coming stories about haiti, one year after the massive earthquake. >> thing-- from the minute you get out

i'm jim lehrer. pentagon officials targeted $78 billion worth of new spending changes, including future reductions in troops and weapons programs. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we have a newsmaker interview with defense secretary robert gates about his spending announcement among other things. >> lehrer: then, we look at day two of the new congress, which included a first-ever reading of the constitution on the house floor. >> we the people of the united states. >> the congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes. >> the president shall be commander in chief. >> judicial power of the united states shall be vested in one supreme court. >> woodruff: and we interview the new chairman of the house ways and means committee, dave camp about spending, taxes and health care reform. >> lehrer: fred de sam lazaro reports from pakistan on communities still under water five months after the epic floods. >> by official estimates, half a million people are still in tent c

i'm jim lehrer. the 112th congress convened today with republicans in charge of the house. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, ray suarez reports on the day of ceremony as john boehner was elected speaker and new members were sworn in. plus, norman ornstein and michael beschloss preview the congressional battles ahead. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff talks with "newshour" political editor david chalian about the shakeup of the white house staff. >> ifill: miles o'brien looks at how growing up in the digital age affects adolescent brains. >> we're going to be dependent on technology, let's be honest here. it's definitely going to wire my brain differently than it, then how your brain was wired growing up. >> lehrer: we examine the political turmoil in pakistan after the assassination of an important provincial governor. >> ifill: and we profile minnesota photographer and storyteller alec soth. >> yeah, where there are 500,000 pictures of things uploaded on facebook. being a photogr

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

i'm jim lehrer. the suspect charged with attempted assassination of arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords appeared in court today. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, tom bearden in tucson begins our coverage of the rampage that left six dead and 14 wounded on saturday. >> lehrer: then, we get the latest from tucson mayor bob walkup. >> ifill: we look at the heated political rhetoric some have blamed for the tragedy with mark shields, david brooks, beverly gage, and kathleen hall jamieson. >> lehrer: and judy woodruff gets a medical update on giffords' condition from trauma surgeon peter rhee. >> ifill: plus fred de sam lazaro reports on the mood of jubilation in south sudan as the vote for independence gets under way. >> people have never experienced anything like this before in their history. there is great exuberance and unmitigated joy everywhere you go. >> lehrer: and we'll have the other news of the day at the end of the program tonight. that's all ahead on the newshour. m