newshour tonight, we talk about job creation and politics with two senators-- wyoming republican john barrasso and maryland democrat ben cardin. >> brown: then, from cairo, margaret warner profiles three young activists trying to build a democratic egypt after the spring uprising. >> suarez: we listen in, along with historian michael beschloss, to some remarkably candid conversations with former first lady jacqueline kennedy. >> brown: we have the tale of a marine whose death-defying rescue mission in afghanistan led to a medal of honor awarded at the white house today. >> you did your duty above and beyond, and you kept faith with the highest traditions of the marine corps that you love. because of your honor, 36 men are alive today; because of your courage, four fallen american heroes came home. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies have changed my country. >> oil companies can make a difference. >> we have the chance to build the economy. >> create jobs, keep people healthy and improve schools. >> ... and

senator john barrasso, republican from wyoming, joining me live now from capitol hill. senator, good afternoon. thanks for joining me. >> thank you, craig. appreciate it. >> have you read the 155-page plan? >> still working my way through it. want to go throughed fine print and see exactly what is there. but i did see that the president wants to raise taxes on a lot of americans. 90% of this is paid for by impacting individual taxpayers. anyone making over $200,000. >> before we get to that, is there a part of the plan, or are there parts of the plan, that you believe there can be some common ground reached between the president and you and your republican colleagues? >> i'm looking for common ground. with the president, in the sense that we need to make it easier and cheaper for the private secretarier to create jobs. i agree with the president when he says we have to get these free trade agreements passed, and signed so that then we can continue and hire more people that way. i have concerns with how the president plans to pay for this. the president in his speech the

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company, the loan was fast tracked, and today during a department of energy hearing wyoming senator john barrasso had this to say. >> i don't think we should be blaming china or the markets or previous administrations. the perfect storm appears to be a fed that was, a federal policy rushed decisions and demands of a pending public relations campaign by the administration. >> reporter: the administration maintains the changing markets could have changed the fate of solyndra and, apparently, they have a lot of people supporting them because aside from the federal loan, more than a billion dollars of private investment money was also poured into this solar panel maker back in 2007, 2008. megyn: and now the fbi wants to know whether solyndra misrepresented the status of its business to us, to private investors, to whom else? we'll find out. trace, thank you. >> reporter: okay. megyn: we are keeping an eye on the daily white house press briefing where we expect a tough round of questions on the scandal. more and more news organizations are covering it. last night brian ross actually spoke to our own b

[inaudible conversations] >> also in the senate yesterday, senator john barrasso came to the floor toabout former senator malcolm wall to who died at age of 78. senator wallop represented wyoming as a republican from 1977-1995. nois is 15 minutes.ho >> i come to the floor today to honor one of our former colleagues and a dear friend. u.s. senator malcolm wallop die, yesterday, september 14, 2011,ok at his wyoming home overlookingc the majestic bighorn mountains. enduring figure in the history of wyoming and in the history of the united states. malcolm was a stalwart defender of freedom and democracy around the world, and a determined advocate for limited government and opportunity for every person. like that iconic range in northern wyoming that he loved, malcolm stood very tall. as a citizen, as a state and federal legislator, and as a loyal guardian for wyoming people and our way of life. i want to send my deepest condolences to malcolm's family back in wyoming and around the country. to i isabel, his wife, to his beloved children, malcolm, matthew, amy, and paul. to his dear sister