real hot spot tonight is again in egypt where we're joined once again tonight in cairo by itn's john ray. john, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well, for a second day people took to the streets there angrily protesting against unemployment and high prices and demanding that president hosni mubarak go, and for a second day government forces cracked down hard. thousands defied a ban on demonstrations. and the ferocious assault that came next, riot police chased down a crowd, beating those who could not get away. as police advanced, reinforcements swiftly followed. >> they have promised to crack down today and now it's happening. they just charged into the crowd. we can hear tear gas canisters. >> reporter: this was just one of many clashes, running battles across the center of the capital. an uprising inspired by tunisia. crowds are back on the streets there today as their new government issued an arrest warrant for the ousted president and some members of his family. last night the president of the united states himself took notice. >> let us be clear, the united states of

john ray, itn, cairo. >> one story we'll be watching closely. >>> and now, here's another.n russia today, officials at the highest levels are promising retribution and doing damage control after yesterday's deadly suicide bombing at moscow's busiest airport. our own stephanie gosk is in moscow for us tonight. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good eveing, brian. russian president dmitri medvedev has postponed his trip, and has instead decided to stay here to convince russians that the government is capable of protecting them. a day after the attack flowers replaced bodies and blood on the floor of moscow's airport. investigators try to piece together exactly what happened. so far no one has claimed responsibility. but what they do know, says president medvedev, is that the security system failed. >> people working for the airport, as well as the airport's top management should be held to account. >> reporter: on his orders, security has been increased at airports around the country. striking a balance between what is necessary and what is practical is difficult. especia

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back to you, lester. >> john ray in tunisia tonight. >>> in iraq today two american soldiers were killed and a third wounded when an iraqi soldier opened fire on them. it happened during training in the northern city of mosul. separately the military said another u.s. soldier was killed while conducting operations in central iraq. >>> iran and its disputed nuclear program will be the center of a new round of talks next week between that country and six world powers, including the united states. those talks will be held in istanbul, turkey. >>> meanwhile iran was playing its own version of nuclear show and tell today. nbc's richard engel is in tehran for us tonight. >> reporter: good evening, lester. in an unprecedented attempt to show openness ahead of nuclear talks in istanbul, iran is giving tours of two of its controversial nuclear sites to several foreign ambassadors. the united states has dismissed these tours as a public relations stunt. iran also gave nbc news a rare interview with its chief nuclear negotiator. i met saeed jalili, chief nuclear negotiator, in his office in tehran.

, another of itn's correspondents in cairo. >> warner: john ray, reporting from cairo. we've just heard this dramatic announcement from president mubarak that he's asked his whole government to resign. there going to be a whole new government in place tomorrow. has there been any reaction yet? >> i think it's far too early. there are still even at this late hour, it's midnight thirty here in cairo, a large, large number of people on the streets. we are hearing the sounds of battle in the distance from our hotel room. there is still tear gas being-- tear gas being fired. i think the reaction, though, when they do hear the news will be one of great disappointment because remember, these protestors really have a load of complaints about unemployment, about high prices. but it all coalesces around one demand that is for mubarak to go and he isn't going, he's still there he's still saying that i'm the man in charge and i'm staying. >> warner: now he was offering the opportunity to communicate. he kept saying not through violence but we can communicate about these grievances.

john ray has been in the thick of this story for several days now. john, what's it like there tonight? >> reporter: brian, well, last week people toppled a deeply unpopular president. today they were back on the streets complaining this time that the new unity government claims far too many of the ex-president's men. the crowds were smaller than a week ago, but the anger just as intense. police fired bottles of tear gas. the people here have discovered their voice and their taste for freedom. these people already got rid of one president, but clearly the struggle for power here continues. they believe now that their revolution is being betrayed, so the unrest continues. >> to hold the power, we want all the power to the people. >> reporter: the uprising began back in december when a student set fire to himself in protest against unemployment and repression. this weekend in egypt, a restaurant owner did the same. one of a series of copy cat incidents across the arab world. leaving leaders worried that what begins here might yet spread around the region

we have a report from john ray of independent television news. >> a new unity government in tunisia. but the day seemed united in name only. the worst violence here since the president fled, protests that might yet threaten his successors. once again there is plenty of tear gas. i've seen a policeman fire directly into the crowd and then charged with battery. a very, very unsafe place to be. for hours police fought running battles with demonstrators. the injured swept away in makeshift ambulances. their defiance encouraged by news that less than 24 hours after taking office all ministers, members of the opposition, quit the coalition government. but many are already enjoying freedoms undreamt of in a lifetime. the first time headlines written by journalists not dictated by the government. >> first and last for the people. >> reporter: at this newspaper office, the censor's chair is not empty. >> today we are feeling free. here. >> reporter: can there ever be any good back? >> no. >> reporter: the prime minister an ally of the deposed president says his country has entered a new era o

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 photographer in that environment. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> for three hours a week, i'm a coach, but when i was diagnosed with pro

. >> coming up in just over an hour at 5:00 eastern, we'll be live with john c. scott ray yow program out of tucson, arizona. we expect to hear scheduled guests including senate minority whip and arizona senator jon kyl, the program will be focusing on the shootings that happened over the past weekend and our live coverage here on c-span. at 5:00 eastern. at 7:00 eastern time, indiana governor mitch daniels with his state of he state address before a joint session of the indiana general assembly. he was elected to his second and final four-year term in 2008. we have live coverage from the house chambers in indianapolis at 7:00 eastern right here on c-span. the house came in earlier today but didn't conduct any legislative business, that due to saturday's shootings in tucson. when the chamber gavels in tomorrow, we expect members to consider a resolution related to those shootings which left representative gabriel giffords critically -- gribe rell giffords critically -- gabrielle giffords critically injured. we had an opportunity to speak about the ramifications on security

rays and my beeper went off. >> shots -- >> reporter: that was march 1981. the day that john hinckley shot president reagan and his press secretary, jim brady as they were leaving the washington hilton. this doctor treated brady. >> his entrance wound was right through his left eyebrow. there was a little gauze over it. i took that piece of gauze off and brain came out like if you squeezed toothpaste. i put the gauze back on i thought, this is noted good. i didn't think he had much of a chance to survive. >> reporter: the bullet that struck brady above his left eye has scattered in the right side of his head. his juries were far worse than congresswoman giffords. >> the congresswoman's bullet only affected one hemser if. jim's affected both. that's a far worse injury to affect both hemispheres. >> reporter: and just a couple of weeks later -- >> he woke up which surprised all of us. there are people who do better than anyone would expect from such an event. so, it's hard to predict. you just kind of have to see where it goes. >> reporter: nine months of complicated rehab foll

john thorstein lifeson. yes ok so that iceland special prosecutor into the banking crisis has confirmed the rays have taken place and arrests have been made the central bank of iceland is among the institutions under investigation in particular these arrests in the past week and involve a three hundred million dollar loan made by a lender spankie on october sixth two thousand and eight the day emergency law was enacted in iceland and the day before the bank lending spankie was taken over by the financial services authority yeah that's right a lot of banks were the first into the global collapse due to the fraud perpetrated by the bankers and they had to shut them down to shut those banks down something that irish government has not done or the greece government has not done the greek government has not done which they should do because iceland is taking the right action they've shut down the banks and now they're looking for those bankers and they're going to string them up by their thumbs and we're going to beat them to within an inch of their life well i don't know about that but they certainly are arrested an

rays and my beeper went off. >> shots. >> that was march 1981 the day that gunmen john hinckley shot president regan and his president secretaryim brady as they were leaving the washington hilton. the doctor treated brady. >> his entrance wound was right through the left eyebrow. there was a little gauze over it. i took that piece of gauze off and brain came out like if you squeeze tooth pest and intentively put the gauze back on and thought this was not good. i didn't think he had much of a chance to survive. >> the bullet that had struck brady above his left eye scattered in the right-side of his head. his injuries were far worse than congresswoman giffords. >> the bullet only affected one hemisphere. jim's affected both hemispheres. >> and just a couple of weeks later. >> he woke up which surprised all of us. there are people who do better than any one would expect from such an event. it is hard to predict. you just have to kind of see where it goes. >> reporter: nine months of complicated rehabilitation followed. he stayed paralyzed on one side and still speaks with a slur. but he pulled through. >> are those scissors? >>

ray suarez begins our coverage. >> now, therefore be it resolved... >> reporter: that resolution-- introduced by house speaker john boehner-- paid tribute to the six people killed and the 13 wounded, including democratic congresswoman gabrielle giffords. >> our hearts are broken but our spirit not. this is a time for the house to lock arms in prayer for the fallen and the wounded and a resolve to carry on a dialogue of democracy. we may not yet have all the final answers, but we already have the answer that matters most. that we're americans and we'll make it through this difficult period. we will have the last word. >> reporter: the outpouring of support for giffords was especially strong among colleagues in the arizona delegation, like republican trent franks. >> madame speaker, it is my prayer that god would comfort the giffords family and all of the victims of this horrible tragedy, and hold them closely in his arms as only he can, and that he would someday very soon return a smiling gabby giffords to this chamber and to all of us as clear-eyed and as whole as when she left us. >> reporter: democratic minority

john el way, at the game serving as the honorary captain. elway, runs the denver broncos there he is, at the game tonight and yes, we will chat with harbaugh regarding the broncos rayn circumstance probably heard by now the 49ers also seeking harbaugh and believed the university of michigan wants him to return to campus as well. here is our own analyst weighing in. >> being around him, you know, he was very enthused. he wanted to win, very competitive and i think that's why he had so much success at stanford to. >> keep in mind, jim harbaugh was a raiders assistant coach when jerry rice played for the raiders during that super bowl season of 2002. harbaugh classic, him on sports sunday in studio a couple times, gotten some point-blank, his plans for next season are. he simply said he is the head coach at stanford for now. here now is the buzz today on campus. remember, the first day of classes. >> let's hope he doesn't 'cause he is doing really well right now and the team doing really well, so homely, want to stay here. >> i would love for him to stay, especially the next four years of my life. but we wish him the best of luck. and i just thank him for everything h