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>> bbc world news was presented by kcet los angeles. by kcet los angeles.aptioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. democratic legislators remained on the run today, preventing a vote against bargaining rights for state employees in wisconsin. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we debate the push in wisconsin, and potentially other states, to cut public worker benefits in the face of looming budget deficits. >> lehrer: we get the latest on the violent crackdown on protesters in bahrain, and the growing unrest in other arab and north african nations. >> woodruff: then, spencer michels looks at how west coast business leaders view the president's push for investment in technology. >> remember the game here in silicon valley is innovation. and that's what brought president obama to these parts. >> lehrer: and kwame holman details the tug-of-war in congress today over spending cuts. >> woodruff: plus, mark shields and david brooks provide their weekly analysis. >> lehrer: that's all ahead

[captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: pleased to welcome randy newman to this program. the legendary singer-songwriter it is a 20 time oscar nominee, who is once again up for best original song for "we belong together" on "toy story 3." he will also be performing the songs during the telecast. randy newman, congratulations. >> thank you very much. 20 times, man. >> it is a lot. it is a great honor. every time, it is no less than a real kick to have happen. even if you think it is not a big deal and don't take it seriously as a measurement of what is good and what is not, it sucks you in. people are so interested in it for a day and a half, i get into it myself. tavis: what is it like to be perennially nominated? >> the pictures have been so successful, a lot of times a really good picture will take you a long way. i have been partly may be the beneficiary of it. hopefully i am part of making the picture is good, but "toy story 3," there recognize it however they can print it will not be best picture, not because it is not, but they don't do that yet. tavis: you think t

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[captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: gideon rachman works for "financial times" in london, following a 15-year career with "economist," and his new book is called "zero-sum future." he joins us from new york. gideon rachman, good to have you with us tonight, sir. >> good to be here. tavis: for the balance of your career, for the most of your career, you have felt like you were covering a world that was steadily improving, and you suggest in the text that you no longer feel that way. talk to me about why you feel that way in this age of anxiety, getting more into the text. >> yes, i started working in the mid-1980s, and so, you know, perhaps the most dramatic event of our era was in 1989, the fall of the berlin wall, the collapse of the communist empire, in the rejoining of huge numbers of companies -- and the rejoining of a huge number of countries. you site transformation of economies in asia, india, -- you saw the transformation of economies. this was a period of optimism, really up until the financial crisis, with the troubles of 9/11, with western europe doi

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[captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: dr. atul gawande is a staff member at the brigham and women's hospital and also a staff writer of "the new yorker," and the author of the book, "the checklist manifesto." he joins us from boston. tell me what it is that has happened in our lives over the decades, the centuries, that make checklists seoul important these days to get things right. >> our biggest struggle in this new century has become complexity. we have discovered so much new knowledge in science, how to build organizations, how to build buildings that we are now struggling with how to actually use that knowledge well. i started digging into how people in aviation or skyscraper construction got to be good at what they do. and what they use, an addition to loss of training and technology, the core tool is the simple checklist. tavis: what about people who think checklists are so rudimentary, adolescent, "i don't need a checklist to get through my day"? >> we have thought of the checklist to dumb things down, for people at t

>> "bbc world news" was brought to you by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. egyptian president mubarak stepped down today and handed control to the military. it was a dramatic conclusion to 18 days of protests. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on this historic day from lindsey hilsum of independent television news, and our own margaret warner. they're both in cairo, where the crowd erupted in cheers when the announcement was made. >> it took us a lot, over 18 days but in e

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>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. egypt-style anti-government protests spread to more arab nations today. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight. we have the latest on the demonstrations in libya, iraq and elsewhere in the middle east. and margaret warner examines the turmoil in the tiny muslim nation of bahrain, home to the u.s. navy's fifth fleet. >> lehrer: plus, jeffrey brown explores how egypt's government blocked the internet during the uprising. >> woodruff: then, we have two budget stories. we get a liberal's view of the president's blueprint from vermont senator bernie sanders. >> lehrer: and we look at the political battles over cutting defense spending. retrenchment brought about by cu >> woodruff: and from juarez, mexico, bill neely of independent television news reports on the bloody war against the drug cartels. >> three more killings here and already. this year is on course to be even deadlie

>> "bbc world news" was brought to you by kcet, los angeles.aptioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifll. president obama submitted a $3.7 trillion budget for fiscal year 2012. it shrinks some government programs while increasing spending on others. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we talk to white house budget director jack lew and ohio republican senator rob portman about cuts, taxes, and the political battles ahead. >> ifill: then, margaret warner, just back from cairo, helps us look at the role social media and mainstream media played in the egypt uprising. >> brown: and we report on a battle that pits human champions against a machine. our science correspondent took the challenge.

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[captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: vusi mahlasela is a singer-songwriter-poet known as "the voice. his latest album is "say africa." he has recorded in dave matthews' studios. here is vusi and dave performing the song "everyday." ♪ ♪ ♪ tavis: this project was a collaboration. we mentioned dave matthews. you have everybody on this project. >> yes. dave is not on this one. taz mahal is the producer. he was happy to produce this. he sort of really had to have the album. i think we came up with something with a folkish, blues -- he is so knowledgeable. there are quite a lot of african artists like it. it was great to work with him. tavis: you like doing collaborations? >> i like them. i think those collaborations are kind of like collecting the right forces. tavis: what is it that you -- how would you describe what it is you are doing with the music? i read somewhere that this is not so much an album as it is a campaign. what do you mean by that? what are you doing with your music? >> more of really giving hope to the people, you know? giving them that kind of enli

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>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. the foreign minister of bahrain said today a police assault on protesters was necessary to bring the country back from the brink of a sectarian abyss. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: we have the latest on the violent crackdown and examine the civil unrest spreading in the arab world. >> lehrer: then, two takes on state budget problems. ray suarez reports on the wisconsin firestorm over taking away collective bargaining rights for public employees. >> brown: and betty ann bowser looks at the move in arizona and elsewhere to cut medicaid funding. >> this state is no different than most of the others. it has a major budget crisis and some of the remedies under consideration by officials here would be painful. >> lehrer: senators saxby chabliss and mark warner discuss their bipartisan approach to addressing the debt crisis. >> brown: plus, from mexico, bill neely of "ind

>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. libyan security forces fired on demonstrators, leaving hundreds dead or wounded as antigovernment protests engulfed the capital, tripoli, for the first time. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on this bloody challenge to moammar gadhafi's 42-year regime. >> brown: then, two budget stories: an update on the "week of rage" over union bargaining rights and benefits in wisconsin. >> woodruff: and we look at the political face-off here in sh