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>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los >> brown: chinese hackers reportedly gained access to classified designs of some of the u.s. military's most important weapons systems. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we examine china's hacking capabilities and what the breach means for u.s. security. >> brown: then, as president obama tours new jersey's shore for an update on recovery from hurricane sandy, judy woodruff explores the progress that's been made and what still needs to be done. >> ifill: miles o'brien visits the nation's most active explosives testing facility, home to the forensics team examining the inner workings of the bombs used at the boston marathon. >> even though off detonation, all of the pieces are still

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. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the outgoing acting head of the i.r.s. faced a blistering round of questions from lawmakers today, over his agency's improper targeting of conservative groups. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we have extended excerpts of today's hearing: the partisan jousting and the push to learn what happened and who was responsible. >> woodruff: then, margaret warner reports on the pentagon's moves to deal with the growing outrage over sexual assaults in the military-- a problem the secretary of defense said today he will do everything necessary to fix. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. plus, a special report with our own macneil and lehrer on covering the watergate hri

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. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: rain in the rose garden, as the president responded to questions from reporters about controversies on several fronts. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we talk with the white house communications director, jennifer palmieri about what the administration is doing to weather the political uproar. >> brown: and we get two takes on the president's management of the i.r.s. revelations and more and how all this might affect his broader second-term agenda. >> woodruff: then, with syria high on the agenda for mr. obama's meeting today with turkey's prime minister. margaret warner has our update on the conflict and renewed efforts to put an end to the bloodshed. >> brown: ray suarez explores how demographic shifts and biblical ideas of helping others are changing the ways evangelical christians view the

[captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> thank you.ery, very good to be -- very good to be in san francisco. i got to say, there are places one goes where one feels like one is doing an immense amount of good and then there are places where one feels like it's almost not really necessary. whatever the kind of solar-era equivalent of bringing coals to new castle, you know, that's what coming to san francisco and to green fest feels a bit like. but we do need to get you guys completely engaged in this fight,th

. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: rescue crews sifted through the rubble in moore, oklahoma, continuing a desperate search for survivors of yesterday's monster tornado. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the devastation caused by the twister that claimed more than two dozen lives and injured more than 200. >> ifill: then, judy woodruff reports on a senate panel grilling two former i.r.s. commissioner on how the agency targeted conservative groups. >> brown: we examine charges the justice department overreached its authority by tracking reporters to crack down on leaks. >> ifill: apple's c.e.o. faced blistering questions on capitol hill today. margaret warner looks at whether the tech giant used offshore companies to skirt paying

presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: three additional men, two pictured here, were arrested in connection with the boston bombings, charged with trying to help dzokhar tsarnaev in the days after the fatal blasts. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff on the "newshour" tonight. we get the latest on the charges against the college students suspected of covering up for the alleged bomber and obstructing justice. >> ifill: then, on may day, thousands of european workers take to the streets to protest dramatic government spending cuts. we debate the merits of austerity there and in the u.s. >> woodruff: we explore the world wide web of garment manufacturing, as demonstrations across asia called for better working con

. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles.captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: president obama declared the u.s. is at crossroads in the war on terror and called for new guidelines and accountability in the pursuit of terrorists. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we excerpt the president's foreign policy address and get reaction to his proposals about the use of drones, the guantanamo bay prison and more. >> brown: then, we turn to an attack authorities in britain have called terrorism, the brutal murder of a soldier in london. >> woodruff: hari sreenivasan reports on the road to recovery in oklahoma, as the town of moore buried its first victim, a nine-year-old girl and tackled the massive clean-up after monday's tornado. >> the massive cleanup after monday's tornado. >> we got in here as quick as we could, and when we were in here there were jackhammers going and cutting torches and trying to take bits and pieces away at a time. >> brown: i

. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles.aptioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: good news on the jobs front today as the unemployment rate dropped to 7.5% and 165,000 new jobs were created. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we analyze the better-than-expected numbers and what they say about the state of the economy. >> woodruff: the c.d.c. reports more people in the u.s. die from suicide than car accidents. ray suarez looks at this worrisome rise in rates, particularly among baby boomers. >> brown: paul solman reports on the plight of older workers struggling to find employment even as the job numbers improve. >> i have 30 years of experience

[captions made possible by kcet television] >> old electrical technology has hampered the development of renewable energy in many african namibia countriesafrican namibia has a plan to ween itself off of expensive electricity imports from nearby south africa. it has renovated the national grid to help make people homes into power-production systems. >> the potential is up mostly in namibia, solar energy, wind energy, and biomass energy. >> the government was to have a significant amount of the country's energy coming from this by 2020. >> our target is 10%. >> getting small producers into production has only recently become possible. it is the first country in africa to create both a new l ones. an electrical grid like this one can take power from many different sources, anywhere in the system. the architect installed this to reduce its own electricity costs and also to show his clients what is possible with the new technology. >> it is a very smart investment because the payback of this investment will be between six and eight years. also, smaller consumers could be helping out, and

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>> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: a white house spokesman said today the u.s. economy is on a stronger path as signs of recovery continue to paint a better fiscal picture. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, home sales are up-- the fastest gains in seven years. we examine what that means for the broader economy. >> woodruff: then, jeffrey brown reports on the first suspected u.s. drone strike since president obama laid out new guidelines for such attacks, this one killing a top leader of the pakistani taliban. >> ifill: a new survey finds mothers with children at home are now the top breadwinners in four out of ten american families. we look at what's driving the trend. >> woodruff: miles o'brien has the story oa

. >> bbc world news was presented by kcet los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the obama administration was on the defensive on two fronts today, facing tough questions about the i.r.s.'s scrutiny of conservative groups, and the justice department's seizure of reporters' phone records. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we start with the i.r.s. under fire, with a criminal investigation now under way after reports its audits of tea party and other groups extended to officials in washington. >> woodruff: and we examine the clash between the first amendment and leaked classified information, after the government secretly obtained phone logs of the associated press. >> brown: then, fred de sam lazaro reports on a new approach to educate and engage millions of india's poorest students.