captning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productio >> woodruff: good eveng. i'm judy woodruff. new names have been addeto the terror wat list and no-fly st after the failed bomb plo on christmas day. ifill: ani'm gwen ifill. on the nshour tonight, u.s. officials demand stringentew security for international travelers as passenger screenings a ramped up at airports here, but n erywhere around the world. >> wdruff: what to do about yemen, an impoverished natn now labelea major terrorism

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. president obama took responsibility for the systemic failures that allowed a terror suspect to board a plane with an explosive. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight: analysis of the president's statement on the high-level review of security lapses, from two members of congress and two counter-terrorism experts.

captning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productio >> woodruff: good eveng. i'm judy woodruff. new names have been addeto the terror wat list and no-fly st after the failed bomb plo on christmas day. ifill: ani'm gwen ifill. on the nshour tonight, u.s. officials demand stringentew security for international travelers as passenger screenings a ramped up at airports here, but n erywhere around the world. >> wdruff: what to do about yemen, an impoverished natn now labelea major terrorism that. >> the instabili in yemen is a threat to regional stality aneven global stability. >> ifill: th, new political turmoiin afghanistan. rgaret warner talks with the afghan ambassador thenited states. >> woodruff: a jeffrey bwn ofile of the dancer who has be at the helm of the alvin ailey company fotwo decades, and is now spping down. >> people don'remember me for hohigh my legs were. they remember me a any other ncer because something touched em inside. >> ifill: d the gadgets that have changed our lives, d what the next decade hos. >> woodruff: that's all ahd on night's "pbs newshour." major f

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. reaction to president obama's state of the union address. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, it's all about jobs, the president said, as he announced new funding for high-speed rail projects. >> lehrer: we'll discuss last night's speech with michael beschloss, cynthia tucker, reihan salam and john harris. >> woodruff: then, a dramatic story of rescue in haiti, where a teenage girl survived more than two weeks in the rubble. >> lehrer: and an interview with rene preval, the president of haiti. ray suarez talked to him in port-au-prince today. station that now serves as his government's headquarters, haitian leader said the solutions to his country's problems lie within haiti, and haitians must solve them. >> woodruff: kwame holman looks at the fallout from toyota's move to halt sales and production of some top-selling cars and trucks. >> i do think that what you're seeing now is toyota being a victim of its own success. >> lehrer: and, we wonder about j.d. s

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: gooevening. i'm jim lehrer. the devastating earthqke claims thousan of lives in haiti. >> ifill: i'm gwen ifi. on the nshour tonight, schools, hospitalsnd government buiings have collapsed. we get the latest on t crisis in port-au-prince. >> lehrer: intnational groups e scrambling to send emergen help margaret warner report >> ifill: then, an intview with rajiv shah, the administration offial charged withoordinating the u.s. lief effort. >> lehrer: then, t investigation to the causes of the financiacrisis. kwame hoan covers day one of e hearings. >> ill: and jeffrey brown looks atyber-attacks and censorship--oogle's threat to pull out of ina. >> lehrer: that's all ead on tonight'"pbs newshour." jor funding for the pbs newshour iprovided by: >> what e world needs now is energy. the energy to get the onomy humming again. the energy to tackle challges ke climate chang what if that energy me from an energy company? ery day, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ids-- seeking, teaching, buiing. fueling owth aroun

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. unimaginable death and destruction in haiti. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, the death toll could be as high as 50,000 with a further three million people injured or homeless. >> lehrer: we'll talk with former president clinton-- the u.n. special envoy to haiti-- about the catastrophe that came just as haiti seemed to have turned an economic corner. >> woodruff: plus, we get first hand accounts of the relief situation on the ground. >> lehrer: and some perspective on the global humanitarian effort from the president of care, helene gayle. >> woodruff: then, president obama's new plan to tax big banks to reimburse taxpayers for the federal bailout. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: ♪ we see beyond cars. >> this is the engine that bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, an

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. the obama administration rolls out new proposals to help middle class americans. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, would new tax credits for children w1 and the elderly win over main street without losing wall street? >> woodruff: then, an iraq update after deadly bomb blasts hit hotels in baghdad. >> ifill: as threats and plots multiply around the world, how strong is al qaeda? margaret warner poses that question to a former c.i.a. officer. >> the adversary is growing in its own sophistication, running different types of operations. and as we hit them in certain areas, neutralize capability, they shift to other things. >> the latest from haiti whereas many as 1 million p >> woodruff: the latest from haiti, where as many as one million people are still homeless. ray suarez is in port-au-prince, where he talked with paul farmer, the u.n.'s deputy special envoy, even as international donors meet in montreal to figure out how to help. >> ifill: and a fish story. tom

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. the u.s. supreme court overturns decades of limits on corporate campaign contributions. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, marcia coyle of "the national law journal" tells us what happened inside the court. and we get analysis of a decision the obama administration called a victory for special interests. >> lehrer: the president also moved today to restrict risk- taking by one group in particular-- big banks. a wall street reaction followed- - a tumble of more than 200 points on the dow jones industrial average. >> woodruff: we'll have back to back interviews with treasury secretary timothy geithner and a leading republican congressman scott garrett. >> lehrer: then, more aid arrives in haiti by ship and by air. some shops re-open even as thousands still live on the streets. >> reporter: are you going to try to stay here, or are you going to try to move somewhere? >> well, moving somewhere... the big question mark is where. because, actually, no where in po

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening, i'm jim lehrer. senators dodd and dorgan announced they won't run again. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, what do the retirements mean for democratic control of the senate. we'll talk to congress watchers amy walter and chris cillizza. >> lehrer: then, some perspective on how president obama is handling the bomb plot crisis, from walter russell mead, jessica mathews, and dan balz. >> ifill: a report from the streets of yemen's capital, on al qaeda's appeal. >> lehrer: margaret warner updates the guantanamo prison story, after president obama suspended transfers back to yemen.wú ou can imagine a situation in which the government as a choice between yemen and cleveland, and that's , you know, very unappealing choice from the government's point of view. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown talks with rocco landesman, the broadway producer who now heads the national endowment for the arts. >> i'm going to be outspoken. i'm iz say.çadÑiçó if people want to regard that as partisan, i can't hel

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. same sex marriage: do states have the power to make it illegal? >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, a case in federal court stems from a ban on gay marriages approved by california voters in 2008. spencer michels reports from san francisco, and ray suarez debriefs margaret talbot of the "new yorker." >> ifill: then, a debate on how to pay for health care reform. >> brown: special correspondent kira kay looks at the race against time to rebuild the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. >> some say that we just want to get out of misery to get into poverty. and i believe that is a beautiful sentence for haiti, because it is exactly what we are aiming for right now. >> ifill: the supreme court revisits a case it decided last year, this time with a new justice on the bench. margaret warner gets the details from marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> brown: and the latest late night drama, as nbc drops jay leno from its primetime lineup. >> you know, actua

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productns >> ifill: good eveni. m gwen ifill. a unning upset in the massachusetts senate race. >> brown: and m jeffrey brown. on the "newsur" tonight: with a republican winninthe seat long he by edward kennedy. we look at what scotbrown's victory means for president obama's agen. >> ifill: then, a powerful aftersck hits haiti as victims arstill being pulled from the bble. and doctors strugg to provide even basic care. >> ware running our operating rooms without elecicity, without oxygenwithout proper anthetics. >> brown: margaret warner ge the latest othe situation in port-au-prince from jas bebien of n.p.r. >> ifill: ying for the "new york tis" on line, but will readers buyn? >> bwn: and body scanners in airports. ray suarez reports on a continuing debate. >> they'reoing to detect prosetics. they're going to dett vasectomy scars, s change operationsadult incontinence. >> are they perfect? no. but do thetake us very much further downhe road to curity against this kind of device? the answer to that is yes. ... >> ifi: that's all a

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. in haiti, the search for survivors of the earthquake continues with some still being pulled from the rubble. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, thousands continue to wait for food, water and medical aid. we get the latest from port-au- prince, and talk to the u.s. ambassador there. >> brown: tom bearden reports on the surge in donations to help victims of the quake via cellphones. >> i got a text message that said please donate $10 to the haiti relief fund. all's i had to do is respond to the text which i did. >> suarez: then, new violence in afghanistan: margaret warner reports on taliban attacks in the heart of kabul, killing at least 12. >> brown: the surprisingly tight senate race in massachusetts to fill the vacancy left by the late edward kennedy. we get an update. >> suarez: and a martin luther king holiday conversation about black power and black leaders with historian peniel joseph. >> what's interesting is that it's the black power movement, self-determi

captioning spoored by macneil/lehrer produions >> brown: go evening. i'm jeffrey brn. the cia announced day that 7 of its employees were kill by a suicide mber in afghanistan. six others were injud. >> suarez: and'm ray suarez. thdead included the chief of the rgeted cia post. the newshour tonight, the latest detailsbout one of the adliest attacks on cia personnel in the agency' histy. >> brown: also tonight, federal judghas dismissed all chars against 5 blackwater security guards accuseof killinunarmed civilians in baghdad. >> suarez: the presint gets a preliminary report intthe attempt to bw up a u.s. airler. we'll talk tintelligence commity veterans about what went wrong. >> brown: then, a econd look' asaul solman asks economists one central questionbout the recessio >> why didant -- why didn't the fed tell us? >> why didn't warn you. >> yes >> suarez: gwen ifillooks back at a dmatic decade in u.s. politics. withmy walter, andy kohut and michaebeschloss. >> brown: and thpoetic partnehip between one of russia's leadingriters and the husband who trslates her. >> this

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. a sharp drop in the number of americans in the work force. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the unemployment rate remained at 10%. jeffrey brown gets context on the numbers from david leonhardt of "the new york times." >> lehrer: then, the bombing suspect makes his first appearance in federal court. ray suarez talks to paul egan of "the detroit news." >> woodruff: we look at the state of u.s. intelligence after the botched attempt to blow up an airliner. >> we find those and put them together. much easier to -- >> lehrer: paul solman reports on why small businesses aren't increasing their hiring. >> woodruff: plus, the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> lehrer: more americans losing jobs, and even more giving up hope of finding them. that was the gist of december's unemployment report. jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the labor

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. the president took his "let's work together" message directly to the republicans today. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we'll have extended coverage of today's extraordinary meeting between the president and house republicans. >> the discussion that all of you just witnessed is a first. it was the kind of discussion that, frankly, we need to have more of. >> woodruff: and get the analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: then, the debate over where to hold trials of 9/11 suspects. margaret warner reports. >> after a storm of protests, the white house has asked the justice department to scout out locations other than new york city to try 9/11 mastermind challid sheikh mohammed. >> woodruff: and in haiti, ray suarez looks at the prospects for a commercial revival there. >> lehrer: that's all ahead... on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: chevron. this is the power of human energy. grant thornton. the william an

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. president obama's first state of the union address. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we'll get a preview from white house advisor david axelrod. and analysis from mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: toyota halts sales and production of some leading models-- judy woodruff reports. >> ifill: then, lawmakers had tough questions today for treasury secretary timothy geithner and his predecessor henry paulson about the bailout for insurance giant a.i.g. kwame holman covers today's congressional hearing. >> why shouldn't we ask for your resignation as secretary of the treasury? >> that is your right, that is your right to that opinion. >> lehrer: a paul solman take on the federal reserve, as the fed held interest rates at a record low with a little country music help. >> ♪ the fed is printing trillions now, but will their ♪ efforts work? >> ifill: and margaret warner talks to ray suarez in haiti, where hundreds of thousands of people are still in need of food an

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. new names have been added to the terror watch list and no-fly list after the failed bomb plot on christmas day. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, u.s. officials demand stringent new security for international travelers as passenger screenings are ramped up at airports here, but not everywhere around the world. >> woodruff: what to do about yemen, an impoverished nation now labeled a major terrorism threat. >> the instability in yemen is a threat to regional stability and even global stability. >> ifill: then, new political turmoil in afghanistan. margaret warner talks with the afghan ambassador to the united states. >> woodruff: a jeffrey brown profile of the dancer who has been at the helm of the alvin ailey company for two decades, and is now stepping down. >> people don't remember me for how high my legs were. they remember me and any other dancer because something touched them inside. >> ifill: and the gadgets that have changed our lives, and what the next dec

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. the latest from haiti, one week after the earthquake, as the u.s. military steps up its presence. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, the pace picks up on the delivery of food and medical aid. >> lehrer: we get an update on the bottlenecks and the security concerns. >> ifill: and we look at the mission for u.s. forces, now numbering 11,000 on and offshore. >> lehrer: then, today marks the deadline for states to apply for federal stimulus dollars for their schools. john merrow reports. >> the states, we're hoping that they show the way for the rest of the country for what could and should happen out there. >> ifill: and a look back at president obama's first year-- reality collides with expectation. that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energ

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening, i'm jim lehrer. president obama talks about thwarting future terror attacks >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we'll talk to denis mcdonough, chief of staff for the national security council, and get reaction to the president's proposals. >> lehrer: then, the strained u.s. jordan relationship, after a jordanian double agent killed seven cia employees and himself at a base in afghanistan. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown looks at a treasure trove of national geographic images from around the world, never seen before by the public. >> i didn't know if i had the pictureç at all, but i was going to do everything i possibly could, within reason. without being eaten. to try to get thatÑi photograph. >> lehrer: and we take the pulse of the nation's economy at the start of the new year. that's all ahead, on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. a senior haitian official said today the death toll in haiti may be as high as 140,000. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: three days after the devastating earthquake, delivery of much needed international aid remains difficult because of a severely damaged seaport and a congested airport. >> lehrer: we'll look at conditions on the ground, including a security assessment from the united nations undersecretary for peacekeeping operations. >> woodruff: plus, we'll hear from the haitian ambassador to the united states. >> woodruff: then, a look at the surprisingly hot campaign in massachusetts for ted kennedy's senate seat. >> lehrer: and, the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: and we'll close with the voices and see the faces of the desperate people of haiti. that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. the nation's $1.4 trillion deficit was topic number one in washington today. president obama is planning to call for a three-year freeze on some government spending. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: the senate rejected a plan to create a bipartisan panel to tackle the deficit. we'll talk to senators kent conrad and judd gregg. >> ifill: then, how are the policy debates in washington affecting the political debates leading up to the midterm elections. >> woodruff: paul solman takes a real estate tour in atlanta with two experts on housing prices. >> there's reasons to believe it will stay down and there are reasons to believe it's going to come back. that's why you economists drive people crazy. you do understand that. >> absolutely. >> ifill: ray suarez has the story of american doctors and nurses helping to rebuild haiti's shattered health care system. and the obama administration gets an "f" for its ability to respond to a biological attack. >> ifill: tha

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. president obama took responsibility for the systemic failures that allowed a terror suspect to board a plane with an explosive. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight: analysis of the president's statement on the high-level review of security lapses, from two members of congress and two counter-terrorism experts. >> lehrer: then, ray suarez updates the h1n1 flu pandemic and the vaccine campaign. >> this see -- flu season generally lasts until may and although flu is way down, we don't know what the future will hold. >> brown: we look at violence in professional sports after basketball player gilbert arenas is suspended for bringing guns into the locker room. >> lehrer: and gwen ifill talks to biographer joan biskupic about supreme court justice antonin scalia. >> he says i read text, i read the constitutional, i'm an originalist, i do not let my religious views come in. and i don't let any other personal views come in. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs new

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. the struggle for survival sends thousands of haitians into the countryside. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. the haitian government begins work on setting up camps outside port-au-prince for 400,000 people. >> lehrer: we get reports from jay newton small of "time" magazine in port-au-prince, and our own ray suarez on the border with the dominican republic. >> i visited a hospital in the border town, jammed with patients who streamed over the border from haiti seeking treatment for injuries sustained in the earthquake ten days ago. >> brown: then, the economic and political fallout from some stunning events this week. judy woodruff takes a look with david wessel of "the wall street journal". >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks offer their analysis. >> brown: and a look at who controls the internet as the u.s. challenges china on its censorship policies. >> countries that restrict free access to information or violate the basic rights of internet users risk-- they will selves off f

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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. the obama administration considers taxing big banks to recoup some of the federal rescue money. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, judy woodruff gets two views on what should be done to hold financial institutions accountable. >> lehrer: then, the state of state budgets. we hear from six pbs correspondents around the country. >> brown: three auto-related stories: a report from detroit, where manufacturers hope their new models will lure back customers after a very rough year. >> this is a second chance, and i'm personally grateful for this. i know all the employees at gm are grateful for the opportunity. we will not disappoint. >> lehrer: gwen ifill looks at automakers expanding into new markets, including china, now the world's largest. >> brown: and a conversation with a one-time auto worker, who became a pulitzer prize-winning poet. >> lehrer: plus, a look at sports and drugs, after home run king mark mcgwire admitted using steroids. that's all ahead on tonig

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captioning sponsor by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer:ood evening. i'm jim lehrer. a sharp drop in thnumber of americans in t work force. >> woodrf: and i'm judy woodruff. the newshour tonight, the employment rate remained at 10%. jerey brown gets context on the numbers from dav leonhardt of "e new york times." >> lehrer:hen, the bombing spect makes his first appearan in federal court. ray suarez talks to paul egaof "the droit news." >> woodruf we look at the state of u.s. intelligencefter the botched attempt blow up an airliner. >> we fi those and put them together. much easier to -- >> lehr: paul solman reports on why small business aren't increasing their hing. >> woodruff: plus, theeekly analysis omark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: that's all ead on tonight's "pbs newshr." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided b >> lehrer: more americs losing jobs, and even more ging up hope of findg them. that was the gist of decembes unemoyment report. jeffrebrown has the story. >> brown: e labor department numbertoday fell well short of hos in some quarters th