captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. the latest effort to contain the oil spill resumed late today after robots freed a saw that was stuck in a pipe on the damaged well. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, as evidence of oil spill spreads throughout the gulf state, we get an update from the head of noaa. >> lehreh: and spencer michels reports from a louisiana town where the spill threatens the oyster industry. >> reporter: while fishermen in plaquimines parish say they've worked through the anger, the anger lies just below the surface. >> ifill: then wood examines the issues of israel's efforts to maintain the blockade of the gaza strip. >> lehrer: ray suarez reports on china on the largest-ever world's fair. >> reporter: nearly $60 billion later, shanghai has thrown its doors open to the world. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown closes with a conversation with two authors married to each other, both writing about happiness. >> lehrer: and that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs news

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. b.p. used giant shears to slice a broken pipe on its damaged oil well. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight: officials said they'd know within 24 hours if the latest effort succeeds in capping the leak. we explain what they did today and what's next. >> lehrer: then, jeffrey brown has an end-of-the-school year education update on budget cuts, layoffs and a new teachers' contract in washington, d.c. >> woodruff: betty ann bowser looks at the health implications of a shortage of fresh foods in the rural south. >> the mississippi delta has some of the richest farmland in the country. but a lot of what gets grown here, doesn't necessarily get eaten here. >> lehrer: ray suarez wraps up his recent reporting trip to china. >> woodruff: spencer michels reports on the campaign against hepatitis-b-- a deadly disease afflicting millions of asians worldwide. >> about one in 20 people in the world are chronically infected. one in 20. 10 times more than people in the world are i

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: i'm judy wood rough. on the newshour tonight, in washington, president obama met today with families of workers killed in the accident. with members of congress and with industry heavy weights . >> lehrer: and fred de sam lazaro has a pre-world cup report about post apartheid south africa. >> it's brought all race s all nations in south africa together. more than anything else. the spirit is different all together. this we never experienced before. >> woodruff: plus, ray suarez debriefs fred about what the matches mean for south africa's economy and its sense of pride. >> lehrer: jeffrey brown talks with journalist sebastian junger about his new book, the story of a platoon of u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. >> one guy said to me, you know, some guys hate each other in this platoon but we'd all die for each other. the security of that relationship with other human beings is so tremendous that the guys will willing to risk their lives in order to get it. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's tphaur. major

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. b.p. agreed today to set aside at least $20 billion dollars to pay damages caused by the gulf oil spill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight: the chairman of the company apologized to the american people for the disaster. after he and others met with the president at the white house. we interview one person who was at that meeting. b.p.'s managing director, bob dudley. >> ifill: and we assess the political fallout from the continuing crisis with cynthia tucker, michael gerson and ellen fitzpatrick. >> woodruff: then, a report about a project aimed at moving from fossil fuels to wind energy just south of the u-s mexico border. >> ifill: and a second mexico story ... an update on the drug violence which has killed hundreds in the last week ... and thousands in the last four years ...ray suarez reports >> plus jeffrey brown tells the story of tap dance great maurice hines passing the torch and tradition to a new generation >> ifill: that's all ahead... on tonight's n

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. b.p. ramped up its oil collection in the gulf today. the company is siphonning more crude to the surface, and now plans to burn some of it off. >> woodruff: and i'm bob woodward. on the newshour tonight, lawmakers questioned administration officials and others at five congressional hearings. we talked to two senators, florida democrat bill nelson, and wyoming republican john barasso. >> lehrer: and we wrap up yesterday's results and primary contests with dan balz of the "washington post" and amy walter of hot line. >> woodruff: ray suarez interviews susan rice at new sanctions aimed at curbing iran's nuclear programs. >> the iranians know the measures in this resolution will hurt and will severely constrain their ability to pursue their nuclear and proliferation activities, and that's why they work so hard to try to defeat it and today they failed. >> lehrer: and paul solman takes us on a summer tour of the flowers that inspired the verse of emily dickinson. >> fame is a bee-- it has the f

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. b.p.'s c.e.o. got a grilling from lawmakers today. they accused the company of taking risks that resulted in the massive spill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: tony hayward denied he was stonewalling ouse committee and said the company is doing everything possible to contain the spill. we have excerpts of his testimony and the latest from the gulf. >> there is a lot of tension and it's still quite volatile. humanitarian aid is coming there but it is quite difficult to deliver the aid in appropriate way to the people who are suffering. >> lehrer: we have another in our blueprint america series on infrastructure. miles o'brien reports on dubuque, iowa-- a rustbelt city with big hopes for a green and vibrant future. >> it is a community where you can live, you can go to the grocery store, the drug store, the doctor's office, you can get all over... around that neighborhood and around the city without ever having an automobile. >> brown: and we update europe's debt c

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. president obama said today the u.s. won't miss a beat in the afghan war effort after the ouster of commanding general stanley mcchrystal. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight: afghan and other allies embraced mcchrystal's replacement, general david petraeus, and the senate set confirmation hearings for tuesday. we get three views on what will be different with petraeus in charge. >> brown: then, marcia coyle of the "national law journal" walks us through today's supreme court rulings narrowing the scope of a law used to convict prominent white-collar criminals. >> woodruff: we tell the tale of the longest match in tennis history, finally won by american john isner at wimbledon after 11 hours of play over three days. >> brown: paul solman has a very different kind of sports story: basketball star lebron james' economic impact on the city of cleveland. >> no one really knew where cleveland was. maybe is it close to new york? is it close to chicago? now lebron ja

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. b.p. ramped up its oil collection efforts today, siphoning nearly a half million gallons per day from the damaged well. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, with hundreds of thousands of oily patches in the gulf, and tar balls on the shore, we look at cleanup efforts likely to stretch into the fall and beyond. >> ifill: then, as two new jersey men are accused of plotting violence with suspected terrorists in somalia, we look at home-grown conspiracy. >> this is a very real danger. it's one of the department of justice and our law enforcement partners take very seriously. >> brown: ray suarez gets a mostly "good news" update about cancer treatments, unveiled at a meeting of specialists in chicago. >> ifill: fred de sam lazaro reports on a housing program in kenya, helping the very poor escape nairobi's slums. >> to houses like that, that are cheerful and airy with bathrooms. to me it was almost a sign of you just got to keep going. >> brown: and judy woodruff previews t

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. president obama began a two-day trip to the gulf, his fourth since the oil leak began nearly eight weeks ago. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, b.p. unveiled a new plan to capture more oil from its blown-out well. we look at the federal government's authority to compel the company to pay damages. >> woodruff: plus, we get some perspective on what the president can and should do about the disaster from michael beschloss, kathleen hall jamieson, and jonathon capehart. >> suarez: then two stories about minerals. margaret warner looks at the discovery of huge untapped deposits in afghanistan. >> woodruff: and kira kay reports on the hunt for the rare earth metals that are key to green technologies. >> the first step in the supply chain for the green world is the mine. people who have knee-jerk reaction, mining is evil, mining is bad, mining is is dirty, then forget green. your world will be black. >> suarez: and jeffrey brown takes us to a one-man show about the life

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. the times square bombing attempt pleaded guilty today. >> brown: i'm geoffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, judy woodruff gets the latest on today's court appearance and looks at efforts by the u.s., afghanistan and pakistan to fight terrorism and step up negotiations with the taliban. >> ifill: >> ifill: then, we examine today's supreme court ruling upholding a law banning aid to terror groups, with marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> brown:@- e talk to two reporters about the investigation about what went wrong before the well exploded. >> ifill: paul solmon reports on small businesses still caught in a credit crunch. >> i don't think you can walk into a bank and get any type of money for an i.d. anymore. you have to be able to cash flow it within a short amount of time and show a return on it otherwise it will be tough. >> brown: we update the world cup on and off the field as a scandal grips the french team. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major fund

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. lawmakers hammered out details for the most far-reaching financial reform since great depression. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, a new law would establish regulation aimed at preventing another wall street meltdown. >> woodruff: then we explore why senate republicans blocked the extension of jobless benefits. >> brown: betty ann bowser looks at the mental health struggles for crisis-weary citizens of the gulf the people who live in southern louisiana are trying to work their way through another disaster but this time the psychiatric consequences may be more long lasting. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. >> brown: and margaret warner reports on world cup fever in bra expwril looks ahead to the report she's preparing on the impact of the gulf oil daft disaster on brazil's offshore drill plans. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. chevron. this is the power of human energy. and the william and flora hewlett

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening, i'm gwen isle. president obama fires the top u.s. commandener afghanistan today after general stanley mcchrystal made disparaging remarks about administration officials. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, general david petraeus, and mcchrystal's boss will replace him. we weigh the effect on u.s. strategy in afghanistan and the political consequences at home. >> ifill: then from the gulf coast, betty ann bowser reports on the new health worry s arising from the continuing oil spill. >> woodruff: we update the political drama in south carolina after two conservative republicans , one indian american the other african american, post primary wins. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown tells the story of nashville rising, after last month's record floods stunned the city, its citizens and music industry. >> it was really, really bad, and a lot of -- a lot of great musicians, famous and non-famous working every day musicians work out of here, and it was devastating. the instrument loss her

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm geoffrey brown. supreme court nominee elena kagan was pressed today by her decision to bar military recruiters at harvard. >> ifill: i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, day two of the supreme court nominee's confirmation hearings. we have full coverage of the proceedings plus analysis from marcia coyle of the national law journal. >> brown: then interrupts from another confirmation hearing, this one for general david petraeus, the newly named u.s. commander in afghanistan said the u.s. has a long-term commitment to the war. >> it is going to be a number of years before afghan forces can truly handle the security tasks in afghanistan on their own. >> ifill: we examine the fallout from yesterday's arrests of 11 alleged russian spies living undercover in the united states. >> brown: ray suarez talks to film maker carol dysicker. her documentary explains whether afghan army troops are trained and ready. >> a lot of what i saw and came away feeling was not that there was so much something wrong, you

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. b.p. is now collecting more than one million gallons of oil a day from the gulf spill , and their c.e.o. will step down from daily oversight of the disaster. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour, damages will reach into the billions. the man in charge of the claims fund said initial payment elizabeth made within 60 days. >> lehrer: then judy woodruff gets an update on the bloodshed in krygyzstan. >> brown: ray suarez looks at the new -- obama administration's pressure on china over their currency. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundatio

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. the supreme court ruled local jurisdictions do not have the blanket right to ban gun ownership. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, it was a 5-4 vote, with the court deciding that chicago's law aimed at curbing gun violence was unconstitutional. marcia coyle of the "national law journal" fills in the details, and we get two views of the ruling. >> ifill: then, we turn to the future of the supreme court, as senate confirmation hearings begin for nominee elena kagan. >> i will do my best to consider every case impartially, modestly, with commitment to principle and in accordance with law. >> brown: we get the latest on the arrest of ten russians allegedly acting as long-term deep-cover spies in the u.s. >> ifill: and we remember west virginia senator robert byrd, who died today at age 92. >> could i ever imagined that i would become the longest serving member in the history , the great history of the united states congress. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's n

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. the environmental damage in the gulf could be far worse than previously thought. that's because new figures show b.p.'s ruptured well may be spewing twice as much oil. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the disaster is likely to be far more costly for b.p., too. we look at the oil giant's future, and the tensions between the u.s. and britain over the spill. >> lehrer: then, kwame holman examines the growing split with another long-time u.s. ally, turkey. >> they get the respect that they believe they deserve more in russia, syria, iran, in china. and therefore, they are looking for alternatives, and they are not willing to put all their eggs into the western basket. >> woodruff: ray suarez gets a rundown of day one of soccer's world cup from sports writers christine brennan and david hirshey. >> they call it the beautiful game and i think that if you just sit down and pay attention to it you really understand the skill level and appreciate that. it really is

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. high waves and gusting winds from hurricane alex hampered cleanup efforts in the gulf today, forcing oil-skimming ships back to shore. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: the churning surf also pushed more oil onto gulf coast beaches. we get an update on the growing storm. >> ifill: then, we have a newsmaker interview with richard holbrooke, the u.s. special representative for afghanistan and pakistan about the firing of general stanley mcchrystal and about the war. >> brown: kwame holman takes us through day three of the confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee elena kagan and judy woodruff gets analysis from marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> ifill: tom bearden reports from florida on scientists going deep underwater to explore the damage caused by the gushing oil well. >> the whole idea about oil impacting known delicate ecosystems is really a new one. toxicity studies done in the lab do not come close to replicating the impact this might h

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. plumes of oil have been detected deep underwater, far from bp's ruptured well. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, president obama said if b.p.'s ceo hayward worked for him, he would have fired him by now. we look at the company's legal liabilities. >> lehrer: and then ge we get an update on health care from susan dentzer, editor of health affairs journal as the administration pitched its reform to senior citizens. >> woodruff: jonathan miller of independent television news reports from capetown, south africa, on drugs, poverty and gangs in the shadow of the city's world cup stadium. >> i don't mean anything to my own family. that's why i look up to these guys. to show me the way. >> lehrer: ray suarez looks at a violent week in afghanistan just ahead of a major nato operation. >> woodruff: and geoffrey jean michel cousteau about the environmental disaster in the gulf. >> my hope is that this is the kick in the butt that we needed for change. >> lehrer: that's

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. the markets fell to their lowest point since february today, with a more than 300-point drop in the dow jones industrials. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on tonight's newshour, the market fall came after news of a disappointing jobs picture in may. we'll look at the numbers and the state of the recovery with economist lisa lynch and market analyst liz-ann saunders. >> woodruff: then, an update on the situation in the gulf of mexico as president obama made his third visit to the region. plus, spencer michels looks at how the oil spill is affecting louisiana's lucrative drilling industry. >> there are thousands of oil production platforms like this in the gulf of mexico. now, there is fear that there won't be any more drilling, and that will affect the economy of the region. >> brown: we get the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> woodruff: and paul solman talks to harvard economist ben friedman about the college graduates who still flock to wall street, three years i

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. the u.s. commander in afghanistan, general stanley mcchrystal, was summoned to the white house tomorrow to explain his criticisms of administration officials in a magazine story. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, the general issued a swift aapology but his comments drew fire from the pentagon and the white house. >> we look at the fallout with mark thompson of "time" magazine and retired generals dan mcneil and merrill mcpeak. >> ifill: then judy woodruff gets an update on how the government financial rescue program is working from congressional watchdog elizabeth warren. >> lehrer: on the oil spill story, the obama administration vowed to appeal today's decision blocking a six month ban on deep water drilling. we have a debate. >> ifill: and spencer michels reports on privacy concerns over cell phones that track and share users' whereabouts. >> if you are publishing your location to the world, anyone including a stalker or a thief or the government or an advertis

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. the attack on a gaza-bound aid ship drew more protest today as israel defended its naval blockade. >> ifill: i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we examine today's developments including an escalating war of words between israel and the government of turkey. >> lehrer: then on the oil story, spencer michels has the latest on bp's efforts to contain the spill amid growing anger from local residents. >> here in the fishing village, people are deeply disappointed that the latest attempt to stop the leak failed and they are junior afraid for the future. >> ifill: we weigh the prospects for bp's future after the oil giant suffered big losses on world markets. >> lehrer: then ray suarez reports on another of china's public health problems. the dramatic increase in obesity. >> suarez: rapidly rising incomes, less strenuous physical labor and lots of new foods have contributed to a fatter china. >> lehrer:. >> ifill: geoffrey brown looks back at 30 years of cable news and ahead to a chan