>> bbc world news was pres captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. president obama made the case today for his 2012 budget, and called on both parties to prepare for tough decisions about social security, medicare and medicaid. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, on capitol hill, republicans called for slashing this year's spending. david chalian walks us through the politics of today's debate. >> woodruff: and we talk to freshman senator and tea party leader rand paul, who says neither party is going far enough. >> i don't think we're on a path towards balancing the budget. we're not a path towards reducing the debt. we're on a path towards exploding the debt on both sides, democrat and republican. >> ifill: then, we look at the ripple effect from egypt's uprising, as protesters take to the streets in bahrain and yemen. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown zeroes in on the moves by the government of iran to crack down on demonstrators. >> ifill: betty ann bowser tells the story of a colorado clinic helping diabetepa

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

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifll.resident 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.

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 deadlier than last year, when more than 3,00op

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. violence escalated in libya today as thousands of foreign citizens scrambled to flee by all means of transportation. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the increasingly unstable situation in the north african country. >> lehrer: then, we take a closer look at moammar gadhafi and his 42 years of rule in libya. >> ifill: and we assess what pressure, if any, other nations can bring to stop the regime's deadly crack down. >> lehrer: plus, charles savage of the "new york times" goes through the justice department's decision on no longer defining marriage as only between a man and a woman. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> 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 foundations. and... this program was made possible by the

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer.emocratic 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 on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, li

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

>> "bbc world captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. embattled libyan leader moammar gadhafi refused to step down today, saying in a televised address he would "die a martyr" rather than leave the country. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the bloody revolt gripping the north african country. >> ifill: then we look at the death of four americans, hijacked by somali pirates. >> brown: judy woodruff talks to marcia coyle about a supreme court case that began with a jilted wife, and now raises important tenth amendment

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 "independent television news" continues his series on the war against violent drug cartels. toni

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. egypt's foreign minister told margaret warner today that u.s. advice has been not at all helpful. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, also in that interview, foreign minister ahmed aboul gheit suggested the u.s. should ease up its pressure on the mubarak regime. >> i hope that we are all rational enough to go on a gradual change. an abrupt sudden change might entail very deep risks for egypt. chaos. violence. i detest-- i hate to see the country being engulfed in that kind of violence >> lehrer: and lindsey hilsum of "independent television news" reports on today's protests in cairo and elsewhere. >> ifill: then, we examine a new study that could well change the way doctors treat breast cancer. >> lehrer: spencer michels looks at a california program on mental illness in young people. >> identifying pre-psychotic individuals and treating them early seems to be working in a unique san francisco mental health program. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown has the real-life st

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. fighting intensified in libya today. militias loyal to moammar qadaffi opened fire on rebels in tripoli and he called on his supporters to prepare to defend libya. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get reports from libya's capital where thousands demanded qaddafi's ouster and from benghazi where the revolt began. >> lehrer: and hari sreenivasan talks to activists in libya and here in the u.s. who are in touch with the protesters. >> woodruff: then, we examine the state of the states with two governors-- indiana republican mitch daniels and montana democrat brian schweitzer. >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. >> i think... >> we need renewable energy. >> ...renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. >> i think it'

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 deadlier than last year, when more than 3,000 people were murdered in this small city. >> lehrer: t

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. fighting intensified in libya today. militias loyal to moammar qadaffi opened fire on rebels in tripoli and he called on his supporters to prepare to defend libya. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get reports from libya's capital where thousands demanded qaddafi's ouster and from benghazi where the revolt began. >> lehrer: and hari sreenivasan talks to activists in libya and here in the u.s. who are in

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. the conflict in libya escalated as qaddafi loyalists launched counter attacks on anti- government rebels as qaddafi accused osama bin laden of fomenting revolt in libya. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the violent crackdown including reports that more than one thousand people have been killed so far. and we look at how qaddafi's forces stack up against the opposition. >> lehrer: and, we examine soaring oil prices as the unrest

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. bloody battles erupted between pro and anti government factions in the streets of cairo today. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the confrontations in the egyptian capital and look at who's behind the clashes. >> brown: then, kwame holman updates the massive storm paralyzing cities from the midwest to the northeast. >> suarez: we examine what's next for states and consumers after four differing court rulings on the new health care law. >> brown: and we talk with charles sennott of "global post" about his interview with general david petraeus on the afghan war effort. >> clearly a lot of this hinges on the ability of afghan forces to do more as we do progressively less, we're not just going to say, "tag you're it, we're out of here." >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the one

captioning 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 on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay,

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. egypt's military promised today not to fire on peaceful protesters, and organizers of the demonstrations called for a massive turnout tomorrow. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the uprising from independent television news correspondents on the scene in cairo and alexandria. >> brown: then kwame holman reports on washington's response to the crisis. >> it is not up to us to determine when the grievances of the egyptian people have been met by the egyptian government. >> warner: we assess the prospects for a peaceful transition to democracy. >> brown: and ray suarez examines h protesters and governments have used communications technology, in egypt and beyond. >> warner: plus, our economics correspondent gets a firsthand look at whether electric cars can go far enough on new and better batteries. >> brown: and we talk with author and essayist roger rosenblatt about the art of writing. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding

captioning 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. >> i'm miles o'brien. i just played jeopardy against a very smart computer. it was great for the computer. i'll tell you about artificial intelligence and the pursuit of language understanding. for machines. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: breathe in. breathe out. as volatile as markets have been lately havin

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. egyptian president mubarak relinquished some of his powers today, but he did not step down as president. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, protesters in cairo's central square were enraged after muburak spoke. we get the latest on this dramatic day 17 of the uprising from margaret warner in cairo. >> people were pretty quiet and then suddenly you could see the deflation and then the anger. >> lehrer: we have two egypt analysts to explain what mubarak's speech means. >> brown: and we discuss the situation with former presidential national security advisors zbigniew brzezinski and stephen hadley. >> lehrer: then, republican darrell issa and democrat elijah cummings debate the push to ease government regulation of business. >> we're going to have to do more with the president to really find ways to reduce the size of the burden of government to get people working again. >> i want jobs very badly, but i also want when people go to work, i want to know that they'r

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. the egyptian government moved to defuse the protests today, offering public sector workers a pay raise. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, margaret warner reports from cairo with reaction from people inside and outside the city's central square. >> ifill: and we assess the state of negotiations aimed at ending the uprising. >> brown: then we look at president obama's outreach to corporate america in a speech to the u.s. chamber of commerce. >> but i want to be clear. even as we make america the best place on earth to do business, businesses also have a responsibility to america. >> ifill: judy woodruff talks to actress and playwright anna deveare smith about her one- woman play on facing the end of life. >> i say that it is about the vulnerability of the human body, the resilience of the spirit, the price of care. >> brown: and we examine aol's big buy of the web site the huffington post, with arianna huffington and aol chief tim armstrong. >> ifill: that's all

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. embattled libyan leader moammar gadhafi refused to step down today, saying in a televised address he would "die a martyr" rather than leave the country. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the bloody revolt gripping the north african country. >> ifill: then we look at the death of four americans, hijacked by somali pirates. >> brown: judy woodruff talks to marcia coyle about a supreme court case that began with a jilted wife, and now raises important tenth amendment issues, plus a ruling today that shields vaccine makers from lawsuits. >> ifill: charles sennott of "global post" examines the role of the muslim brotherhood in post-mubarak egypt. >> they call themselves the brothers, and they have decades of experience providing social services to egypt's poor. they became key to holding the revolution's infrastructure together. >> brown: and we go beyond wisconsin to explore the showdown over labor rights and tight budgets, now spreading to ot

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 the end the people succeeded and we got what we wanted. >> i can't say what i am feeling. i am very happy. i want to do everything i can do. i want to >> lehrer: then, jeffrey brown examines what the climactic end of the uprising means for egypt and beyond. >> woodruff: then, we look at the 2012 republican presidential hopefuls courting conservatives this week in washington. >> we're goinging to hear a lot of rhetoric. we're goinging to hear a lot of ideas but what is really the critical component is what are they capable of taking action on >> le

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. president obama made the case today for his 2012 budget, and called on both parties to prepare for tough decisions about social security, medicare and medicaid. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, on capitol hill, republicans called for slashing this year's spending. david chalian walks us through the politics of today's debate. >> woodruff: and we talk to freshman senator and tea party leader rand paul, who says neither party is going far enough. >> i don't think we're on a path towards balancing the budget. we're not a path towards reducing the debt. we're on a path towards exploding the debt on both sides, democrat and republican. >> ifill: then, we look at the ripple effect from egypt's uprising, as protesters take to the streets in bahrain and yemen. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown zeroes in on the moves by the government of iran to crack down on demonstrators. >> ifill: betty ann bowser tells the story of a colorado clinic helping diabetes patients stave off the de

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. egyptian president mubarak vowed again to remain in power until the end of his term. protesters called for even larger demonstrations tomorrow. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on today's bloody confrontations and the attacks on journalists from jonathan rugman of "independent television news," and margaret warner reporting from cairo. >> we were told about all the violence against westerners, journalists, and others, and warned not to go downtown, no matter how circuitous the route. >> lehrer: and we assess what the clashes are doing to prospects for an orderly transfer of power. >> woodruff: then, science correspondent miles o'brien explains a remarkable new discovery of more than 1,200 new planets outside our solar system. >> lehrer: "newshour" special correspondent kira kay reports on political turmoil in another middle eastern country-- lebanon. >> the christians are afraid of the muslim communities, the sunnis are afraid of the shi

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> odruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. egyptians staged one of their largest protests yet, as hundreds of thousands filled cairo's tahrir square. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, lindsey hilsum of independent television news reports on today's turnout, including the appearance of a google executive turned protest organizer. and margaret warner interviews an egyptian nobel prize winner who's taking part in the negotiations. >> my worry is that there will be a tipping point at which all of this will be gone and we might see chaos. >> woodruff: plus we examine the role of the egyptian military in the uprising and in the transition to a new government. >> ifill: then science correspondent miles o'brien reports on the threat posed by dirty bombs made of radioactive material. >> as the terrorists are trying to think of new ways to access materials we're trying to think of new ways to protect them. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown talks to transportation secretary ray lahood about a government probe into toyota's