captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: yemen erupted in more clashes today, even amid celebrations of president ali abdullah saleh's departure from the country. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on political unrest in the arab nation. >> brown: then we get an update on the confessions of new york democrat anthony weiner, who admitted sending lewd photographs of himself and inappropriate messages to women online. >> ifill: judy woodruff examines new promise in the world of cancer treatment, drugs to prolong the lives of skin cancer patients, and another that helps prevent breast cancer. >> brown: education correspondent john merrow looks at how we judge good schools and bad ones. >> do you believe what you read or what you see. could educational quality be like beauty in the eye of the beholder or does a test score say it all? >> ifill: ray suarez explores apple's entry into online music storage, a service unveiled today by the company's c.e.o., steve jobs. >> brown: and margaret warner rememb

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: more setbacks on the nation's job front as employers hired the fewest new workers in eight months. good evening. i'm jim lehrer. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we ask why firms aren't hiring, and how much this slows the economic recovery. >> lehrer: jeffrey brown updates the continuing turmoil in the arab world. >> woodruff: plus, economics correspondent paul solman checks out how grover, elmo, and cookie monster are spending and saving their money. >> how does "sesame street" teach young children financial literacy, and particularly how to save? >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. 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's got to work on a big scale. and i think it's got to be affordable. >> so,

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: security forces widened the violent crackdown against reform protestors in syria, shelling a town in the north and killing dozens throughout the country. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the escalation in syria as thousands of refugees try to escape government assaults by crossing into neighboring turkey. >> brown: then, we look at defense secretary robert gates' warning that nato faces irrelevancy unless european allies shoulder more of the military burden. >> future u.s. political leaders may not consider the return on america's investment in nato worth the cost. >> warner: plus, we have a special report on dissent in iran in the aftermath of the disputed presidential election two years ago. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> warner: and ray suarez examines why a federal espionage case against a former national security agency official fell apart. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: a senate investigation reveals a grim outlook for u.s. nation-building in afghanistan. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight: two senators weigh in on u.s. exit strategy-- new jersey democrat robert menendez and georgia republican saxby chambliss. >> woodruff: then, we have the latest on syria's leadership, its deadly crackdown on anti- government demonstrators, and growing international calls to rein in the violence. >> ifill: hari sreenivasan explores why four billion addresses used to connect to web sites aren't enough. >> imagine for a minute that you have a telephone number system that runs out of telephone numbers and you have to add another digit to make a bigger address space for telephone numbers-- this is the sort of thing you run into. >> woodruff: ray suarez reports on the challenges facing europe's richest country as chancellor angela merkel visits the united states. i german chancellor is not a head of state, but the white house not only honored her with the f

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: senator harry reid, the majority leader, told the newshour the war powers act has no application to the nato-led air strikes in libya and the operation would be over soon. good evening. i'm jim lehrer. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, senator reid also talked about afghanistan and the budget deal in our newsmaker interview. >> lehrer: then, we look at dissent in saudi arabia, as some women challenge strict male-only driving rules in the islamic kingdom. >> woodruff: margaret warner gets an update from steven greenhouse of "the new york times" about a labor dispute that pits the government against boeing, and washington state against south carolina. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and gwen ifill talks to human rights activist john prendergast and his "unlikely brother," michael mattocks, co-authors of a new book chronicling their unique bond. >> did you think who is this strange white guy taking me out in the street like this? >> in the beginning, yea

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: a new poll reveals nine in ten americans are pessimistic about the nation's economy. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we zero in on what's behind the growing pessimism and what are the political repercussions. >> ifill: then we assess a study that finds dramatically higher levels of radiation at jan's fukushima nuclear plant, including full-blown meltdowns. >> woodruff: ray suarez looks at the h.i.v.-aids pandemic and the state of treatment research, 30 years after the first case was reported. >> there isn't that fear factor as much as it used to be. that's the reason why we've got to make sure we're not victims of our own success. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown talks to author tea obreht about mixing realism and fantasy in her debut novel, "the tig's wife." >> i think that this is something you can do in stride. when dealing with reality, fantasy comes in so much as a coping mechanism. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: sweltering temperatures blasted half the country today as a record- breaking heat wave gripped states from the south to the great lakes. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, ray suarez has the latest on the extreme weather and the efforts to contain the mammoth wildfire blazing in arizona. >> brown: then, we update the turmoil in syria, as thousands of refugees stream across the border into turkey to flee the deadly violence. >> woodruff: we zero in on the budget challenges ahead for the pentagon and the man tapped to head it next, leon panetta. >> the next seg of defense will be required to juggle the competing demands on our forces while washington struggles with an extremely challenging fiscal environment. >> brown: we continue our collaboration with "the economist" magazine to highlight the art of filmmakin tonight, saving the rainforests in honduras from destructive farming practices. >> you're looking at a catastrophe, 1 billion tons of carbon straight up into th

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: the house of representatives rejected authorizing u.s. military involvement in libya, but also voted down an attempt to cut off money for the operation. good evening. i'm jim lehrer. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, one vote was a victory for republicans, the other for the obama administration. we get perspective from two veteran congress watchers. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner gets an update on the north dakota floods as the record water levels keep rising. >> brown: judy woodruff examines cracks in the republican party's longtime opposition to raising taxes to curb the budget deficit. >> we disagree with senator coburn's stated policy of raising taxes and spending it. >> if we don't, guess what's going to happen? we're going to be treated just like greece. greece is gonna-- greece is gonna be our model. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks provide their weekly analysis. >> brown: and ray suarez has a book conversation with pulitzer prize winning author oscar hijuelos about his new memoir, and how ear

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: syrian refugees poured by the thousands into the border region with turkey, fleeing the syrian military's drive to crush anti-government demonstrations. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: i'm gwen ifill. n the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the border situation and on the government's counteroffensive. >> woodruff: then, david chalian walks us through the highlights of last night's debate among republican presidential hopefuls. >> ifill: we explain new effectiveness guidelines for sunscreen products. >> woodruff: spencer michels reports on the booming business of one of the biggest social media companies on the internet. twitter is growing incredibly fast but that doesn't mean its future is assured. >> ifill: ray suarez talks to puerto rico's governor luis fortuno as president obama makes a rare visit to the commonwealth. >> we've been trying to make sure that every family on the island can find work and make a living and provide for their children. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown details the ups and downs o

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: demonstrators took to the streets in greece and their government braced for a shake-up, as that country grapples with a debt crisis with global repercussions. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the european troubles and their impact and look at how they compare to debt worries here. >> woodruff: kwame holman looks at the record of defense secretary robert gates, as he meets the press for the final time at the pentagon. >> brown: ray suarez talks to marcia coyle about today's supreme court decision on miranda warnings for children. >> woodruff: health correspondent betty ann bowser reports on some patients who developed severe side effects after taking certain anti- bacterial drugs. >> it's hard tonow how many americans are harmed by quinolones, or any prescription drugs for that matter, because the u.s. has no accurate way to track them. >> brown: as al-qaeda names a successor to osama bin laden, we look at the new leader and the state of the

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: more signs of a stalling economic recovery emerged today. good evening. i'm jim lehrer. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we walk through the numbers and debate whether the government has the will and the way to kick-start growth. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff reports on the official coming of mitt romney into the 2012 race for the republican presidential nomination. >> brown: ray suarez has the latest on the outbreak of a deadly mutant strain of e. coli, sickening hundreds throughout europe. >> lehrer: and we talk to jill abramson, named today as the first woman executive editor of "the new york times." that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody s goto get serous >> i ink. >> we need renewable energy. >> ...renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. >> i think it's got to work on a big scale. and i think it's got to be affordable. >> so, where are they? >> it has to

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: rioting escalated in greece today as a strike against new austerity measures brought the country to a standstill. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we have a report from athens, where protesters clashed with police. >> woodruff: we assess the new pick to head the international monetary fund, christine lagarde of france. >> ifill: science correspondent miles o'brien reports on high- tech artificial body parts that perform almost like real ones. >> what did you do? >> i thought about lifting my arm up just like you would think about raising your arm or lowering your arm. >> it's that natural. >> it's that natural. >> woodruff: from gender discrimination to military funerals to climate change, we look back at this year's consequential supreme court term, with analysis from marcia coyle and tom goldstein. >> ifill: and margaret warner talks with the u.s. special envoy for sudan on the mounting violence there, as the nation prepares to split in two. >> out of fighting more

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: president obama weighed the timetable today for bringing home thousands of u.s. forces from afghanistan. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we preview the president's options ahead of his prime-time address tomorrow on the troop drawdown. >> brown: then, political editor david chalian updates the expanding 2012 republican presidential field, as former ambassador to china jon huntsman jumps in. >> ifill: margaret warner talks to food and drug administration commissioner margaret hamburg about a new campaign to get people to stop smoking by putting graphic warning labels on cigarette packages. >> brown: from cambodia, we have a report on teaching young people about their country's violent past, even as a new round of genocide trials is set to begin. >> many here who lost family members and many others whose parents were in the regime. learning about had history isn't just a school lesson, it's the story of who they are. >> ifill: and judy woodruff explores investment bank j.p.

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: president obama scolded lawmakers today warning of a looming debt deadline and saying that tax increases must be part of a deal to reduce the deficit. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight, we excerpt the president's news conference and assess the current impasse with two senators: new jersey democrat robert menendez and wyoming republican john barrasso. >> brown: then, we get the latest on the insurgent attack on a kabul hotel from pam constable of the "washington post" in afghanistan. >> warner: miles o'brien has the story of some do-it-yourself projects that are fun and serious all at once. >> what does a rolling cupcake have to do with teaching kids about science, technology, and mathematics? well, it's all about the frosting, i'll explain. >> brown: and judy woodruff talks to a father and daughter team-- marvin and deborah kalb, whose new book looks at the shadow cast by the vietnam war on today's military decisions. >> they had to win and yet they lost and so pr

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: president obama talked about debt reduction with congressional republicans at the white house today, but no deal was made. good evening. i'm jim lehrer. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, david chalian walks us through the politics behind the posturing on spending cuts and raising the debt limit. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff explores computer hacking and the impact cyber attacks have on government, business, individuals, and even the newshour. >> ifill: tom bearden reports on the scientific push to identify possible tornadoes sooner, get out warnings earlier. 6-top beardsley reports on the scientific push to identify possible tornados sooner and get out warnings earlier. >> lehrer: we look at the media spotlight on sarah palin's bus tour. >> ifill: and, jeffrey brown talks to trumpet player and band leader wynton marsalis about passing his love of jazz on to the next generation. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. some

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: two major decisions at the supreme court today, justices threw out the largest class-action suit in history, and rejected a global warming lawsuit against power companies. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, marcia coyle walks us through the decisions, and we assess the wal-mart class-action ruling, in a sex discrimination case that could have wide implications for american workers and companies. >> ifill: then, as the u.s. steps up contact with the taliban, margaret warner solicits views from three influential afghan women. >> brown: special correspondent john tulenko visits a high school classroom in new york, where turmoil in the middle east offers a "teaching moment" for a lesson about refugees. >> i think it's very important to expose them to what's happening in the rest of the world. they don't understand that it's important to care about people. it's even important to care about people that you don't know. >> ifill: we explore why children's food allergies are now mo

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: home prices in major cities around the country have dropped to their lowest levels in five years. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we look at what's driving down sticker prices. >> ifill: then, we have our own congressional debate over a vote to increase the nation's debt limit. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown talks to neurosurgeon keith black about a possible link between cell phones and brain cancer. >> ifill: spencer michels reports on a california family's remarkable art collection, featuring early works from picasso, matisse and the parisian avant-garde. >> woodruff: and margaret warner explores why yemen's president ali abdullah saleh remains in power amid growing violence and calls to step down. >> ifill: 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, ri

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: the supreme court ruled it's unconstitutional to bar children from buying violent video games. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, marcia coyle walks us through the video game ruling and a decision on a campaign finance law in arizona. >> ifill: then, hari sreenivasan has the latest on the conviction of ousted illinois governor rod blagojevich for trying to trade or sell the senate seat once held by president obama. >> woodruff: we update the growing field of republican presidential candidates as minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann kicks off her campaign. >> ifill: special correspondent fred de sam lazaro has a good news story about a west african nation that's enjoyed two decades of thriving democracy. >> reporter: in a region that's seen bloody political violence ghana has enjoyed stability, economic growth and freedom. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown looks at what's next for gay marriage, three days after new york state made it legal. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight'

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: president obama mapped out a course tonight for bringing 33,000 s. troops home from afghanistan by the end of next year. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we have extended excerpts of this evening's primetime speech at the white house. plus, analysis from ruth marcus and william kristol. >> woodruff: then, we examine the obama administration's record on climate change as former vice president al gore criticizes the president's failure to take bold action on global warming. >> ifill: from rhode island, paul solman reports on the risk to retirees and taxpayers alike when billions of dollars from state pension funds are tied up in the stock market. >> we'd be asking people, do you want to pay higher taxes in order to avoid taking the risk in the stock market? i think most people would say no to that. >> woodruff: and we continue our collaboration with "the economist" magazine to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, jeffrey brown talks to "my perestroika" director robin h

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: president obama received mixed reaction to his plan to withdraw 33,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan by late next year signaling the beginning of the end of the decade-long war. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, kwame holman reports on the response to the president's address from washington to kabul. >> woodruff: and in a newsmaker interview, jim lehrer asks defense secretary robert gates about the drawdown and other issues, as gates wraps up his tenure at the pentagon. >> brown: then, we get the latest on the impasse in the bipartisan deficit negotiations as lawmakers butt heads over taxes and republicans boycott today's talks. >> woodruff: margaret warner has the story of the arrest of notorious boston crime boss james whitey bulger, one of the f.b.i.'s ten most wanted criminals. >> ♪ i'll eliminate the pages, where the father has a break ♪ down >> brown: and we close with a conversation with music-legend paul simon about his new album and the art of song-writing.

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: greek lawmakers passed a second cost-cutting bill aimed at averting deult today, while in britain thousands of public sector workers went on strike rallying against pension reforms. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the "newshour" tonight, we look at whether austerity measures can work to spur economic growth and help solve the european debt crisis. >> brown: then, we have a newsmaker interview with white house chief of staff bill daley about the stalled debt talks, a day after the president scolded congress. >> warner: betty ann bowser reports on a colorado hospital where medical mistakes are rare. >> one in three americans are at risk of a hospital acquired infection or will become a victim of a medical error. this hospital in denver is doing something about that. >> brown: ray suarez explores the prospect of another tech bubble. this time from social media websites. >> warner: and we get a rare view of dissent in china, following a new surge of protests by young people and labor union mem