captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: a sweltering heat wave blasted half the nation today, and triple-digit temperatures roasted americans in cities in the midwest and south. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the extreme weather, and the record drought gripping states from florida to arizona. >> woodruff: then we look at the assassination of afghan president karzai's brother and its impact on safety and stability in that war-torn country. >> ifill: ray suarez explores what's next for rupert murdoch's media empire, as the investigation expands into the phone hacking scandal. >> woodruff: we update budget negotiations in washington and examine the consequences if lawmakers fail to raise the debt ceiling by the august 2 deadline. >> ifill: tom bearden tells the story of citizen scientists-- some quite young-- on the hunt for ladybugs. >> oh, they're beauties. we can't keep them, sweetie. we're just going to take their picture. >> woodruff: and we reflect on the life of betty ford, as frie

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: more violence in iraq as massive explosions rocked a government building outside baghdad today, killing at least 37 and injuring dozens. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the bombings and security concerns from ed o'keefe of "the washington post" reporting from iraq. >> woodruff: then, we get an update from republican senator john cornyn on the federal budget standoff as negotiations enter a crucial stage. >> i just frankly don't think tax increases particularly during a weak economy are likely to pass either the house or the senate. >> ifill: paul solman reports from cleveland on an effort to clear blighted communities by razing abandoned foreclosed homes. >> when you have an eye sore like this, it just takes away from neighborhood. people don't want to move into a neighborhood like this. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown talks to montana's governor brian schweitzer on the race to clean up the oil spill on the yellowstone river. >> ifill: and ray suarez examin

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: president obama and republican lawmakers struggled anew to reach a grand bargain on a budget cutting deal aimed at averting a government default. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, kwame holman has the latest on the claims and counter claims. and we get the perspective of two senate members of the bipartisan "gang of 6"-- democrat kent conrad and republican saxby chambliss. >> brown: then, in his final report from indonesia, ray suarez looks at efforts to combat rising food prices and malnutrition. >> a really smart pilot project in this jakarta neighborhood is giving families a way to make sure their youngest children are getting properly nourished. >> woodruff: we examine what's behind the borders bookstore bankruptcy as the chain prepares to shutter most of its nearly 400 outlets. >> brown: we continue our collaboration with "the economist" to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, one family's harrowing battle to keep their land in zimbabwe, despite brutal i

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: former international financier dominique strauss-kahn was released without bail as questions arose about the woman who accused him of sexual assault. good evening. i'm jim lehrer. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at today's courtroom proceedings, and examine where the prosecution's case stands now. >> lehrer: we get the latest on new clashes in syria from npr's deborah amos in damascus. >> the president wants to have a national dialogue, he says on july 10th. this group says nada, we are not your partners until the violence stops on the streets. >> brown: paul solman talks to the authors of a provocative new book on how fannie mae's push- for-profits helped pump up the housing bubble. >> if you are trying to enrich yourself, increase your profits, which fannie mae was absolutely determined to do then that becomes a per version of home ownership. >> lehrer: mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has be

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: it was part town hall meeting, part press conference and part tech experiment as president obama took questions from americans via twitter today. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we look at the evolving nexus between social media and politics and what politicians and voters each get from this wired relationship. >> brown: then, kwame holman updates the state-of-play in the federal deficit negotiations in washington. >> ifill: judy woodruff examines how minnesota's government shutdown foreshadows state budget woes nation wide. >> brown: we get the latest on the investigation of widespread cheating in the atlanta public school system from heather vogell of the "atlanta journal constitution." >> ifill: from sudan, an on-the-ground report on new clashes as the southern part of the country prepares for independence saturday. >> brown: and ray suarez talks to david epstein of "sports illustrated," as former pitching great roger clemens faces charges of lying to congress about

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the house moved toward a vote on a republican plan to cut the deficit. but democrats warned it would be dead on arrival in the senate. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: kwame holman has the latest on the vote. and david chalian walks us through what's next for lawmakers, as the clock ticks closer to the august second deadline. >> woodruff: and we examine the mounting frustration of americans around the country with reporters in two key states: john ralston in nevada, home of senate majority leader harry reid and karen kasler in ohio where speaker john boehner comes from. >> brown: then, margaret warner interviews the new head of the international monetary fund, christine legarde about the debt crisis here and in europe. >> the global economy is clearly highly dependent on the u.s. economy. so to have the lead economy uncertain about its debt ceiling is quite worrisome. >> woodruff: spencer michels updates the story of honey bees dying in large numbers for the last five ye

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: a heat dome sitting over much of the country's midsection trapped millions of americans in triple digit temperatures. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the unusually wide-spread and long-lasting hot weather and high humidity. >> ifill: then, kwame holman reports on the new promise of a bipartisan deficit-cutting plan. >> brown: we update the british phone-hacking scandal, as prime minister cameron comes under fire in parliament. >> ifill: we explore new recommendations that health insurance companies scrap co-payments for birth control making contraception free for millions of women. >> brown: from indonesia, ray suarez has the story of the search for a birth control pill for men that would help stem population growth in the world's 4th largest country. >> on the foothills of this dormant volcano, lost inside these leave there is may be a compound that's eluded scientists for decades-- an effective male oral contraceptive. >> ifill: and the first in a se

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: the phone hacking crisis deepened in britain today with a second high-level resignation at scotland yard and the death of a whistleblower. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, weç get the latest on the scandal including claims of illegal eavesdropping and bribery by journalists working for rupert murdoch's news corp from ned temko of the "london observer." >> ifill: then, we examine president obama's pick to lead a new consumer protection agency. >> woodruff: from indonesia, ray suarez reports on a nation coming to grips with mental health disorders even as its institutions lock up and chain patients. >> this enormous country has almost no psychiatrists,çç leaving the mentally ill with very few options for treatment. >> ifill: kwame holman brings us the latest on the showdown over raising the government's borrowing limit. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown talks to legendary concert pianist leon fleisher about overcoming a disability that nearly silenced his career. >> if t

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: senate democrats planned to move on their bill to raise the nation's borrowing limit, while house republicans reworked their version. good evening, i'm jim lehrer. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, kwame holman has the latest on the race to avert a government default with just three days to go. plus, we debrief "newshour" political editor david chalian. >> lehrer: then, jeffrey brown gets an update on the famine in the horn of africa from the head of the world food program. >> woodruff: mark shields and michael gerson analyze the week's news. >> lehrer: and ray suarez has the story of the secret cancer surgery performed on president grover cleveland in 1893. >> the tumor had to be removed, the location of the operation was the big question. it was cleveland himself who recommended going on a boat. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. >> our history depends on new ideas. we

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: there were new dire warnings today and more partisan fingerpointing, as the talks over raising the u.s. debt ceiling continued. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the negotiation, the politics and the proposals aimed at avoiding a government default. >> woodruff: then, we interview deputy secretary of defense william lynn about the pentagon's plans for combatting cyber attacks. >> suarez: gwen ifill examines a new crackdown on multiple purchases of semi-automatic weapons in border states. >> woodruff: we continue our collaboration with "the economist" magazine to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight: slum dwellers in kenya resist development projects aimed at helping them. >> suarez: and jeffrey brown talks with historian david mccullough about 19th century artists and thinkers who brought lessons home after living in paris. >> these were people who created the american look. people don't realize to what degree we are affected the french and

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: americans here and abroad celebrated independence day today with parades, barbecues and fireworks. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we see how families, troops and presidential candidates alike observed the holiday. >> ifill: and as the politicians parade, political editor david chalian looks at how much money the g.o.p. field is raising toto chchllenge eachchththr, and thee sittininprprident. >> woodruff: we have the latest on both professional basketball and football lockouts with espn's kevin blackistone and the "new york times" howard beck. >> ifill: betty ann bowser has the story of two, classically- trained chefs giving public school lunches a healthy makeover. >> woodruff: margaret warner interviews lauren wolfe of the committee to protect journalists about the risks facing female reporters around the world. >> ifill: jeffrey brown talks to singer-songwriter josh ritter about his first novel.çç >> suddenly i was writing this novel. every day i would get up and i wou

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: refusing to raise the nation's borrowing limit could throw the financial system into enormous disarray. that warning came today from federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the negotiations and the proposals to break the logjam over reducing the deficit. >> ifill: plus, ray suarez examines italy's moves to calm fears in europe over its debt crisis. >> woodruff: hari sreenivasan talks to vikas bajaj of the "new york times" in mumbai about the coordinated bomb blasts in india's financial capital. >> ifill: political editor david chalian takes us inside president obama's record- breaking 2012 money haul. >> woodruff: paul solman reports on an ohio company that guarantees its workers jobs even during a recession. >> a vast, century old lincoln electric in the heart of the rust belt, workers average $28 an hour and yet there hasn't been a layoff here in at least 70 years. >> ifill: and we check in on how the pentagon i

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> this is the most humble day of my life. >> brown: there was high drama in london today at the parliamentary hearings on the phone hacking scandal, including an attack on media mogul rupert murdoch by a prankster armed with a plate of shaving cream. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we examine today's proceedings where the head of news corp said he was shocked, appalled and ashamed, but not responsible for the misdeeds. we talk to john burns of "the new york times" and david folkenflik of npr. >> brown: then, we ask nuclear regulatory commission chair gregory jaczko if u.s. reactors could withstand an earthquake like the one that devastated japan. >> ifill: from indonesia, ray suarez reports on the challenges and the troubles facing one of the world's largest democracies. >> it made tremendous strides politically and economically but still struggles with corruption. >> brown: kwame holman updates the budget battles as the house and senate offer dueling plans for reducing the defic

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: both president obama and republican congressional leaders used positive language, for a change, to describe today's white house meeting on reducing the nation's debt. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the politics and public opinion in the race to piece together a budget deal before the u.s. defaults on its financial obligations. >> woodruff: margaret warner has the details on the phone hacking probe that led to the surprise shutdown of the 168-year-old british tabloid "news of the world." >> brown: we look at the obama administration's decision to reverse a long-standing policy and send condolence letters to families of military suicides. >> woodruff: miles o'brien reports on the endurance and isolation experiments that could pave the way for future manned missions to mars. >> i don't think anyone knows the answer for that the right formula is for the composition of a crew except that they're going to have to be daring, self reliant, and capable of resp

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: there were two deadly terror attacks today in norway, the worst violence in that country since world war ii. good evening. i'm jim lehrer. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the bomb blast that ripped open government buildings in the heart of oslo, and the shootings at a political camp for teenagers. >> lehrer: then, from somalia, we have a report on the worst drought in a generation. and ray suarez examines the effort to get food to millions at risk of starvation. >> we're hopeful that we can push further into southern somalia in the coming days an weeks. we have to try. we can't not try. it's just too serious. >> woodruff: kwame holman updates the impasse over getting a deal to reduce the deficit and avert a government default. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown gets a rare inside look at a syrian city where anti- government demonstrations have grown bigger and bolder from anthony shadid of "the new york times." >> r

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: greek lawmakers passed a second cost-cutting bill aimed at averting default 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 m

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: democrats and republicans pushed ahead on rival proposals to solve the debt crisis, drawing a veto threat and few signs of compromise. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, kwame holman has the latest on the back and forth, and we look at how we got here, and the tangled stakes in washington and on wall street. >> ifill: then, from oslo, we have an update on the weekend massacre, as norwegian authorities begin to release names of those killed. and the gunman's attorney says his client is likely insane. >> brown: we examine a new study showing a widening wealth gap between whites and minority americans. >> ifill: paul solman has the story of a college program that turns convicts into graduates. >> this is my third time i'm being incarcerated. each time i was incarcerated before in the past i was always looking for the easy way out. this time i'm committed to educating myself. >> brown: and ray suarez explores the growing rift between ireland and the vatican over sexual abuse al

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: it's a time of high brinckmanship and high stakes in washington over the debt talks. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown. >> and i'm gwen ifill. in just a few moments president barack obama will address the nation from the east room of the white house it will be the 7th time he has done so since taking office. >> brown: front and center tonight, the administration's charged and tense negotiations with congressional republicans over the country's 14 trillion dollar debt ceiling, the amount the federal government is allowed to borrow with a looming deadline of august 2nd, and the threat of a potential first ever default. we'll carry the president's speech in its entirety as well as a response that will follow from speaker of the house john boehner. his direct negotiations with the president broke down last friday. we have reached this point after weeks of face-to-face meetings at the white house and the capitol, with many hints of a deal, then no deal, deal and then again where we are at the moment, no deal. president obama is expec