opinions to go after. >> they have to go all the way back to her college writings. >> woodruff: marcia coyle will be back with me tomorrow to cover the first day of questioning of elena kagan. thank you, marcia. >> my pleasure, judy. >> brown: next a modern spy story involving russia and the united states once again. the announcement came late this afternoon from the justice department. ten russia intelligence officers arrested for allegedly searching as illegal agents of the russian government in the united states. a statement was released saying that eight individuals were arrested sunday for allegedly carrying out long-term deep cover assignments in the united states on behalf of the russian federation. it went on to say that two additional defendants were also arrested sunday for allegedly participating in the same russian intelligence program within the united states. each of the ten faced charges including conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government. nine of the defendants are also charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. court papers said their main mission was to

marcia coyle of the "national law journal." thanks again. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: the longest tennis match in history concluded today at wimbledon in england. american john isner beat frenchman nicolas mahut, after a match that lasted three days. richard pallot of "independent television news" begins our coverage. >> reporter: it began as an ordinary first-round match. 11:05 later, it had become extraordinary. john isner and nicholas mahut were near unknowns before but record breakers now . big embraced little with whatever strength they could still summon. the final said finished 70 games to 68. a basketball score, not a tennis one. isner the winner, but a moment both will surely remember forever. >> i honestly when i... when i left the match yesterday i really thought it was a dream. i didn't think that was... t type of match was possible and so i was really expecting to wake up in all seriousness. >> reporter: it began on tuesday evening, by wednesday tea time they were five hours in and not even halfway through. standa

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 know, with them as much as there was something kind of wrong with our expectations. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by chevron. this is the power of human energy. bnsf railway. and by the bill and melinda gates foundation, dedicated to the idea tha

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 funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. >> bnsf railway. >> 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 corporation for public broadcasting. and by contribut

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 have. >> brown: and poet benjamin saenz talks of living and writing amid the violence of the u.s./mexico border. >> this is the place that really defines me, because it is such a difficult terrain to negotiate. it's not a comfortable place to live and if you want to be a writer, you don't want to live in a comfortable place. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: this is the engine that connects zero emission technologies to breathing a little easier, while taking 4.6 million truckloads off the road every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and the william and flora hewlett founda

the end of its term, and joining us to explain these rulings, our eyes and ears at the court, marcia coyle of the marcia, let's start in florida where beach front property owners ended up with beach view property when an anti-erosion projected ad a lot more distance to the beach. what were they asking for in court? >> well, they went to court because they felt that what the state was doing here was, in effect, a taking of their private property. and under the constitution, they felt they had a right to be justly compensated for that. ultimately, the florida supreme court ruled against them. it found that they really didn't have a property right in what was happening to the beach here and there had been no taking. so they came to the u.s. supreme court and the court issued its decision today. >> suarez: and what did it say? >> there were two important parts to this case. the first part of it was that the beach front property owners had argued that a judicial decision could be a taking of private property. this is something that never... the supreme court had never faced before, usually when

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