. >> 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 the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies have changed my country. >> oil companies can make a difference. >> we have the chance to build the economy. >> create j

. >> 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 presidents after keep looking back at that experience and say we can't run that risk. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been

margaret warner joins me from the white house now for a preview of tonight's address. margaret, in a policy sense, a political sense, the military sense, what is the context behind tonight's speech in >> the context, as you pointed out, gwen, is the military one on the ground. just to put this troop withdrawal in context, president obama has essentially more than tripled u.s. forces in afghanistan from the 32,000 there when president bush left to 100,000. so this year's 10,000 withdrawal will barely nick that. by the end of next year, he'll be back to from t pre-search level, that will be twice as many as president bush had. what play surprise people tonight is the pace of that withdrawal next year, which is that the president will announce that, in fact, those 20,000 coming out next year are going to be out by the end of the summer or by september at the latest. that means they won't be there, all of them, through the full "fighting season" as military commanders add hoped. >> ifill: is this intended for an international audience or is it intended for domestic audienc

margaret warner has our story. >> warner: the fight is over a case brought by the government's national labor relations board, or nlrb, an independent agency where democrats currently hold the majority. at issue-- a just-opened $750 million boeing factory in south carolina, where the company plans to build some of its 787 dreamliner passenger jets. the new light-weight planes are already being built at boeing's main factory complex in the seattle area. but after a series of union strikes in washington state, the company decided to open its second 787 assembly line in north charleston, south carolina, a "right-to-work" state. in april, the nlrb charged boeing with illegally retaliating against unionized workers. the case is now being heard by an nlrb administrative law judge in seattle. separately, a republican-led house committee held a hearing on all this in charleston today. for more, we turn to steven greenhouse of "the new york times." thank you for joining us. flesh out this complaint for us. what is the agency charging is illegal about boeing putting this plant in south carolina.

margaret warner has that story. . >> warner: he was lauded in diplomatic circles as the only career foreign service officer ever to become secretary of state but lawrence eagleburger who held crucial foreign policy posts under five presidents was anything but the ordinary diplomat. his state department career took off in late 1968 when he became an assistant to and then protege of henry kissinger in the nixon administration. his foggy bottom years ended with five months as acting and then actual secretary of state for george h.w.bush in 1992-93. eagleburger's cabinet post came after nearly four years as the state department's number two man under secretary james baker. a time when eagleburger served as baker's number one troubleshooter. eagleburger was dispatched to china after the tooenmen square massacre in 1989. and again to israel during the first gulf war when iraq fired scud missiles at the jewish state. in a statement over the weekend former president george h.w.bush credited eagleburger with persuading the israelis not to shoot back. that could have killed the arab state support for

margaret warner has our story. >> warner: the fight is over a case brought by the government's national labor relations board, or nlrb, an independent agency where democrats currently hold the majority. at issue-- a just-opened $750 million boeing factory in south carolina, where the company plans to build some of its 787 dreamliner passenger jets. the new light-weight planes are already being built at boeing's main factory complex in the seattle area. but after a series of union strikes in washington state, the company decided to open its second 787 assembly line in north charleston, south carolina, a "right-to-work" state. in april, the nlrb charged boeing with illegally retain any idea why they didn't just go to congress before they did this? or was it-- it couldn't have been an oversight. >> no, no, it wasn't an oversight. but i do think the administration-- i think one thing that they thought it was going to be-- it was going to be a lot easier going in. i mean, i think they thought libya was going to be an awful lot easier than it has been. they thought it would topple. i mean thi

margaret warner has our story. >> warner: the price of oil climbed to nearly $102 a barrel today, up nearly 3% in two trading days, after a bitterly divided organization of petroleum exporting countries, or opec, failed to agree to increase oil production. saudi arabia led the push to raise production quotas yesterday, but iran and others balked. after yesterday's session in geneva, the saudi oil minister called it "one of the worst meetings we've ever had." we look at what was behind this, and the likely impact, with ed crooks, the u.s. industry and energy editor of "the financial times." and ed crooks, welcome. this is the very first time at least in decades that opec has gone to a meeting like this and failed to come out with some agreement. what happened? >> yeah, as you say it is a very, very dramatic meeting, very unusual development particularly in the sense that saudi arabia was defeated. saudi arabia clearly went into the meeting wanting an increase in production. saudi arabia said the price of oil is too high, at around $100 it would like to see it come down perhaps even to

margaret warner has that story. >> warner: in less than two weeks south sudan is due to become the world's newest nation. formally seceding from sudan, africa's largest country. the rival regions signed a peace agreement in 2005, ending a long civil war that killed two million people. and then last january predominantly christian south sudan voted to break away from the arab muslim north. since then violence has erupted north of the new border. in may sudan's khartoum government sent forces into an area claimed by both sides. this month in the state of southern coredafon thousands of northern troops moved into the mountains to attack tribesmen. more than 70,000 civilians have fled the region to escape the fighting. the u.n.'s deputy high commissioner for human rights spoke monday in khartoum after traveling through sudan. >> what might become of the border area. (inaudible) >> warner: when they'll be able to return will be a tough tall given allegations of wanton killings there committed by the troops of sudanese president bashir. he is already under international indictment for alleged wa

margaret warner has our update. >> warner: the water is gurgling in some places and rushing in others, and all the residents of minot can do is wait and watch. today, the souris river hit an all-time high-- breaking a record set in 1881-- and kept rising. >> we can't do anything aboutar it, but accept it, you know. just, pray, pray, pray, you know? >> warner: the source of the ates iansaskewch,ew canada, where heavy snow melt sulled reservoirs and sent a e rgwn the souris, into north dakota.e recent rain added to the flood, forcing lake darling to release water just 30 miles north of minot. more than 10,000 people, roughly a quarter of the city's population, have been forced to evacuate so far this week, and more may follow. >> really scary because you don't know what's going to happen. and i feel bad for everyone who is in the evacuation zones, because we've got family that's living with us right now that's in the evacuation zones, and it's just a really hard thing to go through. >> warner: shelter space is at a premium because housing in minot was already in short supply, with an ex

margaret warner has the story. >> warner: he's been in hiding for 16 years, but james "whitey" bulgerwanted for 19 murders- was finally apprehended last night at this apartment complex in santa monica, california. today, in boston, u.s. attorney carmen ortiz celebrated the end of the long manhunt for the city's mythic gang leader. >> and this is a great day for boston's law enforcement community. >> warner: over the years, tips placed bulger around the country, and the world. but earlier this week, the f.b.i. renewed efforts to find him, and his longtime girlfriend, catherine greig. a public service announcement, running in 14 cities where the couple was thought to have ties focused attention on greig. >> have you seen this woman-- the fbi is offering $100,000 for tips. >> warner: it worked. on wednesday, a tip pointed to the santa monica apartment. >> although there are those who have doubted our resolve, at times, over the years, it has never wavered. we followed every lead, we explored every possibility and when those leads ran out, we did not sit and wait for the phone to ring. >>

margaret warner has the yemen story. >> warner: heavy fighting resumed today in yemen's capital, sana'aase- fire broke down between president ali abdullah saleh's government troops and tribal militia. it was the latest bloody twist in a four-month-long standoff between saleh and three different groups trying to bring him down. the militia fighters in sana'a are loyal to the large, powerful hashed tribe, led by a saleh rival, sheikh sadiq al-ahmar. >> ( translated ): we will not allow saleh to lead yemen to civil war. he attacked our houses and we are steadfast. >> warner: elsewhere yesterday, government gunmen in the city of taiz rained fire on another group of saleh opponents-- younger anti-government demonstrators. and in the south, yemen's air force pounded islamist militants who took control of the city of zinjibar last friday. amid all this, the crumbling regime of president saleh lurches onward, despite his repeated pledges to leave office. just five weeks ago, saleh said publicly he'd agreed to abdicate under a deal brokered by the saudi-led gulf cooperation council and backed by

. >> 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. morgan's multimillion-dollar settlement over fraud charges related to the mortgage meltdown. >> brown: 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, where are they? >