additional funding for frontline's expanded broadcast season is provided by the bill & melinda gates foundation. >> narrator: before they filled liberation square in cairo, down a side street, in a small office, they are planning a revolution. they call themselves the april 6th youth movement. >> narrator: they have a list of demands, and a plan: a national protest fueled by the internet. ahmed maher is their leader. >> ahmed maher is a civil engineer. almost compulsively quiet, compulsively limelight-avoiding young guy. but very tech savvy. >> narrator: david wolman from wired magazine has been reporting inside april 6th movement and watching maher use the web to spread antigovernment messages to eager young egyptians. >> in the real world, these governments are good at suppressing assembly. but short of shutting off the internet, the governments really can't prevent the people from communicating and convening in this new and incredibly powerful way. >> narrator: maher was plugged into a network of activists determined to expose the repression in the mubarak regime. >> what happened in egypt i

major funding for frontline's expanded broadst sean is provided by the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> narrator: it was just after midnight, september 9, 2001. >> a trooper was doing what a trooper would do. saw a speeder. pulled over the speeder. ( siren wailing ) >> narrator: the maryland state trooper ran the driver's name through the local police database... >> and he gave him a ticket. the driver, from all accounts, was polite. had proper registration, license. there was nothing that the trouper could have done, other than to write the ticket, tell him "have a nice day"... or ave a nice night." that was it. >> narrator: the driver headed to newark. he was meeting friends at the airport. his name was ziad jarrah. >> united flight 93 crashed near johnstown, pennsylvania. >> narrator: his burned passrt was found in the wreckage. ziad jarrah, his fellow hijackers, 40 passengers and crew were dead. the near miss of jarrah by that state trooper, and near misses of other hijackers, caused the government to assemble a massive nationwide surveillance apparatus. >> president bush said t

it has powerful supporters which include the world bank, the bill and melinda gates foundation and the wife of the former prime minister of great britain, cherie blair. she's justbeen elected chancellor: >>blair: it sometimes sounds incredibly idealistic to say, if we bring a group of young women together and mix them up regardless of where they come from, their religious background their ethnicity their wealth that they will have more in common than they will find to disagree about...it sounds like a fairy tale but i think the asian university for women is a concrete example of how that is really true. >>it's providing diversity, special care for the students...it is providing a lot of opportunities >>if i were at home i would be a married woman >>the name is very perfect, the asian university for women...the name is giving the whole vision andmission of women ...what they want to be...it's saying it's time for women to get up and they go ahead and see the whole world that they want to see... >>reporter: le empowerment. she gave a key speech at a symposium held by the university and a

he talks about the bill and linda -- melinda gates foundation to improve education and held it educations the imperative to remain competitive in a global economy. live coverage will be at 2:00 p.m. eastern on cspan 3. as the nation's governors meet in washington, use the cspan video library to learn more about the state's chief executive. watch their speeches and appearances and the inaugural of new governors and your state of the state addresses all free online, any time. this morning, we discussed the house options for a short-term spending bill for it. then we talk about the latest events in egypt, libya, tunisia, and bahrain and later, the president and ceo of the children's miracle network possible to explain the importance of children's hospitals and health care system. "washington journal" is next.

it has powerful supporters which include the world bank, the bill and melinda gates foundation and the wife of the former prime minister of great britain, cherie blair. she's justbeen elected chancellor: >>blair: it sometimes sounds incredibly idealistic to say, if we bring a group of young women together and mix them up regardless of where they come from, their religious background their ethnicity their wealth that they will have more in common than they will find to disagree about...it sounds like a fairy tale but i think the asian university for women is a concrete example of how that is really true. >>it's providing diversity, special care for the students...it is providing a lot of opportunities >>if i were at home i would be a married woman >>the name is very perfect, the asian university for women...the name is giving the whole vision andmission of women ...what they want to be...it's saying it's time for women to get up and they go ahead and see the whole world that they want to see... >>reporter: le empowerment. she gave a key speech at a symposium held by the university and a

i literally actually myself together with the bill and melinda gates foundation and of course the secretary general, we visited hospitals in africa to our pleasant surprise we saw children, hospitals where they used to keep children who were seriously sick with malaria, but the bids were empty. so that's the kind of thing we are seeing. the first thing is let's not forget the importance of food and proper nutrition. when you said is correct. what we are seeing in the world is quite troubling. we see famine coexist meaning obesity. when we have 43 million preschool children obese just look at the impact, think of the impact on the health system, on the families, and that is why we are working closely with many actors and of course josette, your organization, to really promote, you know, the first 1,000 days of life. if you get the nutrition right, you get a child a new lease of life. if you don't get it right, you squander their life because they cannot get the benefit of education, and the family, the society, the cost is so high. proper nutrition is extremely important and let's not forget

. >> 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 conibutions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: president obama kicked off what is shaping up to be a pitched battle over the budget today. but emboldened republicans are kicking back. ray suarez begins our coverage. >> suarez: the president's annual budget blueprint arrived on capitol hill this morning. the price tag: $3.73 trillion. and a record $1.6 trillion deficit, the highest dollar amount ever. mr. obama touted his plan today at a school outside baltimore. >> the only way to truly tackle our deficit is to cut excessive spending wherever we find it. in domestic spending, defense spending, health care spending and spending through tax breaks and loopholes. so what we've done here is make a downpayment, but the

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 corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> the suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and it is unacceptable. so are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protestors and further punish the people of libya. these actions violate international norms and every standard of common decency. this violence must stop. the united states also strongly supports the universal rights of the libyan people. that includes the rights of peaceful assembly, free speech, and the ability of the libyan people to determine their own destiny. these are human rights. they are not negotiable negotiable, they must be respected in every country and they cannot be denied through violence or suppression. and a volatile situation like this one,

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 corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the protests in egypt showed no sign of abating today, after 16 days. but the country's foreign minister charged the u.s. is trying to impose its own solution. ahmed aboul rate made the accusation in an interview with the newshour's margaret warner in cairo. >> warner: prime minister abbuell gheit, thank you for having us. >> thank you, thank you for coming. i'd like you to define the spelling i got. is this an uprising? a movement? a revolution. >> it is an uppooefl, upheaval that is transforming egypt from onera to another era. we are moving into a new era, no doubt about it and the country has changed tremendously since the 25th of january. that is it in a nu

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. >> 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 contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: the capital of tiny bahrain was under military lockdown this evening, hours after riot police smashed the protesters' main camp. the raid followed days of demonstrations in the persian gulf state-- home to the u.s. navy's fifth fleet. hospital officials reported at least four killed and scores more hurt. we begin with a report from lindsey hilsum of "independent television news." pleased be advised some of the images are disturbing. >> reporter: their plan was to recreate cairo's tahrir square at the pearl roundabout in manama, but the security forces moved against them in the early hours. amateur footage shows the chaos as teargas and bird shot were unleashed. th

. >> 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 contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: libyan leader moammar gadhafi fought to hold onto power today. his forces fired on protesters from the air and ground, killing scores of people, adding to estimates of 300 to 400 slain in the last week. the assault came as antigovernment demonstrations reached tripoli, the country's capital. several top officials resigned in protest, but the military geared up to stop more demonstrations tonight. foreign journalists were barred from libya, but some pictures and information were still getting out. we begin with this report from simon israel of independent television news. >> reporter: the protests have spread. on the streets in colonel gadhafi's backyard, the capi

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. >> 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 contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: the opposition in egypt laid plans today to bring more than a million people into the streets, and the army said it will not use force against them. omar suleiman said president mubarak asked him to open a dialogue with all the political forces. that was one of the protestors' demands. we begin our coverage with this report from jonathan rugman of independent television news in cairo. >> reporter: celebrate the ending of monarchy. now they are convinced the end of the mubarak regime. the people want the president gone, they shouted, marching in their tens of thousands. the biggest demonstration here so far. >> it feels like a bit of a stalemate with the president

. >> 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 contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the government of egyptian president hosni mubarak offered new concessions today, after starting talks with opposition leaders. meanwhile, u.s. officials took a cautious tack. newshour correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: around cairo there were some signs of a return to normalcy, with banks, post offices and gas stations open for a second straight day. president hosni mubarak also tried to return to routine with his first cabinet meeting since the protests began. it concluded with the announcement of a 15% raise for government employees. that followed a series of weekend concessions aimed at diffusing popular anger from creating a committ

. >> 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 contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: world powers moved today to tighten the screws on libyan leader moammar qaddafi. as they did, new protests broke out in and around tripoli, and security forces rushed in to disperse them. but qaddafi, in an interview with abc news, refused to acknowledge there were any protests in tripoli. >> they left me all. they will die to protect me. >> woodruff: we begin with a report from jonathan rugman of independent television news, who's in tripoli. >> reporter: in a suburb of libya's capital an extraordinary act of defiance. the leader of the last 41 years is torn to shred ares and trampled underfoot. and then the flag of colonel khadaffi's revolution is set alight

. >> 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 contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: forces loyal to libyan leader moammar qaddafi struck at key towns today, trying to dislodge rebels. and qaddafi leveled a new accusation about who's behind the uprising in a phone call to state television. our first report comes from just inside tunisia. the name of the correspondent and his organization have been withheld, out of safety concerns. i i so the libyan state t.v. presenter sits nervously but attentively. >> ( translated ): bin laden is the enemy of the libyan people. it's obvious this issue is run by al qaeda those say our children inside. >> reporter: today it was bin laden and al qaeda which were the focus of his anger, while he repeated his belief