the newshour's economics correspondent paul solman has our story. it's part of his ongoing reporting on "making sense of financial news." >> reporter: president obama, all over new york recently. his much-publicized mission-- to talk turkey to wall street. >> a vote for reform is a vote to put a stop to taxpayer-funded bailouts. that's the truth, end of story. ( applause ) >> reporter: but bailouts won't end, says economist and frequent newshour guest simon johnson, unless the big banks are made significantly smaller. >> it's worse than it was before the crash of september 2008. the biggest banks became bigger, they got these very big bailouts-- unconditional bailouts. the obama administration said it had no alternative, but that by itself is an extraordinary admission. and our attempts to reform the system, our attempts to pass some legislation that will rein in the power of the biggest banks, the strongest banks-- that's j.p. morgan chase, citi group, bank of america, wells fargo, goldman sachs, morgan stanley-- those efforts, i think, are going t

. >> brown: and paul solman talks to economist simon johnson about past presidents who took on big banks and won. >> f.d.r. really changed fundamentally the infrastructure of this country. both the physical infrastructure and the financial infrastructure and did a really good job. nothing lasts forever. we have to go out and do it again. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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: the fbi staged a series of raids across the northeast united states today connected to the investigation into the times square bomb plot. attorney general eric holder said the three people now in custody are tied to the main suspect in the case. in one of the raids, police cordoned off a small house in watertown, massachusetts, a suburb of boston. law enforcement officials said the suspects were from pakistan and

plus, on paul solman's "making sense" page, a profile of a florida realtor, about to lose his fourthouse to foreclosure, but still scrambling to help others. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> lehrer: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are nine more. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

paul solman blogs about thursday's wild market ride and the protests in greece on his making sense pageon newshour connect, we talk to reporters from pbs stations in virginia, idaho and missouri about the tea party movement in their communities. plus on art beat, a new exhibit about edward moi-bridge, a pioneer in photography. he was the first to capture motion and paved the way for the invention of cinema. curator philip brookman describes moi-bridge's technique. >> he's british by birth, he was born in 1830. he began his career in san francisco in 1867 photographing the landscape. and yet he's really best known for work he did years later in the 1870s and 1880s about motion and time. his great realization was his understanding that a sequence of images would allow a real thorough analysis of the motion of a horse. we see that photography was both a scientific accomplishment, a technical accomplishment, and also an artistic accomplishment. >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: i'm judy >> woodruff: i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you on-line... and

on our making sense page, paul solman and boston university economist larry kotlikoff debate our economic future. are we headed for prosperity or more debt? all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> brown: and again, to our >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

watch a new web-only video on paul solman's making sense page.hinese drywall, the foreclosure crisis, and homebuyers looking for bargains. plus there's a new story about the tea party movement from patchwork nation's dante chinni. he examines different issues striking chords in different parts of the country. a final note. pbs's charlie rose will interview ahmadinejad on his program tonight. you can find a link to charlie's website on ours. all that and more is on all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. 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