. >> brown: next, "newshour" correspondent paul solman on a project aimed at determining what's really in herbal supplements. >> reporter: though we rarely do consumer stories, at the new york botanical garden not long ago we happened on one we just couldn't resist: that in one of

. >> lehrer: then, paul solman examines the paperwork problems behind the foreclosure crisis. >> my concern is if you're going to take away somebody's house, let's follow the law when we do this, so let's have it done correctly. >> brown: special correspondent betsy stark reports on the battle for the youth vote in a rust-belt district of indiana. >> are these students fired up to vote? >> most of them don't know there's an election. >> reporter: they don't know there's an election? >> it's not a part of their day-to-day lives right now. >> lehrer: and judy woodruff talks to former vice president walter mondale about his new autobiography. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved ec

. >> woodruff: paul solman talks to political scientist robert putnam about religion in america, the subject of his new book, "american grace." >> brown: and we speak to catherine rampell of the "new york times" about the winners of this year's nobel prize for economics. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. 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. >> brown: talk of a nationwide moratorium on selling foreclosed homes ran into new opposition today, as the securities industry warned against serious damage to the housing market. the warning came from a securities industry and financial markets association. it said imposing a moratorium would be, quote, catastrophic. last week bank of america, the nation's largest, acted on its own to halt foreclosures in all 50 states. the bank is an underwriter of the newshour. three other banks, allied financial, j.p. morgan chase, and pnc financial, have imposed partial fr

. >> ifill: then paul solman looks at what happens when a government program to help homeowners misses its mark. >> it's a nightmare, just ryiong to get a simple answer. >> brown: and binyamin appelbaum of the "new york times" has the latest on the investigation into the foreclosure mess. >> ifill: margaret warner delves into what we've learned about the iraq war from the latest trove of secret documents exposed by the web site wikileaks. >> brown: ray suarez previews his series of global health unit reports from mozambique. >> ifill: and producer/director judd apatow talks about his high success rate with low comedy. >> we're all kingd if idiot kids trying to act like we know what we're doing. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. 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. by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. al >> ifill: the cruci

. >> warner: paul solman looks at an effort to uncover what's really in herbal supplements. >> in one of america's fastest growing and least regulated industries-- medicinal herbs-- what you see may not be what you get. >> brown: and we close with a conversation with haitian- american writer edwidge danticat on her new book-- a collection of essays, including reflections on her homeland after the earthquake. that's all ahead. on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. 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 military's policy of "don't ask, don't tell" on gays serving openly in the ranks was reinstated, at least for now. "newshour" correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: in new york's

. >> lehrer: and paul solman has the story of a non-profit financial firm reselling foreclosed homes back to their owners. >> we had to find an end game. we had to find someone to buy the property back and the obvious solution was let the former owner buy the property back. >> brown: then, a look at the dramatic and deep spending cuts announced today by the british government. >> lehrer: kwame holman reports on the stealth election battle of 2010 over drawing new congressional districts. >> reporter: next year, state legislatures will redraw congressional maps, giving the party that controls those legislature it is power to influence who gets elected to the house of representatives for the next decade. >> brown: and margaret warner talks to dexter filkins of the "new york times" in kabul on the negotiations between a taliban faction and the afghan government. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i do a lot of exercise, but, basically, i'm a runner. last year, i had a bum knee that needed surgery, but it got c

. >> ifill: paul solman profiles a boston nonprofit group that is helping homeowners fight foreclosures and evictions. >> they took my life savings. now they're going to take my house. you know something, i'm not going nowhere. >> lehrer: margaret warner reports on today's deadly attacks by islamic militants in russia's southern republic of chechnya. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown talks to former world bank president james wolfensohn about his memoir, "a global life." >> we will not have a stable world unless our children and their children really think globally and think in terms of a balanced life. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i do a lot of different kinds of exercise, but, basically, i'm a runner. last year, i had a bum knee that needed surgery, but it got complicated because i had an old injury. so i wanted a doctor who had done this before. and united healthcare's database helped me find a surgeon. you know, you can't have great legs if you don't have good knees. >> we're 78,000 people looking out for 70

plus paul solman weighs in on today's jobless numbers on his making sense page.re is on our web site, newshour dot pbs dot org. judy. >> and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday we'll look at what americans know and don't know about religion. i'm judy woodruff. >> and i'm jeffrey brown. washington week can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you on-line and again here monday evening have. a nice weekend, 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

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and economics correspondent paul solman answers a viewers request for an explanation of how the u.s. could spend its way out of a recession. dae chinni defines the "shifting middle," a new demographic in our patchwork nation, who live in 104 of the most crucial congressional districts going into the november elections. and on newshour extra, our web site for students and teachers, a teen who grew up in the roma community reflects on the romas' recent deportation from france. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll talk to elizabeth warren , president obama's choice to oversee the creation of a new consumer financial protection agency. 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:

: and we turn once again to the ongoing foreclosure crisis, as newshour economics correspondent paul solman looks at a government program to get struggling homeowners into more affordable mortgages. the story is the fourth in paul's ongoing series on the mortgage crisis, part of his regular reporting, "making sense of financial news." >> reporter: how to fix the foreclosure crisis? the key answer was supposed to be president obama's 75 billion dollar home affordable modification program. and announced early last year. >> and this will enable as many as 3 to 4 million homeowners to modify the terms of their mortgages to avoid foreclosure. >> reporter: under half, rtgage principal usually stays the same but the interest rate can be dropped to as low as 2%. the terms expend-- extended to as much as 40 years. the catch, if your payment still exceed -- 1% of income, you are denied. so far barely half a million americans have received permanent loan modifications, out of the millions the program was supposed to help. and the approval rate is now shrinking. no surprise if you listen to the folks w

. >> brown: before we go, a correction: apologies to all who spotted a biology error in paul solman's story last night. we identified the building blocks of dna as amino acids; they are, in fact, nucleotides. and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. 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