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martha: thank you very much, peter brooks.eath of an remain me nurse in afghanistan who collapse he and died during a skype chat by way of video computer with his wife. bruce clark had no bullet wounds and they do not suspect foul play, this despite claims from his wife that there was a bullet hole in a closet door behind him after he collapsed. the family says mrs. clark wants to honor her husband. >> he loved being in the military, and he loved serving his country. he was absolutely willing to make any sacrifice, and it's just horrible that this is the sacrifice he ended up making. bill: tragic all around. captain clark leaves behind two young daughters, ages 3 and 9. the cause of that death is now under investigation still. martha: strange story. it's back to business for congress today. house republicans are picking up a proposal to prevent billions in defense budget cuts. the house budget committee meets today to act on that measure. it uses cuts to food aid, healthcare and social services to prevent an automatic $55 bill

jenna: peter brooks at the heritage foundation, nice to have you, thank you very much. jon: new developments to tell you about in the race for the white house as governor mitt romney gets ready to hold a rally in michigan next hour. this comes after the presumptive gop presidential nominee took credit for the recent turnaround in the auto industry. a major economic force, obviously, in michigan. this is mr. romney's first visit to the state he once called home hins racking up a primary win there back in february. but he could face some challenges in michigan come november in taking on president obama. the real clear politics average poll shows the president with an 11 percentage point lead in that state. president obama, with 50 percent, governor romney has 39. the president won michigan quite handily back in 2008, getting 57 percent of the vote. >>> right now, big changes in how america patrols her borders. today, the u.s. border patrol is launching a new strategy that it says will rely on more intelligence to identify repeat crossers. it will also impose more serious

peter brooks, thank you. >> thank you.story of how they just came up with the idea to get the dna. martha: isn't it? wouldn't you like to hear more about how -- and they don't know whether he actually got in there and got the dna. that's part of the story we don't know yet and we're going it try to get more from peter king and find out what he knows, too. bill: in the meantime, martha, what you don't want to see at night at a train station. what was this guy thinking? he was a worker caught snoozing on the job. it's alarming folks in one city. we'll tell you about it. martha: and this is alarming to any parents of a young athlete, a 12-year-old boy sees his life flash before his eyes after a little league game takes a dangerous turn. >> it was a foul ball, went right over my glove and at first, i thought i had the wind knocked out of me, but then i went out. ll on those gar. and let's see how colorful an afternoon can be. with the home depot certified advice to help us expand our palette... ...and prices that keep our budg

. >> reporter: jon, the criticism comes from peter brooks with the conservative heritage foundation and anthony schafer who wrote about intelligence failures before the 9/11 attacks. they say the u.s. should have had a plan to get the doctor out of pakistan after bin laden's death, though it's unclear the doctor would have wanted to leave. administration officials deny outing afridi. one says, quote: the pakistanis found the doctor on their own. identities of human sources are sacrosanct in the intelligence community. but new york republican congressman peter king says they had a tip. >> there was too much loose talk coming from the white house, and there was even talk of dna, how dna samples were going to be used. that caused the pakistani authorities to start rounding up health, individuals, health care individuals including doctors, including the doctor who actually had been working for us. >> reporter: actually, pakistani officials say the plan to get the dna had a weakness in that afridi was overseeing a free vaccination program in a relatively well-to-do neighborhood, and he wasn'

peter osborne. osborne reports, brooks quote: horrible if you are the prime minister, not us. former sun editor kelvin mackenzie is making it a step further, betting the texts will be the downfall of his career. he has measured 1 thousand pounds that cameron will be out come november because of what will be revealed in the messages. the exnews of the world editor testified today, his first statements in public since being arrested on suspicion of phone hacking and corruption last july. he embodies the all-too koezy relationship between murdoch and the government stayed mum. the saga continues tomorrow when rebecca is called to testify. >>do it, for america. it takes people with real knowledge to build and maintain a race car. polymers, hydo-carbons, thermal plastics, math and science? you bet it is. many kids don't understand how important these subjects can be that's why time warner cable developed connect a million minds. to introduce kids in our communities to the opportunities that inspire them to develop these important skills. how can my car go faster? maybe your child w

brooks. until last year rupert murdoch's editor at the "news of the world" and "the sun." and peter has been following developments >> the witness today is mrs. rebekah brooks. >> thank you. >> rebekah brooks was once thought of as one of the most powerful you know what i mean britain. as editor of the former "news of the world," she this be youngest editor and went on to become chief executive of rupert murdoch's papers. so had she received messages from some when she resigned? >> i received messages from number 10, number 11, home office, foreign office. >> so you're talking about secretary of state, prime minister, -- >> and also people who worked in those offices as well. >> and politicians, how about them? >> like i said, there was very few labor politicians that sought commiseration. >> mr. blair, did he send you one? >> yes. >> probably not mr. brown? >> no. probably -- >> rebekah brooks' close relationship with politicians goes to the heart of this inquiry and media ethics. >> you passed on material evidence, call it what you will gained from your few dinners with gordon bro

love lost between these groups. >> warner: well, peter for of "manhunt"ing book, thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: and to the analysis of shields and brooks-- syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. gentlemen, welcome. so we have just been hearing the bin laden story, this was the anniversary this week of his killing, the white house, the president observed it by going to afghanistan and then his campaign, david, ran an ad pointing to the president's decision to go take out bin laden. what do you make of the white house handling, and the campaign handling of this. >> i thought they went a little far and then they did brian williams nbc interview and the situation room. i think he deserves credit, it was a serious accomplishment and as peter bergen gives you 9 impression, the intelligence community was ambivalent. it strikes me the intelligence community was a lot more confident there were wmds in iraq than about this. so the president has to operate in this zone of incredible uncertainty. and he made the right call. and i thought it was perfectly fine to brag about that. i think it's perfectly fine t

margaret warner talks with author peter bergen about his new book "manhunt," a look at the long pursuit and final days of osama bin laden. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: and we close tonight with a look at a national effort to engage young people at the local level through the music of marvin gaye and their own artistic expressions. >> brown: and we close we're like a broken down city. it's not just the economy that is causing cleveland the problem right now. it's the attitude; it's the struggle. we need to make a change. that's what i am expecting people to hear in our music. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf >> citi. supporting progress for 200 years. at&t and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> 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: after a prom

brooks. he is the editor of citizen jane politics, patricia this sha murphy is back. he is great lawyers, peterere. welcome all. murdoch interviewed him a week ago and i also endorsed him. i look at the record. i think, peter, there is not a strong conservative house and senate it will be very difficult to make the changes necessary if there is not. >> a suburb candidate. dick lugar a lot of accomplishments. there is new time and new era, this is where the future is of america. i think you are right. we do need that kind of candidate in 2012. >> sean: if you have a strong president and strong conservative house and senate and people stay engaged, we're going to need all of that to get the country turned around. >> it will be a huge responsibility on republicans. the democrats was having the house and senate and presidency with a long leash to do whatever they wanted. if the republicans were to get the hat trick, i'm not sure they will get all three. you have to be very careful because the politics, it takes about three days to do it. you can't get it back. >> sean: don't we have to fundamentall

and at 10:05, peter popham talks about the influence of auction san sue key in requested the lady and the peacock." booktv in prime time all week here on c-span2. more now from the brookings institution forum on u.s./europe relations. up next, remarks from state department missile defense envoy ellen tauscher who says it's a crisis that the state department's budget is being cut. the former house member was joined by a former u.s. ambassador to nato, kurt volker, during this panel discussion that runs about an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> i'd like to welcome you to the second and final panel of the annual conference put on by the center on u.s. and europe. my name is jonathan laurence, my name is jonathan laurence, i'm a nonresident senior fellow here at brookings and an associate professor of political science at boston college. i'd like to provide a very brief introduction to this panel and introduce our distinguished guests. we've gathered here several foreign policy experts from different perspectives to talk through the role of foreign policy issues in the u.s. elections this year, viewed, of course, through the prism of transatlantic relations. now,