eastern with richard ross and victor rios, the college professor and one-time gang member. find the details on our home page. >> woodruff: finally tonight, fixing a date for the u.s. and its allies to end combat operations in afghanistan. that question is front and center again after defense secretary leon panetta talked to reporters yesterday en route to a meeting with his nato counterparts. from the white house to the nato summit, the question today was: will the u.s. will end its combat role in afghanistan early? u.s. defense secretary leon panetta seemed to suggest exactly that yesterday when he said: that would be one year earlier than expected. but this afternoon, white house spokesman jay carney tried to clarify. >> what secretary panetta said is that it could happen, that the transition to afghan security lead could be moved up to 2013. but he was not making an announcement about a decision that had been made. >> woodruff: in fact, nato has been working to transition to full afghan security, province by province, by the end of 2014. it was widely assumed that coalit

. >> richard ross is at the united nations. we just heard ambassador rice say she was disgusted. you just spoke with her personally as well. what did she add to that? >> the u.s. ambassador and others are deeply disappointed. india's ambassador says he is surprised at the double veto. i asked susan rice where the diplomacy broke down. >> at the 11th hour, russia tried to introduce amendments it would have gutted the text. they were unacceptable to the other members of the council. the one silver lining in this is that 13 members of this council supported the resolution, made strong statements in its favor. and countries that had originally not supported the resolution last time changed their position and voted favor. >> so countries such as that, take us into the back rooms, if you can. do you feel russia was stalling all along? they were presenting a more conciliatory front. sleeves are being rolled up? do you feel they ever intented to abstain or vote yes? >> i can't speak for russia, richard. i think our ambassador was negotiating if n. good fait negotiating in good faith. but

talk with victor rios, the college professor in tonight's report, and documentary photographer richard ross. find the details on our home page. and on our politics page, patchwork nation breaks down the votes for mitt romney and newt gingrich in different community types in florida. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on thursday, we'll have the latest on the race for the republican nomination. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. 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: >> bnsf railway. 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. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions capti

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richard. love it. ross. >> thanks for that, richard. we still have another hour of programming to go.ins us as she does from the united states every day. hi, jacks. good to see you. what's coming up? >> good morning, guys. still to come on the show, the world's largest social network is going to the market with facebook reportedly planning to raise $5 billion in its preliminary ipo. we're going to discuss whether strong demand could push that number even higher. plus, mitt romney secures the lead in the race to be the republican presidential candidate. but as newt gingrich vows to fight on, how many more months could this battle continue although last? as always, keep your e-mails and tweets coming in and we'll put your questions to our great lineup of guests on the show. stay with us. i was having so much trouble getting around, i thought, end of the line... i was headed to a nursing home. well, i'm staying in my own home now, because we chose hoveround! hoveround's compact round design makes it easier for you to maneuver through the tight spaces in your home. and best of all, 9 out

also wants to fix half the bank is salaries the other half being performance going richard aynesworth from rating agency ross rating explains what's behind the move. russia is trying to harmonize its regulations with regulations that are in other parts of the world so harmonize ation of all regulators is something beneficial it does create an environment in which all buy has a paid in a fairly regular fashion and that may help. some of the smaller banks in the medium to compete with the very large russian banks. and staying with the story angus campbell from london capital group explains how similar measures are already making european bank is more spots. ready we're seeing a huge change in banking on the way it works the investment banking arms have had a huge overhaul they have not only been subject to huge job losses but increased regulations they have to build up their capital requirements the risks they are taking at the moment are much more considered much less the risks are. certainly not as big as they used to be in the past and that is changing the way banks currently work potentially at my in the l

it was delightful, richard jerrum,back of singapore and do visit us again very soon. ross> thanks for that. it's still that time of the day when we welcome jackie from the united states. we've got a whole hour of programming to come. and look, he's alive, jackie. rick santorum lives. >> that's exactly right, ross. as a matter of fact, rick santorum gained new life in the republican presidential race as the former pennsylvania senator sweeps three contests on tuesday in missouri, minnesota and colorado. mitt romney came in second in two races, but was third in minnesota behind ron paul, raising questions about his appeal with conservatives. that is the question right now, not only is the question can romney get the gop nomination, but if he were to go up against president obama, could he take it all the way? there's a lot of questions about that right now. a lot of other candidates are front-runners at the moment. yeah. and i hear that he's trying to raise money by selling vests jn line. $100 contribution. but actually, i hear that you can get them online or at other stores

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ross step down in november of last year. that event is hosted by the aspen institute. at 12:30 on c-span3, richard fisher, president and ceo of the federal point of dallas will host a speech. that is live on c-span3 started it will cut 30 eastern -- starting at 12:30 eastern. >> tonight on "the communicators" -- they will discuss voice command coming internet integration come in and increasing car safety, in some cases aiming for cash-free cars. the communicators at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> house republicans and democrats on friday questioned homeland security about a leaked memo detailing problems at the agency in terms of chemical security. dhs told a house energy subcommittee that issues raised of the report are being addressed, and that the risk of attack has been reduced over the past several years. the house energy subcommittee last about one hour, 45 minutes. >> the subcommittee will tell come to order. we would like to welcome our panel, and i would like to begin with an opening statement. in my time serving in congress i have learned as often times is the case that the initial problem