day to day we'll keep watching, robert barbera and paul krugman, thanks very much. >> thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: investigating the botched car bombing; casting ballots in britain; protecting oysters and fisherman on the gulf coast; and playing enron on broadway. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: democrats in the u.s. senate rejected a key amendment to the financial reform bill today. republicans said a proposed consumer financial protection agency would have too much power over banking. instead, they proposed reining in that power and making new rules subject to review. democrats and president obama said that would have "gutted" consumer protections. the amendment lost, 61 to 38. nigeria's acting head of government officially became president today of africa's most populous nation. goodluck jonathan was sworn into office, a day after his predecessor, umaru yar'adua died from a lengthy illness. jonathan promised to work for peace and electoral reform. one challenge will be stabiliz