he spoke with the newshour's spencer michels. >> well, that's the report card.ell, i don't think i can give a report card per say. that is dynamic situation but certainly if we see that anything's not occurring, this year we need more resources. as a coast guard, we feel we need to bring things to bear that aren't here. we are going push back on that issue. we're going to identify those things, we're going to bring this to b.p. and say these with the things we must have. >> woodruff: the b.p. boss tony hayward insisted today his company will stay on the job. >> b.p. will be here for a very long time. we recognize that this is just the beginning. >> woodruff: but some local officials have already lost faith. john young is the chairman of jefferson parish, louisiana, which stretches south from new orleans. >> i mean, initially i advocate that b.p. should have been concentrating on stopping the flow of oil. and after a week the federal government should have come in and taken control of protecting the shores, the coast, and the wetlands. now i think the federal gov

. >> ifill: and spencer michels reports on privacy concerns over cell phones that track and share users' whereabouts. >> if you are publishing your location to the world, anyone including a stalker or a thief or the government or an advertiser or anyone else can go and look at that information. hence, the threat. >> lehrer: that's all hi owed the tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by >> this is the engine that connects zero emission technologies to breathing a little easier while taking 4.6 million truck loads off the road every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. >> the william and flora hulett 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. >> lehrer: general mcchrystal, commander of forces in afghanistan, faced removal after he

. >> lehrer: then on the oil story, spencer michels has the latest on bp's efforts to contain the spill amid growing anger from local residents. >> here in the fishing village, people are deeply disappointed that the latest attempt to stop the leak failed and they are junior afraid for the future. >> ifill: we weigh the prospects for bp's future after the oil giant suffered big losses on world markets. >> lehrer: then ray suarez reports on another of china's public health problems. the dramatic increase in obesity. >> suarez: rapidly rising incomes, less strenuous physical labor and lots of new foods have contributed to a fatter china. >> lehrer:. >> ifill: geoffrey brown looks back at 30 years of cable news and ahead to a changed media landscape as cnn turns 30. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major fundor funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by. >> i want to know what the universe looked like, feels like. >> i can contribute to the world by pursuing my passion for science. >> it is really the key to the future. >> i want to design a better solution. i w

plus, spencer michels looks at how the oil spill is affecting louisiana's lucrative drilling industry. >> there are thousands of oil production platforms like this in the gulf of mexico. now, there is fear that there won't be any more drilling, and that will affect the economy of the region. >> brown: we get the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> woodruff: and paul solman talks to harvard economist ben friedman about the college graduates who still flock to wall street, three years into the financial crisis. >> it's all the more troubling when i think that, after they leave us, so many of them go into activities that are not economically productive for the country, for society, even just narrowly, for the economy. >> 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. >> brown: the jobs numbe

. >> lehreh: and spencer michels reports from a louisiana town where the spill threatens the oyster industry. >> reporter: while fishermen in plaquimines parish say they've worked through the anger, the anger lies just below the surface. >> ifill: then wood examines the issues of israel's efforts to maintain the blockade of the gaza strip. >> lehrer: ray suarez reports on china on the largest-ever world's fair. >> reporter: nearly $60 billion later, shanghai has thrown its doors open to the world. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown closes with a conversation with two authors married to each other, both writing about happiness. >> lehrer: and that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i want to know what the universe... >> looks like. >> feels like. >> from deep space. >> to a microbe. >> i can contribute to the world by pursuing my passion for science. >> it really is the key to the future. >> i want to design... >> a better solar cell. >> i want to know what's really possible. >> i want to be the first to cure cancer. >> people don't really