tonight, betty ann bowser reports on the day inside and outside the court, and marcia coyle and susan dentzer examine the arguments. >> brown: plus, we get reaction from two legal scholars: former u.s. solicitor general walter dellinger and georgetown law professor randy barnett. >> ifill: then, judy woodruff updates the violence in syria amid reports of a possible peace plan, even as the death toll continues to rise. >> brown: we have the story of an illinois company that's retraining its workers to meet the demands of highly skilled manufacturing jobs. >> you've got aging now, a disinterested younger generation and then you've got what's left in the middle and that's not enough to fill the need. >> ifill: and ray suarez talks to author eric klinenberg about the growing number of americans who are content to live alone. >> they're not going to settle with living the wrong person in the way they might have 50 years ago. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us.

and susan dentzer, editor-in- chief of the journal, health affairs. she's a health analyst for the "newshour." to two of you are going to be spending a lot of time with us next week so we are glad to have you here with this preview. susan, i'm going to start for you. summarize the basicss for us of what this law is. how is it intended when it's all said and done if this becomes law to change the way americans interact with the health care system. >> well, judy, of course, it's a big law but the most relevant provisions are these. 50 million people in the country don't have health insurance and the insurance market is praying as the costs of health insurance gets so high, so expensive. so what the law does is essentially says for about half of those without health insurance... actually, i should say this law only solves about two-thirds of the problem of uninsured but for half of that two-thirds we're going to take the medicaid program and expand it for those people. so medicaid, which traditionally was our program for low-income people, we'll make tha

on the "newshour" tonight: betty ann bowser wraps up today's developments and marcia coyle and susan dentzer examine what happened in court, including a challenge to expanding the medicaid program. >> ifill: plus, judy woodruff asks two members of congress what's at stake once the court acts, illinois republican peter roskam and arizona democrat raul grijalva. >> brown: then, margaret warner reports on the prospect of an israeli attack on iran's nuclear sites: what might happen and the potential consequences. >> the only thing that's completely supper is that iran does respond. there's no way iran doesn't respond. it will respond against israel primarily. >> ifill: we look at pope benedict's call for greater religious freedom in cuba, and at his meeting with fidel castro, as he winds up a three- day visit. >> brown: and hari sreenivasan has the story of the two billion dollar deal to sell the los angles dodgers to a group led by former n.b.a. great, magic johnson. >> all he has to do is walk into the stadium, and it will fill the house. he's the greatest basketballme player ever, and now we'

on the newshour tonight, betty ann bowser sets the scene, and marcia coyle and susan dentzer explain the day's arguments, the law, and what comes next. >> ifill: then, we look at the summit of world leaders in south korea with nuclear security on the agenda. >> woodruff: margaret warner examines advances in heart transplant surgery as former vice president dick cheney recovers from his operation. >> ifill: jeffrey brown takes us to a chicago theater where young actors and actresses tackle real life issues of immigration, poverty, and racism. >> it's more than just an opportunity to just be on the stage and perform and be an actress. i mean we're telling the stories of people who are often ignored or stigmatized. >> woodruff: and we close with a look at filmmaker james cameron's journey to the bottom of the sea, seven miles below the surface of the pacific ocean. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and aro