the raid. and his courage in facing death. that's what really has made him a legend. >> brown: at the trial, says horowitz, brown turned the case around and put his accusers on trial. "if it is deemed necessary that i should for fit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, "brown said, "and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, i submit. so let it be done." >> terrorist. freedom fighter. earlier we talked about whether he was crazy or a mad man. have you, after spending this time with him, come to define him in your own head? >> not really. i guess i shouldn't say that. as a writer, you know, i tie it all up in a neat bow. but i hope part of the suspense of reading this book is for readers themselves to figure out how they feel about this complicated and confounding man. i think we still struggle to understand how it is that americans who shared a common language and culture and for the most part religion came to slaughter each other by the hundreds of thousands in the 1860s. i th

the browns have had some heartbreaking losses. they have been within one point or two in the fourth quarter and most of their gains this year and played well. it is always a tough game against a division opponent trade is always a dogfight. that is never going to change. it will be just like playing the steelers in deep angles. we're very to into debt. >> -- were very into that. >> you can see it tonight on wbal plus. revolving door in jacksonville, a new owner and coach in one day. outgoing owner simultaneously announced the firing of his coach and the selling of his team. he only had one playoff win during his eenure. the new owner -- shaheed kahn who tried to buy the rams a few years ago. he plans to keep the jags in jacksonville, but he may be interested in moving the team to los angelas. the nfl has suspended suh for stomping on the arm. suh has appealed the suspension since doesn't have much he has 9 personal fouls. >> tonight at 11:00, a surprising discovery in one baltimore city neighborhood. what led to a marijuana bust. o

the bailout measure. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the turmoil in athens and the tumbling markets around the globe. >> brown: then, ray suarez examines the rise and fall of a brokerage firm led by former new jersey governor jon corzine. >> woodruff: two stories about budget battles: we update the progress of the so-called "congressional super- committee" facing a deadline for action on the nation's deficit. >> brown: and spencer michels reports from california, facing its own partisan gridlock. >> i think it's the same as at the national level. you have two sides that are, you know, trying to one- upmanship. things don't get done. >> woodruff: plus, margaret warner talks to npr's steve inskeep about his new book on the tumultuous mega-city of karachi, pakistan. >> one of the most remarkable things about this city is the way that it springs back to life after a violent incident. it sounds brutal, but they keep pushing to make their lives just a little bit better than they were. >> brown: tha

no, maybe that's because he never won a championship for the browns. ce upon a time, calling former red sox pitcher kurt schilling a yankee fan. the lesson here, don't use sports analogies until you know what you're talking about. >>> next up, talking about unfazed. it's been a rough week for herman cain, says we know, and now his campaign is also facing a possible legal issue regarding his campaign's relationship with a koch brothers nonprofit. let's here how he's responding to the news. >> i am the koch brothers' brother from another mother. yes! i'm their brother from another mother! and proud of it! >> wow! i'm not sure if it qualifies as a defense. and finally, we all know that the current crop of gop candidates or some of them, at least, are not exactly on the dean's list when it comes to the science behind global warming. how will this anti-science platform play out in the race for the white house? according to a new york city mayor michael bloomberg, it doesn't make the grade. in a speech yesterday, the mayor said, "we have presidential candidat

that's the problem. >> brown: switching subjects here, domestic. today was the original deadline for the so-called supercommittee. it didn't reach a deal. you criticized the president for lack of leadership on that. what would president bachmann have done to force a deal? >> well, last summer when we were looking at raising... congress's ability to borrow more money, i would have drawn a line in the sand and i would have sat down with the 535 members of congress and i would have said, look, we're in a lot of trouble. what we need to do is pay the interest on the debt and let the ratings agencies know we will not default on our debt but we're going to prioritize our spending now, we're not going to borrow any more money. we're going to prioritize. we're going to repair our entitlement programs now, not later, because the problem is now. and we're going to prioritize the spending. this is why we have to. i came into congress four and a half years ago. when i came in the national debt was at $8.67 trillion. today the debt is $15 trillion. it took us 21

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the g-20 summit begins tomorrow and from athens where voters may eventually get their say on the bailout. >> brown: then, we look at the bloody civil war in syria as the arab league pushes a peace plan to end the violence. >> suarez: from california, spencer michels reports on a strike by the occupy oakland movement that has shut down businesses, schools and one of the nation's busiest ports. >> brown: we update the herman cain story, as a third female employee said she considered filing a complaint about sexually suggestive behavior in the workplace. >> suarez: margaret warner gets the latest on the arrest of four georgia men charged with plotting a terror attack using a toxic protein called ricin. >> brown: and we talk to nathan wolfe-- a biologist and author who tracks new and deadly pathogens >> these viruses can spread in a day around the world. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> computing surrounds us. sometimes it's obvious and sometimes it's very surprising where you find it. soon, computing intelligence in unexpe

what's at the core of the man? >> brown: david, what's your theoro that? >> well, first on the merites, i agree with mark. if any of us did that in a journalistic enterprise, we'd be in big trouble. as for the political reason, they did it completely aware of what the reaction. they wanted the reaction. they want to show republican primary voters that they can get in a big, furious fight with the obama campaign and so they did it, knowing and predicting and hoping that the obama people would react as they did. so what's interesting to me is you're in a world sort of post-morality where you think we'll do whatever it takes to show we can be tough against obama and somehow the line maybe we shouldn't say something that's not quite accurate. somehow that line never really appeared to them. so they're off in an alternate universe. they did it for political reasons, because they want to show republican voters how tough and nanly they are. >> brown: now coming to, passion expected and as predicted by you two last week, david, the super committee failed to come up

it will be afc north match up as the ravens hit the roid to face the browns in cleveland. see it live sunday at 4:00 here on wjz13. we have the tie breaker with the steelers in the afc north. >> as much as we love to hate them, admire and quarterback who with throw a football with a broken thumb. he is playing with a broken thumb. michael vick has broken ribs. it's getting to the part of the season -- >> we are not dealing with those things. >>> the forecast at least going in to next week looks clear, just a little chillier than now. 67 today. fog out there, that will go away quickly. 52 tonight, speaking of lewis, 52 degrees. 63 tomorrow, cloudy k becoming rainy throughout the day. by the end of the week, sun comes back, we will have temperatures around 50 degrees. >> coming up, on coffee with, shaquille o'neal's mom, lucille, will join us, she has a unique way to win a college scholarship. also latest on traffic and tim will be an updated fist warning forecast in a moment. for our best price online -- just $79.99 a month for two years with a 2 year agreement. this holiday

brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we assess what the new deployment of marines and airmen means for the balance of power in the asia pacific region. >> brown: tn, margaret warner looks at the congressional furor over big bonuses for top executives at the federally- backed housing agencies fannie mae and freddie mac. >> suarez: we have the second of two stories about access to dental care, betty ann bowser reports on a modern clinic in rural alaska. >> it's a renote native american village on the edge of the bering sea but there's something going on in the dental world here that has people very excited. >> brown: spencer michels updates the occupy movement, as oakland protesters join forces with students at the university of california berkeley. >> suarez: and we talk with a millionare who is lobbying congress for higher taxes on the rich. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> intelligent computing technology is making its way