margaret warner has that story. >> warner: flanked by their families, seven former cuban political prisoners arrived in madrid today as free men. smiling and flashing victory signs, the dissidents are the first of 52 such prisoners that cuba has promised to free. it will be the biggest such release in a dozen years. >> ( translated ): we are the first of a group of prisoners of conscience who have just landed on spanish soil after more than seven years being unfairly jailed and in captivity. >> warner: the package was brokered in talks earlier this month among the cuban government, the catholic church, and spain's foreign minister. >> ( translated ): change is inevitable. while i'm replying to you, i don't want to end it without thanking the spanish government for its role in this dialogue. >> warner: estimates of how many political prisoners remain there vary widely, but the cuban commission on human rights in havana says there are 160, the fewest in half a century. the releases have created the biggest international splash of raul castro's four-year presidency. he took over when his brothe

margaret warner has our story. >> warner: nearly every state in the union began a new fiscal year this month and the picture isn't pretty. with unemployment still hovering just below 10%, most states are being hit with a higher demand for services and lower than expected tax revenues. that's lead to predictions of a combined state's budget shortfall of as much as 140 billion dollars this fiscal year, and state spending cuts that could cost up to 900,000 public and private sector jobs. to make matters worse, congress has stalled action on bills worth about $40 billion to help states pay for medicaid programs and to retain teachers. and the state aid from last year's 787 billion stimulus package is due to run out at the end of this fiscal year. all that adds up to a very busy agenda at the national governor's meeting this weekend. we're joined now by the group's current president vermont governor jim douglas a republican and his immediate predecessor, pennsylvania governor ed rendell a democrat. welcome to you both. governor douglas, beginning with you, how bleak a picture is it out ther

margaret warner has the story. >> warner: more than five million americans suffer from the debilitating effects of alzheimer's disease. currently, doctors diagnose the degenerative brain disease by tracking the progression of dementia or memory loss as revealed by the patient's behavior and the results of cognitive tests. but this week, for the first time in 25 years, medical experts proposed revamping the diagnostic tools and categories to detect alzheimer's at its earliest stages, when there are few, if any, symptoms. the new diagnostic tools, which were presented at the alzheimer's association meeting in honolulu this week, would include: so-called "biomarker" tests, including brain imaging methods like m.r.i.s and pet scans, as well as spinal fluid tests to detect changes in the brain. using the information from the new tests, researchers are also proposing new criteria that would diagnose alzheimer's in three stages: a new category called preclinical, before any symptoms appear; the second stage of mild cognitive impairment; and lastly, the most advanced form of the disease, alzhei

margaret warner has that story. >> warner: for years the international community has been trying to beef up the afghan national army and police. with mixed, often disappointing, results. other u.s.-backed afghan security programs have received less attention, but that's what kabul-based correspondent jean mckenzie focused in recent reports on the international website globalpost. her reporting took her to several provinces beyond the capital. jean is in the u.s. now and joins us from boston. jean, welcome. you looked at a couple of these sorts of programs set up in particular since the obama surge began. these exist outside the formal afghan police and army structure. what was the thinking behind it? why do this? >> well, the thinking behind it was to increase the numbers of security forces as quickly as possible. and to try to get some handle on a situation that is deteriorating quite rapidly. they wanted to use the disaffection of that many communities feel towards the taliban, focus that and direct it in a form that has a chance of counteracting the insurgency. >> warner: let's look a

. >> lehrer: and margaret warner talks to dr. anthony fauci about promising new ways to prevent aids. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lehrer: the president of afghanistan appealed for greater global support at today's kabul conference on security and development. as he spoke, the country's problems were underscored by events outside the afghan capital. zelikow president karzai addressed representatives from dozens of nations and organizations. and he called again for afghans to take charge of their own security nationwide by 2014. >> the national institutions dedicated to fulfilling the constitutional duty has ensured the security of our country. >> lehrer: karzai's date of 2014 is more than three years after american troops are supposed to start a drawdown. under president obama's timetable but at the conference secretary of state clinton insisted the u.s. has no intention of abandoning afghanistan. >> the july 2011 date captures both our sense of urgency and th

margaret warner has the story. >> we want help! >> warner: in the immediate aftermath of hurricane katrina, parts of the city of new orleans spiraled out of control and police struggled to keep law and order. but since then, questions and charges have arisen over how some new orleans police officers conducted themselves in the days after the storm. yesterday, the federal government indicted four officers in the shooting deaths of two unarmed civilians on september 4th, 2005. they are charged with federal civil rights violations, and using weapons in the commission of a crime. convictions could carry the death penalty. three of those officers pled not guilty today. two other officers were charged with obstructing justice by trying to cover up the crime and make it appear that the shootings were justified. u.s. attorney general eric holder spoke in new orleans yesterday just after the 27- count indictment was unsealed. >> put simply, we will not tolerate wrongdoing by those who are sworn to protect the public. this will not stand. an

and to margaret warner. >> warner: after the 9/11 attacks the u.s. operations. today "the washington post" began a three part look at the infrastructure that resulted, calling it "top secret america" it's overall conclusion: the system is so large, so unwieldy and so secretive, that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or how many programs exist within it. the post spent two years trying to find out. it uncovered an intelligence, national security enterprise of 1271 government agencies and 1,931 private companies spending more than $75 billion a year with a workforce in which an estimated 854,000 people hold top secret security clearances. yet this apparatus was unable to anticipate or head off the ft. hood murders or the attempted christmas day airline bombing. in response to the post series the acting director of the national intelligence office issued a statement today saying his office is working constantly to reduce in-- inefficiencies and redundancies. for more we turn to the series co-author "washington post" nation

. >> lehrer: margaret warner examines the pentagon's new rules for dealing with the news media. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown has a conversation with jean- michel cousteau about his famous father-- ocean explorer jacques cousteau. >> when people ask what do you expect to find? he would always say if i knew, i wouldn't go. so it was the sense of discovery which is, obviously, related it to adventure. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. 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.

and secondly, warner's disease. i'm wondering how you got into writing about that? and the characters were wonderful. >> okay. your first question, first. you know to be totally honest, when i sat down to write dreaming water i thought this is the book that -- i had finished language of threads and written 4 books that took place in asia. because language of threads was a hate this word, the seekial to women of the silk i felt i came full circle and my asia period might have been done i wanted to write a book that was contemporary and set in california. i knew i wanted to write a mother daughter story line. that's what i began with. it was the first time i said, this character not necessarily has to be asian. none of these characters necessarily have to be asian. i was of mind opposite of what you are saying happened through the book. what happened was the more i started to research when i discovered warner's, ime wantedo write. i was feeling older as a person and wanted to translate that into a book. when i thought i would write about the care taking situation and

well, no, there's only one warner left. i talked to warner brother about it. [laughter] and first of all, being concerned who was going to direct it and who was going to be in it. he said, "well, mike nichols is going to direct it," and that interested me, since mike had never made a movie, and therefore he had not been corrupted by hollywood yet. and they said, "and we're making it for bette davis and james mason," which struck me as a wonderful idea, you know. i mean, they were the right age. bette davis was 52, as was martha, and james mason had always been 46, you know, so... [laughter] so it was--it was good. and so i said okay, knowing at the time that when you sell the rights of a play to be made into a movie, you lose absolute control over it-- understanding that. if you write a play, you have absolute control over what is done to your play onstage. they can't change a word without your permission. but you take a chance when you sell a movie. but that whole combination struck me as being pretty good. but then there's a thing called movie magic, and bet

. >> woodruff: margaret warner talked with ray right after he sent that report. >> warner: hey, ray, it's good to see you. that was quite a bleak picture you painted there. what's the major roadblock to get reconstruction going faster. >> suarez: first they had to have a plan. then they had to have institutions that could handle a gush of billions of dollars that is pledged over two years. there are hold-ups all along the chain from the national capitals that have pledged the money to the intermediaries like the world bank to the government here. so right now it seems that money has been damning up behind some of these blocks but now that there is an institutional setting, a commission set up by bill clinton and the prime minister and now there are actual plans and people ready to get to work. money will start to flow more easily, more readily, and people will really start to see the work on the ground moving ahead more quickly . >> warner: you were there six months ago. any bright spots you see when you compare the two pictures? >> suarez: absolutely. people who are in need of medic

. >> woodruff: margaret warner reports on brazil's booming ultra deepwater oil exploration. >> as the u.s. fights to pacify the b.p. gusher in the gulf, the p51-- owned by brazils national p51-- owned by brazil's national oil company, petrobras-- is pumping 24/7 from similar depths below the sea. its the newest platform in >> brown: paul solman talks to greek prime minister george papandreou about the violence in the streets and the turmoil on the financial markets, as greece falls further into debt. >> woodruff: and, we close with a profile of the next poet laureate of the u.s., w.s. merwin. >> as soon as i could move a stub of pencil and put words on paper, i wanted to be a moat. i mean, i was fascinated by the poems my mother had read to me and by the hymns that we sang in church. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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

i never questioned the safety on that ride. >> reporter: anna warner, cbs 5 investigates. >> and water world says the ride meets both manufacturer's and california state requirements. meanwhile both women claim that the park promised to cover their emergency room bills but water world never did. now the park's general manager tells us he'll look into the cases. we've put the complete statement and fact sheet online. you can go to cbs5.com and click on investigates. >>> three waitresses at a pleasanton diner not only got a tip, they also got a tan. thanks to a group of loyal customers, they got a chance to take a dream vacation. in appreciation for all their years of hard work, workers raised enough money to buy the women three round trip tickets to hawaii. a trip the women couldn't afford on their own. >> in the right place at the right time i had a hard time making myself understand that i must deserve this for some reason. so i made it my business to make sure i had a great time and could tell the story. >> the women say they made lasting memories on the trip and even came back with

. >>> warner bros presenta inception.un escondido. >>> the sourcerer aprendiz. >>> echizero mayor que intenta defender la ciduad. baltazar no puede hacerlo solo. un chico normal le toma gran criminalidad. eso es todo y nos vemos en el cine. >>> los efectos especiales a la orden del día. despuñs de tres año regresan las noches de maercado al air libre. como era de esperarse se puede disfrtuar para allá para acá. la inauguración serán desde el 31 de julio. en la intersección de las calles clare y karney. llegamos al final, felices sueños, nos

. >> i like those warner brothers jones cartoons. they're very cool. and i thought that was a real good parallel for what was happening to him, between the dog and the cat with patrick stewart and gary. >> larry: were you cast before julia roberts? >> i was. >> larry: did you have a hand in asking for her? >> yes, i did. i asked for her hand. >> larry: not bad. i would take the rest too. >> we took the whole piece. i tried to work with her years ago, and for one reason or another, that whole deal just fell apart. and for the millions of reasons that they can in this town. and it was just a delight to work with her and get the opportunity and have it go relatively smoothly. >> larry: this will give her two big hits this summer. >> hey, let's hope so. >> larry: oh, this is going to be a hit. "my best friend's wedding," she is on a roll. what is it like working with her? >> she is terrific. she is the queen of subtext. she can say a lot of things. she doesn't necessarily need dialogue. but if she has dialogue, you don't realize how good she is until you'r

people who already pay for comcast or time warner cable will have no interest in paying more for a rival on-line distribution package. in general, comcast operates with an enormously high barriers to entry. the commission should work with the department of justice to see whether a merger conditions can be created that will render this consolidation in the public interest or whether the merger should be blocked. comcast will be one of very few ways that americans will be able to send large quantities of bits across the internet. comcast should not be allowed to discriminate in favor of its own business plan. thank you for the opportunity to testify. >> good morning. thank you for having me here. i am a telecommunications internet lawyer. i am here on behalf of net coalition which includes amazon, bloomberg, google, wikipedia, and the auto --yahoo. we are in a new era where consumers will be able to view a limitless are right of -- our rate of content in new ways. our concern is that it will create a content production environment that will have the financial incentive to reduce competitio

are witnesses think you and i have a question miss warner. >> if you may suspend briefly. am told you have to be better quarter till to go to the white house? let him ask a uple three question >> of course, . before the small banks situation with respect to the home affordable mortgage modification program i think you use the word bribe. what i said from the banking committee where were the defer mortgage modification programs working? we heard that to we need the cooperation from one is two be cooperating of the servicers than being asked to do work and endangered for being sued for the work they're doing and wouldn't get 210 1/5 they felt they were being sued for their involvement. one incentivize them to be a far this the solution and compensate them. i am not sure reduce negative term bribe by treasury and number of other flow first thought there was needed to participate. >> let me ask a qution about the small banks and 54 bearing with us. the concern of the small banks' ability to repay the t.a.r.p obligations and as you know, a number of small banks required dividen

mike warner runs this eye center in new york city where we brought all of the glasses to be tested.asses have 99 or 100% uv protection, which is considered excellent. these were 100 bucks. no surprise with our expensive pair. >> 100% uv protection. >> reporter: all right. same goes for our pair that was $55. >> 100% uchl v protection. mou see what happens when we test the cheaper sunglass, the ones from the drugstore and off the street. the results may surprise you. >> 100%. 100% uv protection. excellent protection. perfect, 100% uv protection. >> of the 31 glasses we tested -- >> nope, these are not safe. >> only one got a failing grade. it seems like it's hard to find bad glasses. >> it's hard to find glasses that don't give you good uv protection but not impossible. you don't know until you get them checked. ♪ go get yourself cheap sunglasses ♪ >> reporter: if you're spending hundreds of dollars on sunglasses, what are you getting, if not better protection? >> you're buying style. which is fine. you don't have to spend a lot to get a good pair of sunglasses but you can't always t

and i called time-warner or a cable provider the other day, and -- for customer care, and all their customer service center, it was a green bay number, but i got someone in the philippines. host: better move on to tony. >> my question is, will congressmen and senators be part of the wealthy that the taxes will be raised on? host: it is for any family making more than $250,000 a year. >> well, if a congress is paid $174,000 eye year, is that all he makes or does he gectstra for being on special committees? host: they don't get extra for special committees. for what each lawmaker makes, you would have to go to some web sites that -- "roll call" i know does a story about the wealthiest lawmakers, etc. caller: i also think we should be drilling more oil here and that way we won't be so dependent on foreign oil. >> who do you think, barbara? should we continue the tax customer? -- tax cuts? >> i think we should not renew the tax cufments i don't think they should have been renud in 2003 with its two wars going on. i don't think the tax cuts help many people in this country. i'm really tired of he

and i called time-warner or a cable provider the other day, and -- for customer care, and all their custorrvice center, it was a green bay number, but i got seone in the philippines. host: better move on to tony. >> my question is, will congressmen and senators be part of the wealthy that the taxes will be raised on? host: it is for any family making more than $250,000 a year. >> well, if a congress is paid $174,000 eye year, is that all he makes or does he gectstra for being on special committees? host: they don't get extra for special committees. for what each lawmaker makes, you would have to go to some web sites that -- "roll call" i know does a story about the wealthiest lawmakers, etc. caller: i also think we should be drilling more oil here and that way we won't be so dependent on foreign oil. >> who do you think, barbara? should we continue the tax customer? -- tax cuts? >> i think we should not renew the tax cufments i don't think they should have been renud in 2003 with its two wars going on. i don't think the tax cuts help many people in this country. i'm really tired of hearing

we offered the exact same services the big guys do, time warner and cox. voice, video, data, a lot of high-definition over the next couple of months. host: is the legislature on television in kentucky? guest: they are. kentucky educational television, our state-one pbs the house and senate. and we have had a longstanding relationship with them. relationship with them.

warner bros and make your way into thursday, friday by that time will make it into these in and '70s the coast. james. >> we're talking about the fires in southern california which are really very destructive we have mike muller with cal fire to talk to us this morning and get a live update on the effort. >> good morning are you? >> i'm fine are you guys? the weather corp. real-estate to the was fired here in is now the key about 1,500 a. containment still had zero, we have brought in additional resources gunfire is here to kansas. rain now additional crews are making it cells line and started to make progress. a law >> of homes burned their we reported 040 what is the latest number on the destruction as for structures bridge mark >> we're so very to hold the no. the point we're at now is working to bring in a damage assessment dream this man that all the homes this may be barnes fire was in there making an aggressive attack was made so we're gonna do is keep the number of 40 until we have a damage assessment team in there that we can get that number to the residence. >> this fire is

through the generosity and graciousness of many private sectors, including senator warner and his support a consortium and northern virginia technology interests, we are exploring the possibility of assistance from the outside to facilitate and accelerate that to the greatest extent possible. there are some legal issues there with prohibitions and certain fashions for accepting outside guests, but if we can work that out, we will use those resources as well. as soon as the i.t. problems are solved, we will begin the process of checking and cross checking all of those records for each of the 330,000-some graves. >> mr. secretary, in the course of your review of the situation, have you encountered information that would explain why the army did not replace the leadership team, the civilian leadership team at arlington? because the army was obviously well aware of the dysfunctional relationship between the superintendent and his deputy. >> we can speculate some with some reason not so much the last inspection 1997 had a follow on that it has not been widely reported. the commanding general a

we offered the exact same services the big guys do, time warner and cox. voice, video, data, a lot of high-definition over the next couple of months. host: is the legislature on television in kentucky? guest: they are. kentucky educational television, our state-one pbs the house and senate. and we have had a longstanding relationship with them. they only meet a couple of months out of the year so most of the viewers. host: you have been a great if elliott, the first in the nation to launch c-span hd. we thank you for being on today because c-span hd will be available to subscribers of the country. you just need to tell your cable system you are interested. if they know you are interested they will certainly consir it. mr. hignbothom, the digital bus -- tell us what you did at the state capitol? guest: we will move the bus and a couple of minutes and it will be open to the community the remainder of the morning and afternoon and we hope to have quite if you stop by. we appreciate the bus coming here. host: we appreciate our state capital affiliate's and we

led by coach charlie warner, finished the season with an impressive 31-2 record. the patriots went unbeaten in florida competition and won their last 25 games. for their dominance on the baseball diamond, they earned a number one ranking from espn and were crowned espn's rise fab 50 national champions. now, while the patriots achieve their goal and brought home a state championship, it was not done without countless hours of practice and immeasurable amounts of sacrifice. mr. miller: the time they spent together on and off the field will not only be remembered for captured a second state title in five years but friendships and lessons learned will not be forgotten. i'd like to congratulate pace high school's baseball team on winning their fourth state championship. my wife, vicky, and i are extremely proud of these young men. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro t