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Professor of politics and affairs at princeton and the former policy planner for obama state department. Joe sestak from pennsylvania, three star admiral for the Clinton National Security Council and former speech writer for condoleezza rice. The defining moment of tuesday nights president ial debate came between president obama and mitt romney on last months attack in benghazi, libya. The issue was seen as a slam dunk for romney, but quickly turned into a political disaster. The day after the a...

Warner and Staff Sergeant robert bales was sentenced to life without parole in the massacre of 16 innocent afghan civilians. We get details of both military court outcomes. Woodruff and in a separate military case the army private found guilty of giving troves of highly classified information to wikileaks now wants to live as a woman, chelsea manning. Ray saurez examines the legal and cultural questions connected with this story. Warner mark shields and rich lowry analyze the weeks news. Woodruf...

Miles obrien reports on a growing threat to the countrys infrastructure aging sewer systems. In detroit, there are 3,500 miles of sewer lines, some of them dating back to the mid 19th century, the crumbling pipes offer a glimpse at a Huge National engineering challenge that is largely unseen and unappreciated. Woodruff and ray suarez examines the changing face of Cable Television as al jezeera, the pan arab news giant, buys current tv, a Television Channel founded by al gore. Brown thats all ahe...

Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown the algerian government launched an assault on a gas plant to free hostages, including some americans, taken by islamic militants. Good evening, im jeffrey brown. Suarez and im ray suarez. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the conflicting reports abo how many died or escaped in the raid and on the escalating tensions in nearby mali. Brown then, we turn again to the debate over gun laws and examine proposals to identify and trea...

Up until third grade youre learning to read after third grade youre reading to learn. But if you arent well equipped reading pro fish eptly at the end of third grade you will struggle throughout the rest of your school years woodruff ray suarez looks at the firestorm of criticism leveled against some of the front runners for highlevel jobs in a second Obama Administration. Former senator hagel hasnt been officially nominated to become the next secretary of defense but that hasnt stopped his crit...

Does he hold back from action . Does he order the use of first the use of force, potentially making the crisis deeper . Lashed out against what they called a wave of anti syrian propaganda. They blamed rebel fighters for making the area where the attack took place to unsafe for you when inspectors to visit. The mains conference, Syrian Opposition coalition was swift to deny that. We have issued a statement committing to the safety and security of the when inspectors. We guarantee their safety an...

The popular shopping district has become a virtual ghost town. Brown secretary of state Hillary Clinton logged nearly a million miles visiting more than 100 countries in the last four years. Ray suarez examines her legacy. Woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Brown and we close with a preview of sundays big game. Nprs mike pesca joins us from new orleans, site of super bowl xlvii. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been...

That has are messages that came out from bin laden asking for specific documents that were released. Specifically documents regarding it will war logs of iraq and afghanistan. Brown from india, fred de sam lazaro has the story of an unlikely solution to massive blackouts and powergrid problems, using the byproduct of a staple. The newly electrified homes stand out in the darkwith children clustered around the single light bulb doing home work. Just one, low power turbine is enough to make the en...

The people i have been seeing today are just terrified brown then, we have two takes on mondays president ial inauguration. First, a look at the massive preparations underway for the grand ceremony. Hell walk down the hall, and then hell go outside, and when he opens those doors, hell see hundreds of thousands of people cheering at him. It will be a sight that is awesome. Suarez and inaugural poet Richard Blanco discusses what it means to be a part of such a momentous occasion. Brown we have mor...

Washington. Temperatures remain in the 30s. Thats a bit warmer than four years ago for the president s first inauguration. That of course saw a recordsetting crowd, nearly 2 Million People. No one is expecting anything quite like that this time around but still, folks have been finding spaces on the mall tonight since the sun came up. You can see them setting up spots now. We will be covering the entire inaugural ceremony live. And if youre not at your tv you can watch our live stream on our hom...