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>> 1% of americans are serving in these wars, but 100% of americans need to reach out and support them. >> then "a rope and a prayer." journalists on the front lines of the afghan war. reporter david rohde held captive by the taliban for seven months while here at home, his wife, photo editor, kristen mulvihill, waged a stealthy struggle for his freedom. an incredible look inside a shared ordeal. and an inspiring tale of hope in the most intractable of wars. >> i know that she wouldn't have wanted us to lose our humanity and act in an uncivilized way. >> "nightline's" terry moran h...

>> couric: congress demanded answers today about what could become the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. what it got was finger pointing as executives of three companies involved in the disaster blamed one another. three weeks ago an offshore rig in the gulf of mexico exploded killing 11 workers before sinking and causing the leak that continues to gush tonight. the slick is constantly shifting pushed by air and sea currents. it's drifted north, then west, and is now seeping into louisiana's marshes and barrier islands. congressional correspondent nancy cordes begins our cove...

instructions. >> reporter: all three companies worked together on the doomed deepwater horizon, oil giant b.p. hired halliburton to seal the undersea well with cement in preparation for drilling, leasing the rig above it from transocean, the world's largest offshore drilling company. >> i hear one message, and the message is don't blame me. >> reporter: b.p.'s head promised lawmakers he would pay all "legitimate claims." >> okay, so if it's a legitimate claim, a harm to the fishing industry, you're going to pay? >> we're going to pay all legitimate claims. >> if it's an impact for bu...

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. blizzard conditions wreaked havoc in the northeast and mid- atlantic today. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight snow and high winds even kept plows off some roads. >> you don't see washington like this. i have never run down the middle of pennsylvania avenue in washington, d.c. so this is the first. >> ifill: we get the latest from maryland governor martin o'malley, wayne county, michigan executive robert ficano and major john winkler of the virginia national guard. >>...

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening. i'm gwen ifill. blizzard conditions wreaked havoc in the northeast and mid- atlantic today. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight snow and high winds even kept plows off some roads. >> you don't see washington like this. i have never run down the middle of pennsylvania avenue in washington, d.c. so this is the first. >> ifill: we get the latest from maryland governor martin o'malley, wayne county, michigan executive robert ficano and major john winkler of the virginia national guard. >>...