. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: economic reporter tom shepardson of the "detroit news" and auto analyst george magliano take us through what's behind this turnaround for a company that just a year ago had nearly $13 billion in losses. >> lehrer: public broadcasting reporters in columbus, ohio, albuquerque, new mexico, san diego, california and columbia, south carolina assess the housing market as foreclosures jumped 9% in july. >> brown: spencer michels wraps up his series on cyber security with a spotlight on online crime.

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight. special correspondent jeffrey kaye reports from one of pakistan's northern provinces on outbreaks of deadly waterborne diseases. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff interviews a medical anthropologist about the hurdles ahead for the trapped miners in chile. >> brown: we have two stories from the louisiana coast. betty ann bowser examines the mental-health toll that began with hurricane katrina. >> even five years later, people here in the gulf are still experiencing emotional trauma. and for some, it's gotten worse since the oil spill. >> lehrer: and we assess the state of the levees protecting new orleans from another storm. >> brown: plus, paul solman talks to author robert mnookin about the rewards and challenges of negotiating. >> bar gaping with the devil is a book about the most difficult kinds of negotiations, where your adversary is someone you don't trust, you think may be out to harm you. you may even think they're evil. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: homeland security secretary janet napolitano talks about the situation on the border and other immmigration matters. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner with robin wright and ray takeyh assess russia's decision to move uranium fuel to a nuclear power plant in iran. >> brown: tom bearden reports from the gulf on seafood safety. >> some louisiana fisherman are concerned the state is about to prematurely reopen some fishing grounds, risking the industry's entire future. >> lehrer: mark shields and michael gerson sitting in for david brooks present their analysis of the week's news. >> brown: and, judy woodruff talks to veteran journalist charles peters about his new book on the presidency of lyndon johnson. >> 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

he put out an endorsement letter for jerry brown this week. it crashed brown's website. boxer's appearing in oakland on saturday with the obama campaign people. they're hoping to get help from the national side. but you're absolutely right. the unions were in sacramento this week protesting meg whitman, thousands of them on thursday, the anniversary of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote. of course noting that meg whitman didn't vote for many years. that's how they're going to come at her. and they are going to use technology and other things. but i'd say whitman's campaign has got -- they just introduced an app for the iphone today. they have got technology all over the place, more than we've ever seen in california. >> belva: and as we move on to education, though, there was a poll that showed very well for meg whitman. >> that's right. a new rasmussen poll, which is a republican-leaning poll, and their campaign admits that. they say it's probably very close but it shows meg whitman up eight points today over jerry brown. i think that should be taken

willie brown for, for quite a while now and we been looking at a change for willie brown. that kind of school closure was something we were talking about this school improvement grant came about. >> moving on, ball revere. paul revere. we're looking at a transformation model. and possibly. paul revere will get a new principal. and we are in the process of -- they went through an interview process already, april 27th. whenever we had those -- 17th. thank you. and -- and -- i understand that paul revere is going to continue to go through the process. they're going to have another round of interviews that we're supporting them with. we haven't had a principal for paul revere. and it would be the transformation model and we would not be replacing the staff there. the latest information i have. and everett middle school has a new principal. and mr. kirschy been there two years. and everett is a transformation model and forest man. and mr. sanchez has been there one year. they had -- and they have several community meetings and having more and they're a transformation model also

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: economic reporter tom shepardson of the "detroit news" and auto analyst george magliano take us through what's behind this turnaround for a company that just a year ago had nearly $13 billion in losses. >> lehrer: public broadcasting reporters in columbus, ohio, albuquerque, new mexico, san diego, california and columbia, south carolina assess the housing market as foreclosures jumped 9% in july. >> brown: spencer michels wraps up his series on cyber security with a spotlight on online crime. >> it's a constant game of cat and mouse, right. we build a better mousetrap, the hackers basically create a better mouse. >> lehrer: margaret warner talks to michelle shephard of the "toronto star" from guantanamo naval base about the opening arguments in a war crimes trial of the youngest detainee. >> brown: and paul solman examines the pros and cons of a massive infusion of chinese capital into greece. >> the port of piraeus, which is a traditional port in the medite

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the killings and the dangerous work of aid groups in afghanistan from "new york times" reporter rod nordland, and international development expert barmak pazhwak. >> ifill: then dan balz of the "washington post" takes us to colorado, where tomorrow's primary voting could prove to be a test of the nation's political mood. o have an insurgency going on. just a lot of voters that are unhappy with the status quo, with washington. >> brown: special correspondent kira kay reports on a very different campaign, this one in rwanda, where hutus and tutsis turned out in large numbers >> we want peace, but we need peace in our hearts. there is still a lot of suspicion. there is still a lot of fear. there is still a lot of frustration. >> ifill: and energy and environmental writers eric pooley and darren samuelson explain the rise and fall of this year's climate and energy legislation. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. this program was made possi

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: we have a newsmaker interview with richard holbrooke-- u.s. special representative to pakistan and afghanistan-- about the crisis and the international aid effort. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff talks to margaret warner in baghdad about the departure of the last u.s. combat brigade. thousands of american troops left iraq this week, but many still remain. >> brown: we look at new evidence of oil floating beneath the surface of the gulf of mexico. >> lehrer: special correspondent stuart cohen previews this weekend's elections in australia to determine the country's prime minister. >> brown: and paul solman finds an author and businessman who argues that, despite current hard times, life is getting better and better. >> when we've let people do what they want, when we've let them get on with their lives socially, politically, economically, then prosperity just kind of happens. people get better off. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major fun

not many people would. >> brown: what did we not know of him? who was the johnny cash or the family that you grew up in that we did not know? >> that's who i wrote about in my book. this beautiful soul who was propelled by rhythm and language, who had deep... a deep love for rhythm and language and who loved children. and respected children as much as he did any adult. teenagers too. he told me once that he could learn more from a 19-year-old than he could from anyone his age. he wouldn't give advice unless you asked for it but he was the most loving parent. >> brown: you know, one last thing. i mean very noticeable here. there's a lot of pain and that kind of messy stuff of life. some of which we've talked about. but one thing you didn't do here is give a lot of gossip. or dirt. orbiterness. >> i'm not bitter. you know, at some point in my life i saw that was a choice. i could become bitter if i wanted to. or i could not. i started looking to the future. you know, how am i going to look... i actually thought how will i look if i become bitter?

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the congressional debate, which focused on public sector jobs, government spending, and election-year politics. >> ifill: then, analysts winslow wheeler and thomas donnelly assess defense secretary gates' plan to slash military spending. >> brown: the first in a series of reports from spencer michels on cyber security. tonight: the safety of the nation's wired infrastructure. >> if you do something in the cyber domain something happens in physical space. this is not just a video game. >> ifill: political editor david chalian on embattled new york democrat charles rangel's unusual and emotional self- defense on the house floor today. >> brown: and we take up the fight over whether an islamic community center, including a mosque, should be built just blocks from the world trade center site. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the i

jeffrey brown reports. basketball and indiana. nothing more natural than that but it's not quite the same when you play on a court like this one. a sculpture titled "free basket" that marks the entrance to a grand experiment in contemporary art is quickly gaining rave reviews from critics and locals. >> i always felt like, you know, indianapolis is kind of boring sometimes but stuff like this brings in a whole new fresh face and something bright and colorful and fun. >> brown: a number of museums around the country have turned to bold architecture in recent years to raise their profiles. here in indianapolis the museum of art has looked to the green expanse right outside its own doors to create an inviting new art park. on the day of our visit, young children took up the invitation to jump all over a piece called funky bones. the sculpture best seen from space but best enjoyed here on earth. in fact, a number of the sculptures commissioned by the museum to inaugurate the new park it calls 100 acres seemed to find their art in whim

kenneth brown of ll brown jewelers showed us the simplest test. >> if it is magnetic we know it's not genuine silver. >> reporter: other methods may require a professional due to cost. >> one is we scratch it on here. and we put the acid on there. see what color it changes to. the most effective way which i don't want to do because it actually mars your jewelry is to actually file down. >> reporter: so brown starts scratching away and the result? >> it looks like we have a pair and a half of earring and bracelet that are good and a bracelet and a pair of earrings that aren't. >> reporter: but she isn't surprised. she is just happy some pieces contain sterling silver. as for brown, he says it's buyer beware especially when it comes to online purchases. >> in the past i would say 10 years, most of the costume jewelry that's made and coming into this country and a good percentage of the silver jewelry that's coming in is made overseas. >> another tip. if it's real it will tarnish. >>> if you have a consumer question or problem, call 1-888- 5-helps-u. >>> let's take the tarnish off the fo

jerry brown uncharacteristica y uncharacteristically. there has been a great deal of criticism by democrats that brown has not been campaigning hard enough. today, he did come out swinging and we'll try to have more on that later on. watch the two candidates duke it on on september 12th here and online at nbcbayarea.com. our coverage begins at 6:00. now back to colin nolan with the report from southern california. >> reporter: gop gubernatorial candidate meg whitman today touring a rivet manufacturing plant in the city of industry while picking up the endorsement of the federation of independent businesses. >> so that is my promise to you. i will defend small businesses, and i will help create 2 million jobs for californians by 2015. >> reporter: but the best news for the candidate came in a poll released today indicating that after weeks of being tight or behind democrat jerry brown she's now ahead. the rasmussen survey says she's up by eight points. >> i think a lot of californians are paying attention to this race because it's an impo

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jeffrey brown looks at what it meant on tv's big award night. >> brown: for several years now the emmys, tv's most prestigious awards have been signaling a major shift in quality programming. from broadcast networks to cable. >> and the emmy goats tozz "mad men" >> brown: last night that shift was still on display. among the winners, a m.c.'s "mad men" took home the best drama award for the third year in a row. >> who is don draper? >> brown: before mad men came along, in fact, a m.c. was primarily known for showing classic films. but this year another a m.c. series "breaking bad" took two acting awards including one for brian cranston. >> i feel gluttonous and i am-- it's more than i can take in. it really is. >> brown: cable also scored when kyra sedgwick won lead actress in a drama for his role in the "the closer" and perennial winner hbo took yet more statues including for its world war ii themed "the pas civic" winner in the best miniseries category. >> we're not engineers. we're artists, we are people that essentially build a camp fire, hang around and we can keep you entertained

auditorium while outside a dozen or so whitman supporters came to hear brown or to see brown as he walked inside. brown said they were so nice and organized that he thought they were "paid protestors." reporting live in santa rosa, mike mibach, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the republican candidate for governor meg whitman also hit the campaign trail today. released another new political ad this one dismissing sacramento as a city from another planet. she also stopped by ktvu for a one-on-one interview with our political editor randy shandobil. >> how are you? >> morning. >> reporter: at ktvu studios today meg whitman pointed out that california is now in it's 56th day without a budget. and she blamed her fellow republican governor schwarzenegger. if she were governor. >> well, we wouldn't be in the situation we are in because i would have started working on this in january of this year. >> reporter: didn't governor schwarzenegger at least try to get something done, get something started back in january? >> you know, it seemed to me not with enough energy and enthusiasm. you know, nothing rea

brown did not. whitman spend $100 million. brown has spent $377,000. again, better than a 200-1 ratio. a poll released last week by the public policy institute of california shows the two are very close. in fact brown leading whitman by 3%. 25% undecided. some observers of whitman have diminishing returns. whitman's campaign looks at undecided voters and believes it can use its considerable resources to overcome the democrats' registration advantage here in california. brown has more in the bank. $23 million. she says she has just $10 million left. how is it she plans to spends another $150 million on this campaign and where is her money and jerry brown's money coming from. if he's not spending money, who's paying for those meg whitman pieces. eric? >> terry, thank you very much. the san jose city council is set to decide today whether or not to place four possible measures on the november ballot to balance the huge budget deficit. it would raise san jose's sales tax rate to 9.5%. a 10% tax for gross receipts on the approximately 50 medicinal marijuana

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jeffrey brown has more about the drop and the numbers that set it off. >> brown: stocks began falling this morning after investors took a closer look at the federal reserve's latest projections that the economic recovery is weakening. in a statement issued yesterday, fed officials wrote, "the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed in recent months." growth, the statement said, is being held back by "high unemployment, modest income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit." in addition: "bank lending has continued to contract." today, the fed announced an initial response: saying it would buy $18 billion worth of long-term government securities. the aim: hold down interest rates, making it cheaper for consumers and businesses to borrow money. this afternoon, president obama tried to talk up one of the bright spots of the past few months-- increasing numbers of manufacturing jobs following a long plunge during the recession. >> so overall, manufacturing sector added 183,000 jobs this year. that's the strongest seven months in more than a decade. instead of plants le

auditorium while outside a dozen or so whitman supporters came to hear brown or to see brown as he walked inside. brown said they were so nice and organized that he thought they were "paid protestors." reporting live in santa rosa, mike mibach, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the republican candidate for governor meg whitman also hit the campaign trail today. released another new political ad this one dismissing sacramento as a city from another planet. she also stopped by ktvu for a one-on-one interview with our political editor randy shandobil. >> how are you? >> morning. >> reporter: at ktvu studios today meg whitman pointed out that california is now in it's 56th day without a budget. and she blamed her fellow republican governor schwarzenegger. if she were governor. >> well, we wouldn't be in the situation we are in because i would have started working on this in january of this year. >> reporter: didn't governor schwarzenegger at least try to get something done, get something started back in january? >> you know, it seemed to me not with enough energy and enthusiasm. you know, nothing rea

mayer brown, and reverend brown knows very well. in the early 1970's, a community leader from japan town and let the board informed of the african american roundtable to improve relations between japanese and african americans in the western addition, but it is going to take a lot more than just groups coming together to talk about stereotypes and misperceptions. for these tragic deaths, they must rise a responsibility to reach out beyond our communities and make sure that we understand that there is a cost to holding misperceptions and believes that oppress us all. thank you. [applause] >> we have got a great program for you, and for those of you who have attended in years past, you know that we celebrate with song. we celebrate with dance, and we celebrate recognizing different cultures from around the world, so leading off today is a wonderful performance by students -- yes, they are all students. they are -- their organization is called the golden gate bong what association. these young women are students at san francisco state

and 43% supporting jerry brown. meanwhile, meg whitman continues to pump millions into her campaign. the republican gop candidate dug into her personal wealth and donated a number $13 million to her campaign. the former ebay executive has contributed $104 million of her own fortune into the political run, and speaking of money, california also needs a lot of t so what are meg whitman and jerry brown's plans to fix the budget problems and the economy? they both released reports this week on that issue. we have john to talk about that. i've read the reports, you've reward the plans for the economic recovery of california. your impression? do either one have anything there that's very specific? >> neither one has very much in it that's going to help boost california's economy in the short term. that is to get us out of the hole we've put yourself in. >> we've heard repeatedly about california's tax problems, that the way, in the wake of prop 13 that we have become a roller coaster, a taxing economy, that just that ofte

brown insists he has no issues with islam on the whole. and where should they pray in new york city? >> there are hundreds of mosques in new york city. there are many, many blocks. right around here. >> reporter: can you hear the call to prayer? >> i don't know. i vice president gone in. >> reporter: there are strip clubs, a betting parlor and a planned shopping mall that will be underground at ground zero itself. well, you know, does the commercial activity, the shopping ball they're going to build here take away from the sacred nature. does the strip club? >> i think there is different, because of the intention. you know, imam ralph said he wants to leverage 9/11. it's meant to make a statement. and it's a statement that we don't want to be made here. >> reporter: brown is talking about the man behind the planned 13-story, $100 million core boba house. imman ralph. brown criticizes ralph for failing to disclose the source of his funding. and also questions ralph's background, saying, he refuses to denounce the palestinian group hamas. bu

brown did not. whitman has spent about $100 million, brown, $377,000. a poll released last week by the institute of california shows the two are neck and neck. brown leading whitman by 3%. 25% undecided. some observers including analyst bruce cain wonderers the money's going out but the support has stopped coming in. whitman's campaign looked at those undecided voters and the opportunity to define brown and overcome the democrat's registration advantage here in california. brown has more in the bank than whitman. he's claiming $23 million. she says she has just $10 million left but plans to spend another $150 million before the november election. kristen. >> thanks a lot. it's 6:05. the san jose city council is set to decide whether or not to place four possible measures on the november ballot to help billion the city's huge budget deficit. it includes a quarter cent sales tax increase which would raise san jose sales tax rates to 9.5%. a tax on the approximately 50 medicinal marijuana businessless in the city. changing the city charter by negotiating a

of california shows brown leading whitman 37 to 34%. >>> dancing redwood city. city hall speeches in oakland and a parade in east palo al to is all part of of national night out tonight. there's going to be hundreds of nights out. the first weekend in august is the first national night out. it gets people together with their neighbors to fight crime. >>> at least nine people now dead following a workplace shooting just this morning. what police say the man was asked to do just moments before opening fire. ============b r e a k ======== . >>> a newest of the amount of oil spilled in the gulf climbs in the worst-case scenario. i'm joel brown in venice, louisiana, the latest on the spill coming up. >>> well we're seeing quite a bit of sunshine across the bay area the noon and here is why. it's called an eddie and it's sitting just off the coastline swirling there and it is just sucking all those clouds to the immediate coast and it is allowing us the opportunity to pick up a whole lot of sunshine pretty early in the day. we'll taye a look at your photographed highs