. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez on the "newshour" tonight. we look at the diplomatic stand- off, and the mounting concerns about the syrian government's possible use of chemical weapons. >> brown: then, we examine the use of a one-drug lethal injection on a prisoner last night in texas-- the state that executes more convicts than any other. >> suarez: as delegates arrive in washington for an international aids conference, we have two progress reports: gwen ifill gets an update from the director of the united nations program on aids. >> brown: and we assess the epidemic here in our nation's capital, where the infection rate is the highest in the country. >> we have people who will be tested repeatedly in hopes that one of those tests will be negative so that they can say i don't have h.i.v. we have people who think they can pray their h.i.v. away. >> suarez: plus, as part of his ongoing series, hari sreenivasan talks with native americans about the search for solutions to the effects of climate change on their tribal lands. >> brown: that's al

>> suarez: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm ray suarez. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. with david brooks and e.j. dionne among others. thank you for joining us. good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. 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 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. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is n.b.r. >> susie: good evening. i'm susie gharib. tom's off tonight. so much for the summer doldrums- - we look at wall street's mini- rally. that market rally is also pushing a rise in mergers and acquisitions. we get the outlook for

. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, tom bearden has the latest from aurora, colorado, where authorities identified the suspect as a 24-year old former neuroscience graduate student who booby-trapped his apartment with explosives. >> he broke in through the door and he threw the thing and, like, all you could see was pretty much the mask, just the gas mask. and it was probably one of the scariest images i've ever seen in my life. >> brown: then, lindsey hilsum of itn updates the war in syria, as tens of thousands of refugees flee the escalating violence. >> suarez: judy woodruff checks in from florida. she reports on the president's push in that battleground state, and the pause in both candidates' campaigns after the colorado shootings. >> brown: and david brooks and e.j. dionne analyze the week's news. >> suarez: a follow-up to our recent story about smart meters used to monitor energy use. spencer michels reports on california activists who want to ban them. >> pacific gas & electric one of th

. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we'll ask supporters of both presidential candidates to explain why today's disappointing numbers mean their man is the best choice to fix the problem. >> woodruff: margaret warner has the latest on an investigation rocking the banking industry, as finance giant barclay's comes under fire for lending rate fixing. >> suarez: lindsey hilsum of independent television news reports from libya where excitement and anxiety build in advance of saturday's historic election. >> for four decades only one was allowed. now thousands of faces look out from billboards across libya. it's almost too much to believe. >> woodruff: david brooks and e.j. dionne analyze the week's news. ♪ ♪ >> suarez: plus, jeffrey brown visits a music festival where up and coming musicians and opera singers study with the greats. >> it's not about you, it's about the full program. it's about getting audiences to enjoy this, to love this as much as we do. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonigh

>> suarez: susan? if he were a small businessman in business today, he'd already be eligible for tax credits to help pay for his workers' health insurance if he were a business that had 25 or fewer employees. going forward, as a small businessperson, he would have the opportunity as of 2014 to buy coverage for his workers through new small business health insurance exchanges that will be set up in every state or that will be enabled to be in existence because the federal government will step in and help to run those in certain states. >> suarez: a new set of rules kicks in at 50 employees? >> exactly. we can ask the question what happens if you don't offer coverage for workers? four companies that have 50 or fewer employees, if they don't offer coverage to workers, nothing happens to them. for companies that are larger than that, however, if they do not offer coverage to their workers or if one of their workers ends up buying coverage through an exchange and claiming some of the federal subsidies, they

. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we'll look at how the romney campaign is trying to synchronize its views with those of republican party leaders. >> woodruff: nuclear power returned to the japanese electrical grid today, while a scathing report blamed government ties with the industry for the fukushima meltdown. we'll have the latest. >> suarez: health correspondent betty anne bowser takes a closer look at the arguments brewing over medicaid expansion and the states that want to opt out rather than take federal money. >> woodruff: we have the next in our daily download series. tonight, how politicians' use of social media can go awry. >> suarez: john merrow reports on a low income texas school district's approach to its drop-out crisis: a taste of college and hard work. >> so we're offering something that's more challenging to them, and telling them, "step up. you can have college now. it is free. it's your future. what do you want?" >> woodruff: plus, jeffrey brown talks to master storytel

. >> suarez: judy woodruff checks in from florida. she reports on the president's push in that battleground state, and the pause in both candidates' campaigns after the colorado shootings. >> brown: and david brooks and e.j. dionne analyze the week's news. >> suarez: a follow-up to our recent story about smart meters used to monitor energy use. spencer michels reports on california activists who want to ban them. >> pacific gas & electric one of the nation's largest utilities has had to fight a coalition of people who suspect, among other things, that smart meters may be bad for your health. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. 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 pos

ray suarez returns with that. >> suarez: and we continue our regular look at the campaign as it plays out in social media and on the web. for that we're joined again by two journalists from the new website "daily download." lauren ashburn is the site's editor in chief. howard kurtz is newsweek's washington bureau chief and host of cnn's "reliable sources." this week both mitt romney and vice president biden spoke to the n.a.a.c.p. did it garner much traffic there the online world? >> absolutely. our twitter and facebook feeds were lighting up. >> particularly, ray, after mitt romney was booed yesterday at the n.a.a.c.p. convention. the initial wave was sort of one of mockery. one msnbc host said he was deliberately booed because he wanted to appeal to white racist but then there was a counterwave of conservatives defending romney taking issue with the discourts you behavior of some of the n.a.a.c.p. members who after all had invited the presidential candidate. >> suarez: this was all civilians trafficking this image on their own or were the campaigns also interested in getting this ou

. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, prolonged power outages, record high temperatures, and wildfires made this a challenging 4th for many. we'll have the latest. >> ifill: a history making day in physics as scientists discover the god particle in switzerland. what it is and why it matters. >> suarez: we talk to dr. anthony fauci of the national institutes of health about the food and drug administration's approval of a do-it-yourself home test for h.i.v. infection. >> ifill: john merrow reports on a texas school district's approach to its high school drop-out crisis: luring students back with college courses. >> what we're looking at doing is doing education in a different way, where the colleges come together with us and start working with these young people while they're still in high school. >> suarez: judy woodruff looks back at the major decisions in this high-impact supreme court term with historian michael beschloss and marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> ifill: and on this mos

young people. >> suarez: with that, n.c.a.a. president mark emert announced sweeping sanctions that all but leveled penn state's football program for failing to stop a pedophile ex-coach. among the measures a $60 million fine, equivalent to one year's revenue from the football program and a four-year ban on bowl games plus five years' probation. in addition, the school will for fit $13 million in bowl revenues earned by other members of the big ten conference. penn state will also be cut from 85 scholarship players to 65 for four years. and the sanctions will cancel 112 wins, going back to 1998. that's alleged when a cover-up of the scandal began. n.c.a.a. president spoke today in indianapolis. no price the n.c.a.a. can levy will repair the grievous damage inflicted by jerry sandusky on his victims. however, we can make clear that the culture, actions and inactions that allowed them to be victimized will not be tolerated in collegiate athletics. >> suarez: last month the 68-year-old sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10

. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, prolonged power outages, record high temperatures, and wildfires made this a challenging 4th for many. we'll have the latest. >> ifill: a history making day in physics as scientists discover the god particle in switzerland. what it is and why it matters. >> suarez: we talk to dr. anthony fauci of the national institutes of health about the food and drug administration's approval of a do-it-yourself home test for h.i.v. infection. >> ifill: john merrow reports on a texas school district's approach to its high school drop-out crisis: luring students back with college courses. >> what we're looking at doing is doing education in a different way, where the colleges come together with us and start working with these young people while they're still in high school. >> suarez: judy woodruff looks back at the major decisions in this high-impact supreme court term with historian michael beschloss and marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> ifill: and on this mos

ray suarez has that part of the story. >> suarez: days of shelling have forced tens of thousands of people to flee aleppo. many are struggling to find shelter and food. for more on the worsening humanitarian situation, we turn to michel gabaudan, president of refugees international. he recently met with syrian refugees in lebanon and jordan. mr. gabaudan, how many people have been displaced? what's the best estimate on how many are now refugees in syria? >> there are 120,000 syrians who have been registered as refugees in jordan, in turkey, in lebanon and a few in iraq. but there are many more that have crossed into this country than have not sought to be registered. >> suarez: probably many that are internally displaced, inside the country not having crossed borders. >> indeed. the numbers are extremely varied. they estimate to range from 400,000 to a million-and-a-half. whatever the real figure, these are astounding figures. unfortunately aid doesn't reach them well. >> suarez: has the syrian government and, for that matter, have the rebels allowed international aid to reach people who a