captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. the oil spill in the gulf of mexico is far worse than authorities originally thought now leaking more than 200,000 gallons each day. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, louisiana's governor declared a state of emergency and the u.s. navy was en route to help clean up the slick. we get the latest from "newshour" correspondent tom bearden on the louisiana coast. plus a b.p. spokesperson and a coast guard rear admiral. >> brown: then, we get an update on immigration policy, as senate democrats unveil a national plan. and civil rights groups challenge arizona's new law. >> woodruff: and margaret warner reports from rome on the impact of the child sex abuse scandals on the catholic church and on pope benedict the 16th. >> i think it's a communications nightmare. enron was more manageable than what's happening now with the church. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that

do you want five more years of gordon brown or do you want change? [applause] from the south bank, david camera has a river to cross to reach downing street. how wide that journey we will see over the next four weeks. the warm sunshine gave the conservative leader of bit of help in his efforts to said an optimistic tone. >> if you vote conservative, you are voting for hope. you are voting for optimism, for change, you are voting for a fresh start this country so badly needs. do not let anybody tell you that there is no real choice at this election. there is a real choice. >> while mrs. cameron has opted for labour again, another baby due in the autumn, her husband's future depends on the country turning away from the labour party. he said a serious case today. he shook every hand on the south bank -- a serious pace today. he then headed for birmingham. for the conservatives, it was david cameron on his own. later, it was part of or brown as part of a big, experienced team. and nick clegg into spokesman. >> this is a chance to do something different t

brown? >> yes. >> will you be voting labour? >> no. >> have you voted for labor before? >> i have not voted at all. >> our taxes have gone up. it's all right when you're up, when you're ordinary, no. >> in 2005, they saw the famous scene where tony blair was all lovey-dovey. no such duties this time as mr. brown visited a labor family at home. >> so "newsnight" ordered our own ice cream van instead. >> that one is for me, and one for gordon, please. >> gordon brown said this many of a coming from a middle-class family, it is a nice middle-class a state here. and tony blair possibly reported that these days it can only win a general election with a significant number of middle-class votes. >> i don't think there's a lot to choose between them. >> did you use to vote labour? >> never. >> i quite like, their policies tie-in with mine. >> have you loaded before? >> yes, i have. i want to hear a bit more about their policies and i'll be watching of course in the run up. >> but mr. brown wasn't mu

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: the president called on industry leaders to back new regulations on banks. we hear from white house economic advisor lawrence summers and the head of a major bank, robert kelly. >> woodruff: then, simon marks reports from london on the second televised debate in britain's too-close-to-call election. >> reporter: tonight's discussion was all about foreign policy. but it was also about the future of britain's two-party political system now that a third candidate is threatening massive change. >> brown: margaret warner has the story of five americans awaiting trial in pakistan on terrorism charges. >> woodruff: dave iverson of kqed san francisco updates relief efforts in haiti, 100 days after the earthquake. >> brown: and, we look at a big man on the basketball court, making his mark with an art show. >> i named this show "size does matter" because when something is so big and beautiful you have to stop and take a second look. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on t

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, company officials denied any wrongdoing and said they did not mislead investors. we hear excerpts from today's hearing, and get perspective from two financial writers. >> ifill: then, margaret warner has an exclusive interview with vatican cardinal william levada about the global child sex abuse scandals. >> priests are ordained to be good shepherds. this is anything but being a good shepherd when you abuse children and you violate their innocence and their persons. >> brown: fred de sam lazaro tells the story of vietnamese- american entrepreneurs, returning to their homeland to do business. >> 35 years after the south fell and became part of the socialist republic of vietnam, the capitalists are back. >> ifill: and we close with an update on the financial crisis roiling another continent, europe, where markets plunged after greece saw its debt downgraded today to junk status. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been

jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: the white house was the setting this morning as president obama shifted focus from health care reform and nuclear security back to financial reform. he told the assembled congressional leaders the issue remains urgent. >> i think all of us recognize that we cannot have a circumstance in which a meltdown in the financial sector once again puts the entire economy in peril. and that if there's one lesson we learned, it's that an unfettered market where people are taking huge risks and expecting taxpayers to bail them out is simply not acceptable. >> brown: with the senate preparing to debate a reform bill, the president insisted that the measure on the table-- and a house bill that already passed-- would put an end to federal rescues. >> i am absolutely confident that the bill that emerges is going to be a bill that prevents bailouts. >> brown: but republicans at the meeting were unmoved and afterwards, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell claimed the bill would do just the opposite. >> if you look at it carefully, it will lead to endless taxpaye

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: a senate panel approved a measure regulating the financial tools called derivatives. we get analysis of the bill and what it means for the overhaul effort. >> ifill: then, ray suarez reports from london on the beginning of the end of europe's airport shutdown. >> no one knows how long it is going to take air traffic to return to normal, and the recriminations have >> brown: we examine the politics, the process and the choices for president obama as he picks a new supreme court justice. >> ifill: kwame holman looks at a new fighter plane under fire far from the frontlines. >> the defense department is embarked on building the most ambitious and complex war plane in u.s. history. the joint strike fighter f-35. but delays and skyrocketing costs have critics saying the program should be shut down. >> brown: and, margaret warner gets an update on general motors as it pays back its government loans. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding

brown. >> this has a feel of the tv popularity contest, but in truth this is an election about britain's future. a fight of your future and for your jobs. it's about style and pr, counting out. if it's about the big decisions, it's about judgment, it's about delivering a better future for this country. i am your man. i had our huge challenges, delivering economic recovery and job, bringing our brave troops safely home from afghanistan, keeping our streets free of terrorism, dealing alliances in europe against nuclear weapons, because climate change come against poverty and to deal with fairbanks. not everyone has the answers, but i say get the big decisions from an britain's security and jobs are at risk. get the big decisions right and we can have a prosperous, fair, greener and better britain. likely or not i can deliver that plane in the way to do it is with the majority labour government. >> thank you, mr. brown. next, and true too. >> is clear from last weeks debate that the country won

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. limited air traffic may resume tomorrow after being grounded by volcanic ash for five days. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the shutdown has cost the airlines more than $1 billion. we will hear from our ray suarez, who is one of 40,000 americans stranded in great britain. >> brown: then, marcia coyle of the "national law journal" fills us in on arguments in two supreme court cases, one centered on freedom of speech, the other workplace privacy. >> woodruff: tom bearden reports on american catholics reacting to the sex abuse scandals plaguing the vatican. >> reporter: here in denver some catholics feel betrayed and have left the church entirely while others believe the pope is being unfairly targeted. >> brown: we look at the merits and the fallout from fraud charges filed against goldman sachs. >> woodruff: margaret warner talks to andrew kohut about his latest poll showing mounting distrust in the government. >> brown: and we mark the 15th anniversary of

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the deadly assault occurred just hours after a suicide bombing at a nearby rally. we get the latest from saima mohsin of dawn tv in pakistan. >> ifill: then, margaret warner looks at vatican pushback and u.s. reaction to the latest controversies roiling the catholic church. >> brown: and two technology stories. we explore apple's new i-pad and the future of personal computing. >> ifill: and spencer michels reports on the tech downturn in a place that once led the charge. silicon valley may be losing its edge. that could affect not only california but the nation. >> brown: plus, we preview a new documentary uncovering the lost stories of arabs helping jews during the holocaust. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: chevron. this is the power of human energy. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the o

. >> reporter: just who is scott brown? >> he is not an ideal log. he's somebody who wants to be viewed as a centrist. >> reporter: that was not the prevailing view when brown was elected three months ago. his rifle in the senate many said would sound the death nell for health care reform. he, they said, would march lock step with the tea party. it hasn't worked out that way. >> i look at each bill it an independent manner and vote accordingly. >> reporter: brown was a notable no show at last week's huge tea party rally in boston, the faithful hoping for a loving between sarah palin and brown were disappointed. on cbs' "face the nation" sunday, brown carefully side-stepped a central tea party charge about president obama. >> is he pushing the country towards socialism? >> i don't think he's making proper choices when it comes to dealing with the free market. >> reporter: massachusetts republicans have been nothing short of delirious with their new senator, halves evident at the state convention saturday. "boston globe" editorial page peetser canellos

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. there was new hope for travelers today as some flights took to the skies over europe for the first time in nearly a week. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the newshour tonight, officials said all of britain's airports have reopened, although a massive backlog of flights remains. we get an update from ray suarez, one of many still stuck in london. >> suarez: thousands of stranded vacationers trying to get out of britain and trying to get back from the continent have passed a landmark they never thought they'd see from the air, the white cliffs of dover. >> brown: then, marcia coyle of the "national law journal" details today's supreme court ruling striking down a ban on videos of animal cruelty. >> warner: kwame holman covers the questioning at today's congressional hearing on last year's collapse of the investment firm lehman brothers. >> brown: paul solman tells the story of some homeowners who've stopped paying their mortgages, even though they can still afford them. >> warner

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: the next step is a debate in the senate over ratification. we have our own debate with senators kyl and feinstien. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff reports on day two of the bloody uprising in kyrgyzstan. >> brown: we'll talk to the chairmen of the commission studying the causes of the financial crisis on a day they heard apologies from former citigroup executives. >> let me start by saying i'm sorry. i'm sorry that the financial crisis had such an impact on country. >> we all bear responsibility for not recognizing this and i deeply regret that. >> brown: we have the first of two reports on what members of congress are hearing about the new health care law. tonight, spencer michels follows a california republican back in his district for the spring recess. >> the notion that somehow we can provide free health insurance for 32 million people without adding to the deficit or costing tax payers is simply absurd. >> brown: and, we close with a look at the many st

jeffrey brown has that. >> brown: it was one year ago in prague that president obama pledged to work towards a nuclear-free world, a move that helped him win the nobel peace prize in december. >> the united states will take concrete steps towards a world without nuclear weapons. >> brown: today the administration took another step toward that goal, spelling out current risks and new policies in a document called the nuclear posture review or n.p.r. >> the n.p.r. provides a road map for implementing president obama's agenda for reducing nuclear risks to the united states, our allies and partners. and the international community. this review describes how the united states will reduce the role and numbers of nuclear weapons with a long-term goal of a nuclear-free world. >> brown: the review required by congress is the first by this administration but the third since the end of the cold war. when the u.s. and soviet union faced each other with thousands of nuclear weapons on high alert. officials today emphasized that current threats are different. >> the review rightly places the preve

. >> brown: then, marcia coyle of the "national law journal" fills us in on arguments in two supreme court cases, one centered on freedom of speech, the other workplace privacy. >> woodruff: tom bearden reports on american catholics reacting to the sex abuse scandals plaguing the vatican. >> reporter: here in denver some catholics feel betrayed and have left the church entirely while others believe the pope is being unfairly targeted. >> brown: we look at the merits and the fallout from fraud charges filed against goldman sachs. >> woodruff: margaret warner talks to andrew kohut about his latest poll showing mounting distrust in the government. >> brown: and we mark the 15th anniversary of the oklahoma city bombing with excerpts from today's ceremony. >> we come here to remember those who were killed, those who survived, and those changed forever. >> brown: that's all ahead on

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: family members cling to what the state's governor called "a sliver of hope." we'll talk to frank langfitt of national public radio on the scene. >> lehrer: then, gwen ifill reports on the political turmoil in the former soviet republic of kyrgyztan-- site of a u.s. air base that supplies troops in afghanistan. >> brown: we debate a court decision that could limit future regulation of the internet. >> lehrer: we have updates on two school systems: john merrow reports on alternatives for troubled teens in new orleans. >> i've got 16-year-old seventh graders and 17-year-old eighth graders and 18-year-old ninth graders who are reading at the third or fourth grade reading level. those are tremendous challenges. >> a lot of them put up walls. >> brown: and we look at washington d.c, where the schools chief struck a deal with the teachers union. >> lehrer: and, fred de sam lazaro tells a good news story about an effort championed by former president carter to rid t

brown: what makes a war story ring true and what makes one last? "the things they carried," a fork of fiction about the experience of a group of soldiers in the vietnam warp was published in 1990. it sold more than two million copies and appears on numerous high school and college reading lists. one of the rare works of recent literature that helped define vietnam and the experience of war. marking the an vary rs author tim o'brien is talking to students and others, including this webcast conversation shot at a washington, d.c. high school. o'brien himself served in vietnam and has written a memoir of that time, as well as six other novels. welcome to you. >> thanks for having me on. >> brown: what doucette out to do? i saw you talking to the students, and you talked about using fiction as a way of getting at the truth of war. >> for me, the way to approach a subject such as vietnam is through storytelling. it's one thing to watch a newscast or read a newspaper or a magazine articles, things that that are fairly abstract-- in fact the word "war" it

this is gordon brown trying to humanize himself. sarah brown was formally a very experienced pr knows exactly what she is doing. >> you raised the question of wives. semantic cameron is a key part of the tory strategy. -- samantha cameron is a key part of the tory strategy. >> i think she is going to take or leave part of the campaign. personally, i rather like that. i will contradict myself so forgive me but it is simply that the women's vote will decide this. it will decide it. how you present yourself is very important and that context. -- in that context. a wife on your arm is an excuse to win a vote. " you want to be who you are if you can be. the problem for the labour campaign is what gordon p. gordon is a bad piece of advice. -- let gordon b. gordon is a bad piece of advice. >> i found it so inauthentic. and you have the formulaic sleeves rolled out. it was very staged. i actually think that off intensity over cameron will help. one word that was used was the granite versus plastic. that plastic is a word -- >> by think that

businesses -- to a small black and brown businesses. and thirdly, -- to small black and brown businesses. a rising tide will lift all boats. your thoughts on that? >> a rising tide lifts all boats if you have a boat in which to rise, and when people are chronically unemployed for more than a year, i would submit that they do not have a boat in which to rise, so, yes, it is an analogy, but it is an analogy with an important caveat or an important footnote. we have said this to the leaders in the administration. the stimulus hinges primarily on giving money to states and units of local governments to spend it, mainly construction, contract, that component of it. they have got to do a better job holding those government agencies' feet to the fire to make sure that they do business on a fair basis with african- american and latino small businesses. secretary lahood and others have to do a much better job, number one, and number two, they have to send a message that they are not going to tolerate ignoring these federal mandates about partici

one of them was about scott brown. what do you make of scott brown? >> well, i think scott brown i think what you see is what you get. you know, he is just... he's a very independent fellow. he's going to pick off somebody... tick off somebody every time. the tea partiers like to claim him. then, you know, the republican party wants to claim him. he votes, i think he said to you he votes according to each issue. he approaches each issue as independently. and i think he is that. he's a very straight shooter and a regular guy. he's a good guy. he's going to make people mad. >> schieffer: we have about 20 seconds. do you think it is politically risky for republicans now to be identifying with wall street bankers in light of these outrages? >> i think so. i think they're going to have to... you know, the banks have become even bigger and more powerful. i think that's certainly a part of what the republicans are going to have to confront. i think that they're on the other side of that. >> schieffer: kathleen parker, thank you so much. again, congratulation

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the charges relate to the sub-prime mortgage crisis. we get the latest from zachary goldfarb of "the washington post." >> lehrer: then, ray suarez reports from london on the volcanic ash across northern europe that has disrupted air travel worldwide. >> those unfriendly skies grounded until at least saturday and left travelers scrambling for alternatives. >> brown: and we talk of volcanoes present and past with simon winchester, author of a book on the spectacular 1883 eruption on the island of krakatoa. >> lehrer: judy wooduff finishes our spotlight city series with a story about the rise of the right in a florida primary contest. >> the politics of ang ser fueling the senate campaign here of conservative republican marco rubeio, who is leading a more moderate governor charlie crist. it's a drama playing out in g.o.p. races across the country. >> brown: and we get the analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour

and gordon brown and labor stopped that. and nick clegg and the democrats didn't vote with us to get the referendum. we didn't have one. people feel cheated. what i would do if i was your prime minister is pass a law through parliament that says if ever there is a future occasion when laws are being proposed to pass power from westminster to brussels, there would be a guarantee of a referendum held in our country. send us to parliament to make decisions, make laws, discuss the issues, yet you don't send us to give powers that belong to you. there should be a referendum guarantee if this ever happens again. >> it was the conservative party that gave it cast iron guarantee to have a referendum that it promptly dropped. we need a referendum the next time we have a transfer of powers. but it needs to be on the fundamental issue. do we stay in or do we go out? you have a right to make that choice in a referendum. i argue we stay in. not because it is perfect, but it is in our interest to do so. let me give you a concrete example.

congressman paul brown of georgia. his remarks on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the bombing in oklahoma city that killed 168 people that was carried out by an anti-government extremist. leading up to that grim anniversary, president clinton delivered a speech in washington reflecting on the response to the oklahoma city bombing at the time and what we can do as a nation to prevent such a thing happens again. to that end, the former president remarked on the difference between criticizing the government and inciting violence against the government and people who work for it. >> we can't let the debate veer so far into hatred that we lose focus of our common humanity. it's really important. we can't ever fudge the fact that there is a basic line dividing criticism from violence or its advocacy. what we learned from oklahoma city is not that we should gag each other or that we should reduce our passion for the positions we hold. but that the words we use really do matter because there are -- there is this vast e

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jeffrey brown has our story. ♪ >> brown: natalie merchant has sold millions of records in her life. ♪ starting in the 1980s as singer and songwriter for the rock band 10,000 maniacs. ♪ and later in a successful solo career. but there she was rehearsing for a concert recently at the beautiful music hall in troy, new york, singing other people's words including those of a mother goose rhyme. ♪ after a seven-year hiatus, merchant is releasing a new studio album, a collection of 26 poems she set to music. the project began when merchant gave birth to her daughter six years ago. >> i thought i was making the record that would introduce poetry and music to my child and to other children. but it just became more involved and more complex and more sophisticated as time went on. >> brown: the result is a two- disk album entitled "leave your sleep" using poetry about childhood but for adults. now 46 and living with her family in a house overlooking the hudson river, merchant says it took her a long while to come to poetry and only then through its sounds and rhythms. >> poetry comes alive t

brown? >> to help people live at home, to give them the urgent care needs they have and see them met, for example, by home helps and health visitors, so that people who want to stay at home don't have to go into institutional care. we've seen a revolution. large numbers of people are living longer, which is a great thing, but people need help in their homes so that they don't have to go into nursing homes or old people's homes. my priorities for the health service are that we give people personal guarantees that every individual patient will know they will get a cancer specialist seen within two weeks if need it. they'll get a diagnostic test within one week, and the results to them. they will also be able to know that their operation will be in 18 weeks if you're any patient in need of an operation. you'll be able to see a gp in the evenings and weekends, something which wasn't happening. you'll be able to get a free health check-up on the national health service. i want people to know that

gordon brown has talked about various bodies. david cameron says he will try to make things work, and he is making ludicrous claims it's the world and is. the world will not end. this is to provide the good government, the sound government, that you deserve. do not allow everything constantly to be hijacked. >> well, i want the parties to work together. i invited people who are businessmen and women to work with us for national benefit, and i will continue to ask people to give their talents to public service, and that is something that is really important to do. i think korea got to resolve this. taking the economy through one the most difficult financial crises. we made the right decision to take ownership of the banks and the right decisions to get the world together. every time we have said we need to support the economy through difficult times. now, what david said, even when it is fragile, he once for ideological reasons, i think, we did this puts policemen and thousands of jobs at risk -- this puts policemen and others at

brown. >> i think grace's issue is that every woman should have a full state pension. i think it's right that we say that that is what we're going to do as a result of our pension reforms. but it's also the case that everyone who works for an employer will now also have an occupational pension. that is another change we are making that is coming in the parliament to come. when we look at the needs of pensioners, it's absolutely true to say we need help with urgent needs social care in the home. that's what we're introducing over the next few months, so that people don't have to go into old people's homes. if they want to stay at home, they can get the home helps and the health visitors that are necessary for them so that they can have comfort in their own homes. but i've got one or two problems with the other two manifestos of the other parties. david doesn't seem to have mentioned free prescriptions for the elderly or free eye tests. and to be honest, nick has a problem in his manifesto, be

brown? >> the right of recall, yes. but i want a more fundamental reform. i want an mp to be elected with more than 50% of the vote, and i want a house of lords that is not hereditary but elected on a proportional representation list system. that's what we want to put to a referendum next year. >> i'm absolutely dismayed by this. this is something i actually put forward in the house of commons. we already could have had that law, people already could have had the right to sack corrupt mp's. labour mp's voted against it. conservative mp's didn't turn up. >> i'm in favor of it. >> it's great we're saying the same thing. you've also got to do the right thing to clean up politics. >> gentlemen, thank you very much indeed on that question. thank you very much. now, let me just correct something i said earlier on, heat of the moment, sorry, i do apologies for that. the scottish and welsh leaders' debates are on tuesday of next week, not on thursday. my apologies for that. our next question is on e

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look back at stevens' legacy, and ahead to possible candidates to replace him with marcia coyle of the "national law journal," plus law professors kathleen sullivan and john mcginness. >> lehrer: then, we return to the financial crisis commission. they heard more apologies, including from former executives of mortgage giant fannie mae. >> i want to be clear, i was the ceo of the company and i accept responsibility for everything that happened on my watch. >> brown: we continue our look at what members of congress are hearing about the new health care law. betty ann bowser follows democrat tom periello home to his virginia district. >> health care is not my fight t was about economic relief to working it in middle-class families. seniors who are struggling. if we can save them a little money, that's a really big deal for people. >> lehrer: and we get the analysis of david brooks and ruth marcus, filling in for mark shields. that's all ahead on tonight's news

press secretary refused to comment on the brown vs. board of education decision. the only other major official who refused was the governor of mississippi, the two people who refused to comment on brown v. board of education. the president was unhappy but as the years went on he realized there was a great deal of a rebellion in some places and resistance and he had to execute the law. so he did send in the military if it was very sad, no one was happy that had to happen. but, yes, he had used the military on the united states soil to enforce the law. >> so what does that mean when people organize the fact they're doing something right in using the courts are supposed to be the final say so or the government and the government itself is fighting to come out what does that mean to particular individuals that say we won a but then again we didn't win because henry not had -- you know, it's almost like you are so insignificant that in spite of the logic, the truth and the fairness and the moral less of a pushing a certain agenda that will

gordon brown? >> immigration is falling as a ult are of the measureses we are taking and the point system is the key to this. it is done in australia. you can't come in unless you have a skill to offer if you are outside the european union. there is no unskilled workers coming to this country. a reduction in energy students as well. that's what we are doing now and unit coulding people in and out from the end of the year. >> i don't want to bore people , but it is important. up until 1997 the highest number for net migration into the uk was about 77,000 in a year. since 1997, since labor came and it is never lower than 140,000. that's equivalent to 2 million across a decade. it can be brought down. >> what happens is there are a million people from britain in the european union and staying in homes and countries of the european union, and there are a million people from the european union in our country. that's what being part of the european union is about. there are many, many british citizens wh

gordon brown arrived for a debate. please welcome david cameron, nick clegg and gordon brown. >> the three men know that last week's debate made history not because it was the first, but because it shifted opinion as it has never done before. >> this may have the feel of a tv popularity contest, but this is an election about britain's future, a fight for it your jobs. if it is about the big decisions, judgment, delivering a better future, i'm your man. >> it is clear that the country wants change, but the question is, what sort of change and who is best to lead that change? if you vote conservative he will get a new team running the country. he will not be stuck with what you've got now. but real change comes from your values. there are big differences. >> we should not have sent soldiers into battle without the right equipment. we should not have invaded iraq. i want us to leave in the world. i want us to lead in europe. i want us to lead in creating a world free of nuclear weapons. i want us to lead on the biggest ch

brown: what makes a war story ring true and what makes one last? "the things they carried," a fork of fiction about the experience of a group of soldiers in the vietnam warp was published in 1990. it sold more than two million copies and appears on numerous high school and college reading lists. one of the rare works of recent literature that helped define vietnam and the experience of war. marking the an vary rs author tim o'brien is talking to students and others, including this webcast conversation shot at a washington, d.c. high school. o'brien himself served in vietnam and has written a memoir

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, as an ecological disaster loomed, president obama directed that no new offshore drilling leases be issued. we get an update from newshour corespondent tom bearden in louisiana. plus, admiral thad allen, the commandant of the coast guard, on the latest containment and clean-up efforts, and an assessment of the potential environmental damage to the region. >> woodruff: then, spencer michels reports from arkansas, where a senate primary fight between democrats is heating up. the senate race in arkansas is unique in that the current u.s. senator, democrat blanche lincoln is being challenged from the left. >> brown: we get the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> woodruff: and on this 35th anniversary of the fall of saigon, ray suarez talks to james zumwalt about his new book on the vietnam war, seen through the eyes of north vietnamese and viet cong veterans. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. and with the ongoing support of these institutions