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. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, one vote was a victory for republicans, the other for the obama administration. we get perspective from two veteran congress watchers. >> lehrer: then, margaret warner gets an update on the north dakota floods as the record water levels keep rising. >> brown: judy woodruff examines cracks in the republican party's longtime opposition to raising taxes to curb the budget deficit. >> we disagree with senator coburn's stated policy of raising taxes and spending it. >> if we don't, guess what's going to happen? we're going to be treated just like greece. greece is gonna-- greece is gonna be our model. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks provide their weekly analysis. >> brown: and ray suarez has a book conversation with pulitzer prize winning author oscar hijuelos about his new memoir, and how early success changed his life. >> sort of almost becoming a carnival act. you know, i sometimes felt like a freak. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. ma

i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, ray suarez has the latest on the extreme weather and the efforts to contain the mammoth wildfire blazing in arizona. >> brown: then, we update the turmoil in syria, as thousands of refugees stream across the border into turkey to flee the deadly violence. >> woodruff: we zero in on the budget challenges ahead for the pentagon and the man tapped to head it next, leon panetta. >> the next seg of defense will be required to juggle the competing demands on our forces while washington struggles with an extremely challenging fiscal environment. >> brown: we continue our collaboration with "the economist" magazine to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, saving the rainforests in honduras from destructive farming practices. >> you're looking at a catastrophe, 1 billion tons of carbon straight up into the atmosphere annually. >> woodruff: and margaret warner examines what dissent within the ranks of oil producing nations means for oil prices here in the u.s. >> br

the "washington post" is reporting brown gave them copies of the money orders and brown tells fox 5 he has other revelations. he'll talk about them when he testifies tomorrow. fox 5's karen gray houston takes a closer look. >> reporter: brown has been the subject of an intense search for weeks. finally a judge compelled him to testify before the committee on government operations. >> i'm sort of surprised by this, because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began. he said he was very happy to do that. didn't need a subpoena. >> reporter: brown told fox 5 by phone when he testifies, he'll produce money orders on top of the five he's already shown the "washington post." he says he'll also testify the fbi was able to get fingerprint dna from envelopes that contained the cash he said gray campaign people gave him, and that those envelopes have been linked to people in the gray campaign. brown also says the congressional oversight committee investigating the case has pictures of those envelopes. >> he's welcome to bring forward any relevant evidence he wants. >> rep

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, kwame holman reports on the rponse to the president's address from washington to kabul. >> woodruff: and in a newsmaker interview, jim lehrer asks defense secretary robert gates about the drawdown and other issues, as gates wraps up his tenure at the pentagon. >> brown: then, we get the latest on the impasse in the bipartisan deficit negotiations as lawmakers butt heads over taxes and republicans boycott today's talks. >> woodruff: margaret warner has the story of the arrest of notorious boston crime boss james whitey bulger, one of the f.b.i.'s ten most wanted criminals. >> ♪ i'll eliminate the pages, where the father has a break ♪ down >> brown: and we close with a conversation with music-legend paul simon about his new album and the art of song-writing. >> somehow when the sound seems to be correct in my imagination, the story can begin. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >>

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, kwame holman reports on the response to the president's address from washington to kabul. >> woodruff: and in a newsmaker interview, jim lehrer asks defense secretary robert gates about the drawdown and other issues, as gates wraps up his tenure at the pentagon. >> brown: then, we get the latest on the impasse in the bipartisan deficit negotiations as lawmakers butt heads over taxes and republicans boycott today's talks. >> woodruff: margaret warner has the story of the arrest of notorious boston crime boss james whitey bulger, one of the f.b.i.'s ten most wanted criminals. >> ♪ i'll eliminate the pages, where the father has a break ♪ down >> brown: and we close with a conversation with music-legend paul simon about his new album and the art of song-writing. >> somehow when the sound seems to be correct in my imagination, the story can begin. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >

but brown said the donations came from brown's son payton, also called michael. la tanya livingston who brown said is payton's girlfriend and andrea naylor, said to be a relative of brooks. >> i wanted him to come forward because he said one of his claims was that if he stayed if the race and bashed mayor fenty, that he was promised a job. >> reporter: cheh said she's no prosecutor, she just wanted to change procedures where shun can get on the fast track of a government paying job for suspicious reasons. karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> fox 5 did try to reach brooks and the friends and relatives who donated to sulaiman brown's campaign but with no success. cheh's committee hering is at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow in the wilson building. >>> the washington examiner saying that the fire chief and police chief makes more than governors. police chief kanni lanier makes the most. and tomas hanker comes in next and chief bowers 3,000 than d.c. fire chief ellerbe takes home. and ronald mastin earns $175,000. alley makes $150,000 a year. less than all but one major public safe

there is a presumption of innocence, but sulaimon brown was not exaggerating. in one instance half the council is under some form of investigation and with kwame brown being the ethical ombudsman irony is really something and with marion barry questioning sulaimon brown about decorum and ethics, it is a very bizarre off the wall surreal scenario. >> it is a mess. i want to talk about sulaimon brown in a minute. let's get back to harry thomas here. he's in serious trouble. on a scale of 1 to 10 this is about a 10, right? >> yeah or a 9.5. i mean the only respite he has is that the attorney general and this is a home rule question can't criminally indict him, but he has referred it to the u.s. attorney ron meachem and he raid 27 page indictment and the allegations are really a slush mess that he set up a profit and not for profit and the whole purpose of both those entities was to take government money and enrich himself. he even showed up today i thought really kind of bad form in that audi that laura showed which he paid for out of money that was transferred an

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he says they were made out to sulaiman brown. brown alleges that vincent gray 's campaign paid him and promised him a job in the administration if he stayed in the race. brown was hired and then later fired as the auditor in the d.c. department of health care finance. he made the allegations public not long after he was let go from that position. the testimony today is supposed to be around 1:00 this afternoon. as part of a deal that struck with the d.c. council committee that is supposed to wrap up sometime before 7:00 p.m. we will be here for that story and updates viewers as we get more information. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >>> 5:02. former international monetary fund director dominique strauss- kahn will be arraigned in new york city this morning. he is expected to plead not guilty to charges he sexually assaulted a hotel maid last month. he is under house arrest. if convicted, he could face up to 25 years in jail. >>> the d.c. police officer accused of murdering a young mother is scheduled to appear in court today. that's

i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: we have the latest after the administration says u.s. military activities are not full blown hostilities. >> brown: then, we get an update from wisconsin after the state supreme court ruled that a law could take effect that would strip most public workers of key collective bargaining rights. >> woodruff: tom bearden reports on a controversial method of extracting natural gas from shale rock. . >> some people here in western colorado believe a national gas production technique called f >> brown: ray suarez examines allegations of war crimes committed by the sri lankan government near the end of the country's 25-year-long civil war. >> woodruff: and we continue our collaboration with "the economist" magazine to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, letting kids be kids in a skating park in war-torn afghanistan. >> there's nothing like watching an afghan woman go down a ramp for the first time. she's achieved something that she never thought she would. >> bro

i'm margaret warner. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: 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 vo:geico, committed to providing service to its auto insurance customers for over 70 years. more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-800-947-auto any time of the day or night.

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some of the names were misspelled but brown says the donations came from brown's son peyton also called michael, la tonya livingston who brown says is peyton's girlfriend and andrea naylor said to be a relative of howard books. this is not what is of interest to mary cheh. >> i wanted him to come forward because he said one. his claims was that, if he stayed in the race and bashed mayor fenty, that he was promised a job. >> reporter: cheh says she is no prosecutor. she just wants to change procedures where someone can get on a fast track to high- paying government jobs for suspicious, inappropriate reasons. >> fox 5 tried to reach brooks and the friends and relative who allegedly donated to sulaimon brown. >>> there is a promise to look into councilman harry thomas this morning. he is under investigation to find out where he got the money to buy an audi suv. he says he used his own money to buy the suv. there are questions about whether the company where he got the money got a sizable payment from the campaign committee or whether he should have reported the suv as a gift or as income.

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we walk through the numbers and debate whether the government has the will and the way to kick-start growth. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff reports on the official coming of mitt romney into the 2012 race for the republican presidential nomination. >> brown: ray suarez has the latest on the outbreak of a deadly mutant strain of e. coli, sickening hundreds throughout europe. >> lehrer: and we talk to jill abramson, named today as the first woman executive editor of "the new york times." that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. >> i think... >> we need renewable energy. >> ...renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. >> i think it's got to work on a big scale. and i think it's got to be affordable. >> so, where are they? >> it has to work in the real world. at chevron, we're investing millions in sola

brown, this is a hearing. you're here under order of court. >> i am here. >> and putting questions to you which its intimed to do. if you -- it's entitled to do. if you don't answer the questions, we will go back to court and seek an order to have you answer the questions. >> and really seems like this was a lot to do with revenge. suleman brown said he was offered cash and a high-paying job and you remember, he was then fired and upset the day he was fired and mayor gray didn't know who he was, or said he didn't know who he was and that is why he went to the authorities. by the way, we did reach out to the mayor and asking him to go on camera. he said he didn't want to go on camera. instead, the investigations are continuing and the mayor awaits the completion before commenting further and the mayor denied he had any involvement and any of the payoffs for offering suleman brown a job. >>> meanwhile, yet another member of the district council is under investigation for another suv purchase. this type, it's war

i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on political unrest in the arab nation. >> brown: then we get an update on the confessions of new york democrat anthony weiner, who admitted sending lewd photographs of himself and inappropriate messages to women online. >> ifill: judy woodruff examines new promise in the world of cancer treatment, drugs to prolong the lives of skin cancer patients, and another that helps prevent breast cancer. >> brown: education correspondent john merrow looks at how we judge good schools and bad ones. >> do you believe what you read or what you see. could educational quality be like beauty in the eye of the beholder or does a test score say it all? >> ifill: ray suarez explores apple's entry into online music storage, a service unveiled today by the company's c.e.o., steve jobs. >> brown: and margaret warner remembers the life and career of former secretary of state lawrence eagleburger. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs ne

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we walk through the numbers and debate whether the government has the will and the way to kick-start growth. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff reports on the official coming of mitt romney into the 2012 race for the republican presidential nomination. >> brown: ray suarez has the latest on the outbreak of a deadly mutant strain of e. coli, sickening hundreds throughout europe. >> lehrer: and we talk to jill abramson, named today as the first woman executive editor of "the new york times." that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody s goto get serous >> i ink. >> we need renewable energy. >> ...renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. >> i think it's got to work on a big scale. and i think it's got to be affordable. >> so, where are they? >> it has to work in the real world. at chevron, we're investing millions in solar and biof

. >>> sulaimon brown finally speaking to d.c. council members. the former one-time candidate for mayor set to appear before the committee that is investigating the hiring practices of d.c. mayor vince gray. stacy cohan is outside city hall. let's get the late e. >> reporter: good morning. sulaimon brown has certainly made headlines with his accusations against the gray campaign of all sorts of payoffs and promised jobs. but until now, he has skillfully dodged coming before this council. that ends today. a superior court judge struck a deal in which sulaimon brown has to testify before the council committee today. brown claims that gray paid him cash and that he was promised a city job to continue attacks against adrian fenty. he says that he got that city job which he did land but then was fired after those allegations were made public. >> i'm sort of surprised by this because i hay conversation with mr. brown before of the investigation began. he said he was very happy to do that. didn't need a subpoena. >> and mary cheh talking there about the

brown, your solutions -- >> brown showed many orders during the hearing that the city received from two mayoral aides. mayor gray has denied the allegations. >>> a d.c. council member denies allegations that he took hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money. >> having to stand here, i was not going to settle on something i did not do. >> the d.c. attorney general's office has filed a civil lawsuit against council member harry thomason jr.. they claim, is used money that was meant for you to place all programs on travel, golf outings, and a luxury suv. the spifbi is also investigating.

brown before the investigation began. he said he was very happy to do that, didn't need a subpoena. >> she says she just wants to know if brown really got his city job through a promise from the current mayor, vince gray and how to stop that from happening again. >>> developments are expected today in another city hall controversy. d.c.'s attorney general is expected to meccan announcement about the investigation into exactly how d.c. council man harry thomas paid if his personal suv. thomas says he used his own money to buy the audi suv from a company he owned before he became a councilmember. there are questions about whether that company got a sizable payment from his pam pain committee and whether that suv should be reported as a gift or income. >>> some other top stories we're following. d.c. police stepping up patrols on the not tan branch trail after four attacks in the last month. the last one was on wednesday when a suspect useed a taser to try to take down a bicyclist. trouble spot seems to be between new york a

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i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, ray suarez has the latest on the extreme weather and the efforts to contain the mammoth wildfire blazing in arizona. >> brown: then, we update the turmoil in syria, as thousands of refugees stream across the border into turkey to flee the deadly violence. >> woodruff: we zero in on the budget challenges ahead for the pentagon and the man tapped to head it next, leon panetta. >> the next seg of defense will be required to juggle the competing demands on our forces while washington struggles with an extremely challenging fiscal environment. >> brown: we continue our collaboration with "the economist" magazine to highlight the art of filmmakin tonight, saving the rainforests in honduras from destructive farming practices. >> you're looking at a catastrophe, 1 billion tons of carbon straight up into the atmosphere annually. >> woodruff: and margaret warner examines what dissent within the ranks of oil producing nations means for oil prices here in the u.s. >> brow

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the european troubles and their impact and look at how they compare to debt worries here. >> woodruff: kwame holman looks at the record of defense secretary robert gates, as he meets the press for the final time at the pentagon. >> brown: ray suarez talks to marcia coyle about today's supreme court decision on miranda warnings for children. >> woodruff: health correspondent betty ann bowser reports on some patients who developed severe side effects after taking certain anti- bacterial drugs. >> it's hard tonow how many americans are harmed by quinolones, or any prescription drugs for that matter, because the u.s. has no accurate way to track them. >> brown: as al-qaeda names a successor to osama bin laden, we look at the new leader and the state of the terrorist organization. >> woodruff: and, from thailand, we follow an unlikely escape route for thousands of north koreans. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight, we have the latest on the european troubles and their impact and look at how they compare to debt worries here. >> woodruff: kwame holman looks at the record of defense secretary robert gates, as he meets the press for the final time at the pentagon. >> brown: ray suarez talks to marcia coyle about today's supreme court decision on miranda warnings for children. >> woodruff: health correspondent betty ann bowser reports on some patients who developed severe side effects after taking certain anti- bacterial drugs. >> it's hard to know how many americans are harmed by quinolones, or any prescription drugs for that matter, because the u.s. has no accurate way to track them. >> brown: as al-qaeda names a successor to osama bin laden, we look at the new leader and the state of the terrorist organization. >> woodruff: and, from thailand, we follow an unlikely escape route for thousands of north koreans. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for t

it took a court order to get brown to testify, an effort spearheaded by council woman mary cheh who brown verbally battled through outthe proceeding accusing her of calling him a pest among other things. councilman marion barry got into the confrontation too. >> mr. barry, i'm not a witness here. he is not putting questions to me. he can say whatever he wants. we are going to call up the examiner articles. >> i believe it was the examiner. >> just a moment. if i summarize what others have said about what -- they quoted you. >> mr. brown, would you let ms. cheh speak. >> in any event, we'll pull them out. i have no independent knowledge of you being a pest. i will ask about that. others said you were a nuisance, a pest. we'll see. but you were looking for an excuse not to come. >> reporter: that is how it went all afternoon. despite the drama, this is a serious matter. the u.s. attorney's office is also investigating. back to you. >> thank you. >>> today, d.c. council chair kwame brown will meet with fellow councilmembers to discuss how to proceed with the alleged scandal involving council

i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on political unrest in the arab nation. >> brown: then we get an update on the confessions of new york democrat anthony weiner, who admitted sending lewd photographs of himself and inappropriate messages to women online. >> ifill: judy woodruff examines new promise in the world of cancer treatment, drugs to prolong the lives of skin cancer patients, and another that helps prevent breast cancer. >> brown: education correspondent john merrow looks at how we judge good schools and bad ones. >> do you believe what you read could educational quality be like beauty in the eye of the beholder or does a test score say it all? >> ifill: ray suarez explores apple's entry into online music storage, a service unveiled today by the company's c.e.o., steve jobs. >> brown: and margaret warner remembers the lifend aareer of former secretary of state lawrence eagleburger. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been pro

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we walk through the numbers and debate whether the government has the will and the way to kick-start growth. >> lehrer: then, judy woodruff reports on the official coming of mitt romney into the 2012 race for the republican presidential nomination. >> brown: ray suarez has the latest on the outbreak of a deadly mutant strain of e. coli, sickening hundreds throughout europe. >> lehrer: and we talk to jill abramson, named today as the first woman executive editor of "the rk tyo." that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding fothe pbs newshour has been provided by: >> okay, listen. somebody has got to get serious. >> i think... >> we need renewable energy. >> ...renewable energy is vital to our planet. >> you hear about alternatives, right? wind, solar, algae. >> i think it's got to work on a big scale. and i think it's got to be affordable. >> so, where are they? >> it has to work in the real world. at chevron, we're investing millions in solar and biof