captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions lehrer: good evening. i m jim lehrer. suicide bombers struck afghanistan s capital today, targeting foreigners. woodruff: and i m judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, margaret warner reports the details of the deadly attack. then, we talk to army brigadier general ben hodges about the fall of the taliban stronghold of marjah and what comes next. the burden is on the afghan government to demonstrate that it can provide relatively core ruping-free basic services and the expectations of people here in the south are not real high. lehrer: then, kwame holman offers a primer on the congressional procedure called reconciliation. it could be used in the health care debate. woodruff: the analysis of mark shields and david brooks. lehrer: jeffrey brown talks to journalist don peck about the personal consequences of being unemployed. long-term unemployment is really one of the worst things that can happen to anyone. psy
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions lehrer: good evening. i m jim lehrer. suicide bombers struck afghanistan s capital today, targeting foreigners. woodruff: and i m judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, margaret warner reports the details of the deadly attack. then, we talk to army brigadier general ben hodges about the fall of the taliban stronghold of marjah and what comes next. the burden is on the afghan government to demonstrate that it can provide relatively core ruping-free basic services and the expectations of people here in the south are not real high. lehrer: then, kwame holman offers a primer on the congressional procedure called reconciliation. it could be used in the health care debate. woodruff: the analysis of mark shields and david brooks. lehrer: jeffrey brown talks to journalist don peck about the personal consequences of being unemployed. long-term unemployment is really one of the worst things that can happen to anyone. psy
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions lehrer: good evening. i m jim lehrer. special teams of u.s. marines were air-dropped behind taliban lines in southern afghanistan as a major offensive entered its seventh day. woodruff: and i m judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get an update on risks for u.s. troops taking part in the fight around the insurgent stronghold of marjah. lehrer: then, a dramatic tale of life on the front lines in the battle against the taliban. an offensive operation in a counterinsurgency is about taking that away from the insurgents that they can t afford to lose, which is, simply put, control of the population . woodruff: mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. lehrer: christine brennan on the public apology of tiger woods, and its impact on the worlds of sports and business. woodruff: plus her review of week one of the winter olympic games, and her preview of week two. canada as you know has puchbed
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions lehrer: good evening. i m jim lehrer. special teams of u.s. marines were air-dropped behind taliban lines in southern afghanistan as a major offensive entered its seventh day. woodruff: and i m judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get an update on risks for u.s. troops taking part in the fight around the insurgent stronghold of marjah. lehrer: then, a dramatic tale of life on the front lines in the battle against the taliban. an offensive operation in a counterinsurgency is about taking that away from the insurgents that they can t afford to lose, which is, simply put, control of the population . woodruff: mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis. lehrer: christine brennan on the public apology of tiger woods, and its impact on the worlds of sports and business. woodruff: plus her review of week one of the winter olympic games, and her preview of week two. canada as you know has puchbed
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions lehrer: good evening. i m jim lehrer. new public opinion polls show another drop of confidence in those in charge of the government. brown: and i m jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we look at the latest numbers, and how they re impacting the political and policy landscape; lehrer: then, mark shields and david brooks offer their weekly analysis; brown: paul solman s reporting on goldman sachs tonight, how the firm used taxpayer money to make more money. goldman sachs recently was borrowing between 100 to 150 basis points that s between one percentage point and 1.5 percentage points above what the government was borrowing in the aftermath of the greatest financial crisis since world war ii. that s incredible. it makes no sense. lehrer: then comes a preview of the winter olympics with reporter christine brennan in vancouver, where a training run proved deadly for one athlete today. lehrer: and the grit an