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brown. on the newshour tonight, an excerpt of the president s remarks. woodruff: and we get the latest on the rising floodwaters and evacuations inç the northeo and mid atlantic states. brown: ray suarez reports on the verbal jousting among g.o.p. presidential hopefuls at last night s debate. woodruff: tom bearden continues our coverage of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with a look at how life has changed for air travelers since the terror attack. a lot of americans don t feel that they should be patted down. it s not necessary to be patted down. but when you try to take things on the plane that don t belong, then it is necessary. brown: and we close with a conversation with author amy waldman. her new novel imagines a 9/11 memorial designed by a muslimçç american. woodruff: 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. auto compan
woodruff: tom bearden continues our coverage of the tenth anniversary of 9/11 with a look at how life has changed for air travelers since the terror attacks. a lot of americans don t feel that they should be patted down, that it s not necessary to be patted down. but when you try to take things on the plane that don t belong, then it is necessary. brown: and we close with a conversation with author amy waldman. her new novel imagines a 9/11 memorial designed by a muslim- american. woodruff: 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. auto companies make huge profits. last year, chevron made a lot of money. where does it go? every penny and more went into bringing energy to the world. the economy is tough right now, everywhere. we pumped $21 million into local economies, into small businesses, communities, equipment, materials. tha
on the newshour tonight, we have the latest on the evacuations and the swollen susquehanna river. woodruff: then, we preview president obama s jobs speech to a joint session of congress later this evening with economists douglas holtz eakin and jared bernstein. brown: ray suarez reports on the verbal jousting among g.o.p. presidential hopefuls at last night s debate. woodruff: tom bearden continues our coverage of the tenth anniversary of 9/11 with a look at how life has changed for air travelers since the terror attacks. a lot of americans don t feel that they should be patted down, that it s not necessary to be patted down. but when you try to take things on the plane that don t belong, then it is necessary. brown: and we close with a conversation with author amy waldman. her new novel imagines a 9/11 memorial designed by a muslim- american. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our