moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. 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. woodruff: the tea party had a new champion today and texas republicans had their nominee for the u.s. senate. the results in tuesday s runoff sent a shock wave through republican ranks nationwide. when we started, they said this was impossible. we were at 2% in the polls. woodruff: but last night, former texas solicitor general ted cruz captured the republican nomination for a u.s. senate seat. and they said i couldn t do it. and you know what? they were right. i couldn t do it, but you could. ( cheers ) woodruff: cruz trounced texas lieutenant governor of nine years, david dewhurst, by 13 points. he did it with the backing of such tea party favorites as sarah palin and rick san
on june 24, a 13-year-old was gunned down on this block. his was the 21st death since january 1. woodruff: margaret warner updates health care reform law, as the new benefits for women kick in today. ifill: and we remember the prolific and provocative man of letters author gore vidal. i would apologize if it hurts your feelings, of course i would. no, it hurts my sense of intellectual pollution well, i must say, as an expert you should know about it. ifill: 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 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. woodruff: the tea party had a new champion today and texas republicans had their nominee for the u.s. senate. the res
the moment, but it doesn t solve anything within europe. the fundamental problem is the euro is a construct that doesn t work and the remedy to the current problems that europe, germany is pushing on spain, greece and other country s austerity is bringing unemployment. 25% unemployment, 50% youth unemployment, making the problems only worse. unfortunately, there s no light at the end of this particular tunnel. tavis: what s the impact gonna be on us? well, a european slowdown inevitably will hurt us. the problem in america today is lack of demand. one of the reasons for that lack of demand is our high level of inequality, one of the ways in which we re paying a high price for this inequality. president obama talked about the possibility of exports filling in the gap, but if our export partners are going into recession and europe is already in recession it is going to be impossible for us to export our way out of this recession, out of this downturn. that means we will h
cycle many, many times. watch and see what happens. woodruff: we assess north korea s capabilities and ambitions as it readies a long- range rocket launch. brown: margaret warner has the story of a high level political scandal in china, involving corruption, murder and the ouster of a communist party official. woodruff: and from the ivory coast, special correspondent jeff sapienza explains how new water-taps are bringing together communities once divided along ethnic lines. water committees in the villages are a step forward. they just need support now, to be backed by the government to go ahead and give peace a chance. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: citi. supporting progress for 200 years. 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 found
i need immediate quick recovery and it s right here. don t turn your back on the r.v. industry. they know what they are doing. they have been through this cycle many, many times. watch and see what happens. woodruff: we assess north korea s capabilities and amtionas it reads a long- range rocket launch. brown: margaret warner has the story of a high level political scandal in china, involving corruption, murder and the ouster of a communist party official. woodruff: and from the ivory coast, special correspondent jeff sapienza explains how new water-taps are bringing together communities once divided along ethnic lines. water committees in the villages are a step forward. they just need support now, to be backeby the government to go ahead and ge peace a chance. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: citi. supporting progress for 200 years. and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedic