eilperin of the washington post about the administration s decision to lift the deep water drilling moratorium. woodruff: ray suarez has a closer look at religious literacy in america. i do believe that you fear that which you do not know. you fear islam when you don t islam. you fear christianity when you don t know christianity. lehrer: and jeffrey brown talks to author jonathan franzen about his new novel, freedom. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lehrer: those trapped miners in chile are coming to the surface after 69 days. rescuers began the operation late today with a custom-made capsule traveling roughly half a mile down a steel-lined tube to collect the first man. it s expected to take about 48 hours to get all of them out. we ll have more from
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