mapping radiation hot spots eight months after the nuclear meltdown. this is the town where about 28 kilometers from the fuch seema plant and you don t see anybody around for good reason. brown: we look at key moments from last night s g.o.p. presidential debate including texas governor rick perry s stumble, when he tried to list government agencies he d eliminate. i would do away with the education, the, uh, the commerce. commerce and let s see i can t the third one i can t, sorry. oops. woodruff: and we close with another in our economist film project series. tonight, the story of a lost and now found native american language. brown: 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
italy s bid for credibility. parliament prepares to vote on austerity measures. they re calling it a government of national unity, but can greece s coalition really change the fortunes of a country on the brink? the minister in the dark at india s biggest ever corruption scandal as a $40 million bribery case comes to court. welcome to bbc world news. i m david eades. also coming up in this program easy, tiger. could this be the return of golf s great golfer? woods leads in the australian open. and it was one of the biggest scandals in u.s. history, now there s new evidence of what really went on in watergate. hello. thanks for joining us. italian politicians have just started a debate. it s on an austerity package aimed at rebuilding confidence within the markets and, indeed, around the eurozone. the italian senate, we can actually show you some pictures of them in discussion now, they re due to vote on the measures in the course of the day. the lower house of parliam
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tom: good evening and thank you for joining us. u.s. markets rebounded today after greece named a new prime minister, lucas papademos. susie, he is an m.i.t.-educated economist who has promised to keep greece in the eurozone, susie: tom, meanwhile in italy, prime minister silvio berlusconi is expected to step down on monday. his resignation is contingent on the country s parliament approving austerity measures demanded by the european union. berlusconi s likely replacement- - mario monti, a respected economist and european commissioner. now, u.s. investors welcomed news of that leadership change, as well as good news that yields on italian bonds fell below 7%, easing concerns that the country would need an emergency bail out. tom: here in the u.s., federal reserve chairman ben bernanke was talking about europe again, urging leaders to act forcefully to stem its rolling f
morning. if you went to sleep early last night or at all, everything is different this morning. it really is. first crash of the titan penn state football coach joe paterno out after 46 years as the head man in happy valley. paterno was fired along with the university president over a child sex scandal involving paterno s former assistant jerry sandusky. the decision came hours after paterno said he would finish out the season and then retire. instead penn state s board of trustees brought the hammer down. the past several days have been absolutely terrible for the entire penn state community. but the outrage we feel is nothing compared to the physical and psychological suffering that allegedly took place. effective immediately, dr. spannier is no longer president of the university. in addition, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. penn state students spill flood the streets to proceed test the decision chanting went want joe back.
this is the town where about 28 kilometers from the fuch seema plant and you don t see anybody around for good reason. brown: we look at key moments from last night s g.o.p. presidential debate including texas governor rick perry s stumble, when he tried to list government agencies he d eliminate. i would do away with the education, the, uh, the commerce. commerce and let s see i can t the third one i can t, sorry. oops. woodruff: and we close with another in our economist film project series. tonight, the story of a lost and now found native american language. brown: 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?