ifill: ray suarez examines what s behind those soaring gas prices and how they could affect the economic recovery. lehrer: we update the war in libya the fighting and the diplomatic sparring. ifill: and jeffrey kaye reports on health hazards facing employees at an apple assembly plant in china. workers making components for ipods in this factory outside shanghai say toxic chemicals are making them sick. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: in 1968, as whaling continued worldwide, the first recordings of humpback songs were released. ( whale singing ) public reaction led to international bans. whale populations began to recover. at pacific life, the whale symbolizes what is possible if people stop and think about the future. help protect your future with pacific life the power to help you succeed. moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the bill and melin
fortune magazine. he s for himself. the president wants to trim 4 trillion over 12 years. here we dgo. here we go, mika. watching the president throw his first punches and paul ryan on the other side, where are we in this battle? then i go back to those great you re too young to remember this but these guys aren t. great cosell interviews between mohammed and joe frazier. we re not in the first round, where ali is yapping and saying he will do this and frazier on the other right now, this is you talk about silly season, this is silly season. mark halperin, this was really underlined by some shocking information that came out last night from the cbo about this great budget bill that was going to save $38 billion this year. it saves 1% of that. maybe. maybe 1% of that. they re still playing with numbers, these republicans and democrats. silly season. when the economics of that are explained to some of these new members of congress, they may not be willing to
the economic recovery. lehrer: we update the war in libya the fighting and the diplomatic sparring. ifill: and jeffrey kaye reports on health hazards facing employees at an apple assembly plant in china. workers making components for ipods in this factory outside shanghai say toxic chemicals are making them sick. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: in 1968, as whaling continued worldwide, the first recordings of humpback songs were released. ( whale singing ) public reaction led to international bans. whale populations began to recover. at pacific life, the whale symbolizes what is possible if people stop and think about the future. help protect your future with pacific life the power to help you succeed. moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a health
diplomatic sparring. ifill: and jeffrey kaye reports on health hazards facing employees at an apple assembly plant in china. workers making components for ipods in this factory outside shanghai say toxic chemicals are making them sick. lehrer: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: in 1968, as whaling continued worldwide, the first recordings of humpback songs were released. ( whale singing ) public reaction led to international bans. whale populations began to recover. at pacific life, the whale symbolizes what is possible if people stop and think about the future. help protect your future with pacific life the power to help you succeed. moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. 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 foundati
next, president obama announces a trade agreement with south korea and comments on the bush era tax cuts than a portion of today s debate on the senate tax cut amendments. after that, democrat and republican reaction to the votes. earlier today, president obama spoke about a free-trade agreement with south korea that would create 70,000 american jobs and increase exports by $11 billion. he also takes questions on the senate blocking two democratic measures. this is about 10 minutes. good afternoon, everybody. today i want to speak briefly about two issues that matter most to me and matter most to the american people creating jobs and economic growth on which our country s prosperity depends. yesterday s job report showed that despite 11 consecutive months of private sector job growth, despite creating more than 1 million private sector jobs this year, it s not enough. we have to do more to accelerate the economic recovery and create jobs for the millions of americans