good evening, everyone. tonight keeping them honest. a regime that doesn t just torture and murder its own people. doesn t just shoot them down in the streets. tonight a regime that continues to arrest its children, torturing them and murdering them. the regime of bashar al assad in syria. they try to hide their crimes by keeping reporters out, but the videos continue to emerge. this is what syrian soldiers do to helpless handcuffed prisoners. this is what syrian soldiers do to a helpless elderly man. this is what the regime does to its people who are protesting. [ gunshots ] video today from a damascus suburb. right now syrian soldiers and government thugs are on the brink of exacting bloody retribution on an entire city. and their leader, bashar al assad is according to the prime minister of neighboring turkey taking all of this, in his words, very lightly. tonight for whatever it s worth and whoever can do something about it, we want to show you the truth of what is ha
forces while washington struggles with an extremely challenging fiscal environment. brown: we continue our collaboration with the economist magazine to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, saving the rainforests in honduras from destructive farming practices. you re looking at a catastrophe, 1 billion tons of carbon straight up into the atmosphere annually. woodruff: and margaret warner examines what dissent within the ranks of oil producing nations means for oil prices here in the u.s. brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: oil companies have changed my country. oil companies can make a difference. we have the chance to build the economy. .create jobs, keep people healthy and improve schools. . and our communities. in angola, chevron helps train engineers, teachers and farmers; launch health programs. it s not just good business. i m hopeful about my country s future. it s my co
child as part of its effort to stifle political dissent. these global challenges dominated today s senate confirmation hearing for president obama s choice to be the next defense secretary, leon panetta. panetta now serves as the director of central intelligence, and he told the senate he would need to wait for a closed classified session before he could share most details of a new lly intensifie effort against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula targets in yemen. cnn is told the secret campaign involves unmanned drones and fighter jets and it comes as the country teeters on the brink of a civil war. while obviously it s a scary and an uncertain situation, with regards to counterterrorism we re still very much continuing our operations. panetta also told congress he believed libyan leader moammar gadhafi s days are numbered. and as he did so, secretary of state clinton promised more u.s. help to the libyan opposition. attending a gathering in the united arab emirates secret
forces while washington struggles with an extremely challenging fiscal environment. brown: we continue our collaboration with the economist magazine to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, saving the rainforests in honduras from destructive farming practices. you re looking at a catastrophe, 1 billion tons of carbon straight up into the atmosphere annually. woodruff: and margaret warner examines what dissent within the ranks of oil producing nations means for oil prices here in the u.s. brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: oil companies have changed my country. oil companies can make a difference. we have the chance to build the economy. .create jobs, keep people healthy and improve schools. . and our communities. in angola, chevron helps train engineers, teachers and farmers; launch health programs. it s not just good business. i m hopeful about my country s future. it s my co
the competing demands on our forces while washington struggles with an extremely challenging fiscal environment. brown: we continue our collaboration with the economist magazine to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, saving the rainforests in honduras from destructive farming practices. you re looking at a catastrophe, 1 billion tons of carbon straight up into the atmosphere annually. woodruff: and margaret warner examines what dissent within the ranks of oil producing nations means for oil prices here in the u.s. brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: oil companies have changed my country. oil companies can make a difference. we have the chance to build the economy. .create jobs, keep people healthy and improve schools. . and our communities. in angola, chevron helps train engineers, teachers and farmers; launch health programs. it s not just good business. i m hopeful about my c