captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions brown: good evening. i m jeffrey brown. on the newshour this friday, the lead story takes us to afghanistan, amid the deadliest month ever for u.s. soldiers and a tense vote count for a new president. then, the other news of the day: the farewells for senator edward kennedy; and a ray suarez look at the senator s impact on immigration and the changing face of the nation. plus, betty ann bowser talks with writer t.r. reid about how health care is done in other countries; and judy woodruff closes with the analysis of mark shields and david brooks. major funding for the newshour with jim lehrer is provided by: what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? everyday, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ah