On Friday’s NewsHour…

The struggle for survival in Haiti is the lead story tonight, followed by the economic and political fallout from this week’s stunning events in Massachusetts and Washington, the analysis of Shields and Brooks, and the growing dispute with China over internet freedoms.

HAITI EXODUS – The Haitian government began work on setting up camps outside
Port-au-Prince for 400,000 people. We get reports from Jay Newton Small of Time Magazine in the capital, and then our own Ray Suarez on the border with the Dominican Republic.

MASSACHUSETTS POLITICAL FALLOUT – We look at one of President Obama’s toughest weeks in office after the stunning loss of the Massachusetts Senate seat and weakening support for his agenda, including the reappointment of Ben Bernanke as chief of the Federal Reserve. Judy Woodruff interviews David Wessel of the Wall Street Journal.

SHIELDS AND BROOKS – NewsHour regulars Mark Shields and David Brooks debate the meaning of all of the events of the past week including the Supreme Court’s decision on campaign finance limits, the Massachusetts election, the new equation for health care reform and other topics.

CHINA AND INTERNET FREEDOM – Finally, a look at who controls the Internet as the U.S. challenges China on its censorship policies. Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, and David Lampton, Director of the China Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University, are our guests.

WEB-ONLY – Hari Sreenivasan highlights several features on the website, including; an interview with the lead author of a new study showing children ages 8 to 18 are spending more than seven hours a day in front of all kinds of screens– TVs, computers and cell phones; different perspectives on how Democrats will scale back their health care bills after the GOP victory in Massachusetts; and an informal Rundown conversation with Mark Shields and David Brooks after the program.

Jim Lehrer and Jeffrey Brown host the program, we hope you’ll join us.