until marcia appears. they call her the mother of the streets.lunch decorated with a message of hope. many places are intimidating. >> gosh, it's good to see you. >> reporter: oscar lives under an overpass. >> she's a good lady. she's got a good heart. >> reporter: theresa of no fixed address looks to marcia every day. >> makes my life better to know there's a friend and a friendly smile coming up to you and with food. >> she's always there for anybody. it doesn't make a difference who it is. >> reporter: marcia's chosen this work because of her own difficult childhood when she often went hungry. so today, she provides sandwiches with a heaping spoonful of heart. >> if the inside of them feels like they are worthy of being cared for and being loved, i will have done my job. >> reporter: and word has spread. often when she returns home, complete strangers have left donations. today, it's two bags of clothing. >> there are no holes, there's no stains. >> reporter: and an envelope. >> wow. they're tickets to the ballgame. i mean a lot of tickets to

and newshour regular marcia coyle of the "national law journal." thank you all three for being here. i'm going to start with you,ing kathleen sullivan, what does it mean for the court to lose john paul stevens? >> well, judy, this is the end of one of the great tenures on the court. justice stevens served 35 years through seven presidents and three chief justices. and he's become really the liberal leader of the court. a statesman who perhaps moved left as the court moved right. but because he has been for 15 years the senior most justice on the liberal side of the court, he's been able to sometimes eke out five to four liberal victories on a conservative court. for instance, as you mentioned in ham dam versus rumsfeld, saying to the bush administration, no you cannot make up new military commission procedures that violate the geneva conventions to try the guantanamo detainees. or in another case he lead the court to a 5-4 ruling that said the bush administration had to against its will look at greenhouse gases, that maybe causing climate change. s

, judy. >> woodruff: marcia, let's start with the second case.hese are complaints by california police officers that their employers violated their privacy by looking at the text messages they sent using government-provided pagers. >> that's right, judy. this is a fourth amendment case. the fourth amendment, as you know, protects us against government actions. so we're talking here about public employers, not private employers. >> woodruff: and is the issue here what the government... what they were using the pagers for or was it the content or the fact that they were using them at all? >> the issue here has to do with whether these public employees, these swat team members, had what's known as a reasonable expectation of privacy in their text messages. the lower courts found that they did have a reasonable expectation and that the city's audit of their text messages was unreasonable because it was excessively intrusive. >> woodruff: what kinds questions were the justices asking? >> it's the city that has brought the case to the supreme court. so

. >> brown: then, marcia coyle of the "national law journal" fills us in on arguments in two supreme court cases, one centered on freedom of speech, the other workplace privacy. >> woodruff: tom bearden reports on american catholics reacting to the sex abuse scandals plaguing the vatican. >> reporter: here in denver some catholics feel betrayed and have left the church entirely while others believe the pope is being unfairly targeted. >> brown: we look at the merits and the fallout from fraud charges filed against goldman sachs. >> woodruff: margaret warner talks to andrew kohut about his latest poll showing mounting distrust in the government. >> brown: and we mark the 15th anniversary of the oklahoma city bombing with excerpts from today's ceremony. >> we come here to remember those who were killed, those who survived, and those changed forever. >> brown: that's all ahead on

. >> suarez: marcia coyle, good to see you. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: finally tonight, it was 35 years ago this week that the vietnam war came to an end. jeffrey brown talks to author tim o'brien about a book on the war that has stood the test of time. >> brown: what makes a war story ring true and what makes one last? "the things they carried," a fork of fiction about the experience of a group of soldiers in the vietnam warp was published in 1990. it sold more than two million copies and appears on numerous high school and college reading lists. one of the rare works of recent literature that helped define vietnam and the experience of war. marking the an vary rs author tim o'brien is talking to students and others, including this webcast conversation shot at a washington, d.c. high school. o'brien himself served in vietnam and has written a memoir

newshour tonight, we look back at stevens' legacy, and ahead to possible candidates to replace him with marcia coyle of the "national law journal," plus law professors kathleen sullivan and john mcginness. >> lehrer: then, we return to the financial crisis commission. they heard more apologies, including from former executives of mortgage giant fannie mae. >> i want to be clear, i was the ceo of the company and i accept responsibility for everything that happened on my watch. >> brown: we continue our look at what members of congress are hearing about the new health care law. betty ann bowser follows democrat tom periello home to his virginia district. >> health care is not my fight t was about economic relief to working it in middle-class families. seniors who are struggling. if we can save them a little money, that's a really big deal for people. >> lehrer: and we get the analysis of david brooks and ruth marcus, filling in for mark shields. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by:

. >> brown: then, marcia coyle of the "national law journal" details today's supreme court ruling striking down a ban on videos of animal cruelty. >> warner: kwame holman covers the questioning at today's congressional hearing on last year's collapse of the investment firm lehman brothers. >> brown: paul solman tells the story of some homeowners who've stopped paying their mortgages, even though they can still afford them. >> warner: we look at community colleges' struggle to educate and graduate more students. >> brown: and gwen ifill remembers civil rights icon dorothy height, who died this morning at age 98. >> early in life, i learned it was important to have some goals, and i chose to put my life's work in the direction of equality and justice. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: the

marcia, what was at issue in the case of doe versus reid? >> the key question here, ray, is how much protection does the first amendment00 offer to your privacy when you sign a petition for-- to get a ballot question-- to get a question on a ballot, a petition for a referendum? >> suarez: and in washington state, this involved a group seeking to repeal a law; is that correct? >> that's right. in 2009, there was a petition drive that tried to repeal washington's law which extends all the rights and duties of marriage, except marriage itself to domestic partnership. the petition drive ultimately did get the issue on the ballot, but the law-- voters did not repeal the law. they supported the law. when the petition s were filed with the secretary of state , groups that opposed the law went into federal court to try to block any relief of the identifying information of the signers of the petitions. they felt that if the information was released to the public, and there was a concern that it one posted on the internet because it was available unde

marcia, let's talk about this. are we making up? because i think i've heard these figures before, it sounds familiar to me, that women make around 75 cents on a dollar, 77 cents on a dollar. >> you know, these are statistics that have been around, you're right, nor a long time. it was 78 cents, now it's 77. we're not making the progress we need to make. that's the bottom line. it is excruciatingly slow, and let's be real about this. especially in these tough economic times, women and men, really, rely on a woman's paycheck. the whole family gets cheated if women don't get equal pay. >> okay. let's talk about where we've made gains, though. women are as educated as men are now, as many women graduating with college degrees as men are. we have seen women representing fully half of the american workforce now, something we haven't seen since the days of world war ii. we've seen all sorts of employment gains, so, christine, why does this one persist? >> well, it's interesting because we have to ask the question why, why is there a gap? e

party movement is predict another tireless worker for the t marty -- for the tea party movement is marcia [unintelligible] i said earlier that we have to be effective and influential in both political parties. sometimes that gets us some difficult decisions. today, we are going to endorse walton did make -- walt dimmick in idaho one. hopefully, that will give us a couple of months before they all quit on us. [applause] so thank you very much. that is our target list. [applause] now i would like to bring up our coordinator for the tea party express who has taken a keen interest in the state of nevada. he probably knows more about nevada than most of us now batons -- most of its nevadans. >> on the tea party express, we have crisscrossed the state of nevada holding t party meetings in reno, hawthorne, town of pine, henderson, las vegas, laughlin, when a mockup, e. lee, searchlight. we have spent a lot of time in the state. we have made a point to work with local tea party groups and talk to the people there and get their impressions of how they see the lay of the land and to work with these

was to kick the taliban out of the country and make it safe for the taliban, capture the city of marcia they captured months are they could go to kabul and kandahar and the whole country would follow in this domino effect. i forgot to mention that he was talking to only 12 guys. [laughter] cal spencer, one of them who is six weeks earlier had been this routine training mission and was thinking i'm getting too old for this stuff and i've got to go. so in the end, the accomplished what planners might not take a year and a half and they did it in a little more than six weeks, involving about 300 personnel. it's not exactly accurate because the reality is thousands of conventional people followed on shortly thereafter it. but the reality is that it costs roughly 100 million bucks here at the beginning and they didn't push the taliban out of afghanistan. they did go after these training camps and they did it in a way that probably none of us in this room, could we don't fully know about what these guys do, can really describe her talk about, which is really the point of the book to make that

addition to the meaning, i had the opportunity to take a trip outside of kabul again and i went to marcia and he'll describe in a few minutes outside of kandahar. we had a pretty good extent of what's going on on the ground in the plays were just just had a military clearing operations in the case of marjah in a place where still shaping things the environment for clearing things. in marjah, you know, i was able to walk through the streets and see that there is the formation of civilian authorities, locally led, prepared to distribute agricultural material to deal with the social services set up. there's an increasing sense of security that still challenges in that area and one really did have the defense from the reaction to her civilian presence there, but having civilians there at the very beginning makes all the difference in the world in terms of the effectiveness of the transition from a whole phase. and i also was able to go to iraq and we had conflict about to open later in the year, so is there partially to see if how much the government progress towards that end. but also to app

here to go inside the numbers on citi, get a check on the latest with goldman sachs, marcia orenbach is managing director the credit suisse north america and anton schutz, president of mendon capital. we'll start with you. first, the citigroup numbers, pretty impressive? >> yes, they are, mark. particularly the $2 billion lower losses than they had relative to our expectations in the fourth quarter. >> all right. so, it's not just a case of easy come. >> no, no. you had better trading, as all the others did. but in addition, you also had significantly lower losses. we'll wait to hear on the conference call how much of that is sustainable. >> and how do you see it kn. >> strong numbers. international is strong, expenses down. shareholders have to be pleased. i guess we as taxpayers that own citi shares have to be pleased. and look forward to making some profit on this investment. >> anton, vikram pandit's comment in the press release -- i'll read from it -- "we are proud of our first quarter results but remain cautious about the environment given the uncertain economic recovery." that

in a case of marcia, is still shipping for a clearing operation.arshawnmarja i saw these seven authorities locally lead, preparing to deal with the local authorities, giving social services set up, and there is increased security. there's the challenges in that area. one really did have the sense from the reaction to our civilian presence there that have been civilians there at the beginning makes all the difference in the world in terms of the effectiveness of the transition from a clear to hold faiz. i was also able to go to harat and we have a conflict there about to open later in the year. i was there partially to see how we are making progress towards that end, but also to appear at a marble conference. you may ask why a secretary of state goes to a marble conference in harat. it's kind of a sign of what the future for recon a stand should look like. they have enormous mineral wealth and marble is one of the minerals that they have. not little marbles but the kind you put on the sides of buildings and things like that. [laughter] there were hu

conyers: i'm pleased to yield marcia fudge, one of our newest members of the congress who knew and worked for, studied under, was a meantee to dorothy height -- was a mentee to dorothy height and i yield the gentlelady such time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. fudge: thank you, madam speaker, thank you, mr. chairman. yesterday, madam speaker, a civil rights icon and humanitarian, dr. dorothy irene height, passed at the age of 98. she was my friend, my mentor, and one of my predecessors as the national president of delta sigma theta sorority. she was passionate about justice and equality. everything she did, every position she held and every policy she advocated served her life's mission, which was to eliminate barriers to success for women and blacks while inspiring the next generation. even though presidents and other world leaders sought her counsel, she always took the time to advise and encourage young women, including myself. while we mourn her loss, i am in the sad. she lived a great life -- i am not sad. she lived a great life. we ofte

[applause] another tireless worker for the tea party movement is marcia at tennessee southern.s i said earlier, we have to be effective and influential in both political parties. sometimes that makes us make some difficult decisions. we have to reward some democrats who have been willing to stand up on tough issues. we are going to endorse walt, a democrat in idaho. [applause] we went from three to 15 or 20. hopefully, that will give us a couple of months before they all quit on us. thank you very much. and that is our target list. [applause] now like to drink of our coordinator for the tea party express who has taken a keen interest in the state of nevada. she probably knows -- he probably knows more about nevada than most nevadans. >> as he mentioned on the tea party express we have crisscrossed across the state of nevada holding rallies in reno, henderson, las vegas, laughlin, searchlight. we have spent a lot of time in the state. we have made it a point to work with local tea party groups and talk to the people there and get their impressions about how they see the lay of t

congressman mike quigley of chicago, congressman dennis kucinich of cleveland, ohio, congresswoman marcia fudge of the same region, all of us are united in our common grief as well as common hope that the future of poland in this millennium will be very bright and america stands with you at this very historic moment. we yield back our remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> mr. speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed. to accordingly the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. watch in its entirety for three consecutive weekends, the first debate sunday at 9:00 eastern and pacific on c-span. this weekend on c-span2's "book tv," live, saturday, from the annapolis book festival, panels on global security and the world's water supply. also, william cohen and barry lynne. on "after words," harry markopolos on his e

. >> host: marcia, north carolina. sherry, independent line. >> caller: i am calling regarding your comment. realignment. i see it more as a matter of the republican party looking to disrupt in order to achieve their party realignment. the tea party is using tax relief as a smokescreen. they have people whose life styles are based on unbridled consumerism. considering the history of the republican party which was supposedly found that for purposes of abolishing slavery, after they destroyed the nation they had no plans for slaves who were subsequently abused. i would like to know how these tea party people are going to get themselves in the tickets when the green party has been struggling for verification state-by-state over the years? thanks very much. >> guest: a lot of different points. the tea party to my knowledge is not trying to get on ballots the way the green party or the libertarian party is. the tea party is more of an ephemeral movement. i don't know. the college started out talking lking about the republic

miss marcia fudge. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, all of you. the u.s. health-care cost due to obesity is estimated to be about $150 billion a year, half of which is paid to medicaid and medicare. with nearly one of every $6 of our economy spent on health care, which cannot afford to continue to sell junk food in schools. to many children begin my district, one of the poorest in the country, depend on food schools in schools -- fooled served in schools. i am not willing to gamble with their health. my question is, from the perspective of the school nutrition association, do you think a minimum nutrition standard for food sold out of some school meals nationwide is needed to protect the integrity of the school lunch program and the health of all of our children in all of our states. >> absolutely. as the school nutrition association totally encourages congress to limit the time and place rule because we absolutely believe that the health of our students -- that we are investing in the future of our country when we have well- nourished, healthy students. b

conyers: i'm pleased to yield marcia fudge, one of our newest members of the congress who knew and worked for, studied under, was a meantee to dorothy height -- was a mentee to dorothy height and i yield the gentlelady such time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. fudge: thank you, madam speaker, thank you, mr. chairman. yesterday, madam speaker, a civil rights icon and humanitarian, dr. dorothy irene height, passed at the age of 98. she was my friend, my mentor, and one of my predecessors as the national president of delta sigma theta sorority. she was passionate about justice and equality. everything she did, every position she held and every policy she advocated served her life's mission, which was to eliminate barriers to success for women and blacks while inspiring the next generation. even though presidents and other world leaders sought her counsel, she always took the time to advise and encourage young women, including myself. while we mourn her loss, i am in the sad. she lived a great life -- i am not sad. she lived a great life. we ofte

conyers: i'm pleased to yield marcia fudge, one of our newest members of the congress who knew and workedwas a mentee to dorothy height and i yield the gentlelady such time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. fudge: thank you, madam speaker, thank you, mr. chairman. yesterday, madam speaker, a civil rights icon and humanitarian, dr. dorothy irene height, passed at the age of 98. she was my friend, my mentor, and one of my predecessors as the national president of delta sigma theta sorority. she was passionate about justice and equality. everything she did, every position she held and every policy she advocated served her life's mission, which was to eliminate barriers to success for women and blacks while inspiring the next generation. even though presidents and other world leaders sought her counsel, she always took the time to advise and encourage young women, including myself. while we mourn her loss, i am in the sad. she lived a great life -- i am not sad. she lived a great life. we often talk about, life is not the longevity, but it is the b

i urge my colleagues to support h.res. 1131 authored by congresswoman marcia fudge from ohio. and i urge my colleagues to support the goals and ideals of national assistant principals week. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1131 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended -- ms. woolsey: mr. speaker, with that i would request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. -- all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek