but patty's only seen the sight, a girl can see from brooklyn heights, what a crazy pair! cathy: oh my, patty. did you find all your files? patty: finally! who knew it would be this much work when richard and i decided to retire! cathy: well, what are you going to do first? patty: we're heading down to brooklyn heights and start in on that social security paperwork. cathy: why would you do that? patty: what do you mean? cathy: it's so much easier to log onto socialsecurity.gov and file online. patty: what if i need to know how much money i'll be getting? cathy: online. patty: what if our address changes? cathy: online. patty: what if i want medicare too? cathy: online. patty: so, how did you get so darn smart anyway? cathy: online! ♪ when cousins are two of a kind! ♪ director kim: good morning and welcome to the transbay joint powers authority meeting of january 12. >> [roll call] madame chair, you have a quorum. director kim: please call item no. 3. >> communications. i know of none. >director kim: please call item no. 4. >> director new and old business. director kim: it

>> guest: the international high school at prospect heights is a high school in brooklyn that, um, teaches english to new immigrants and refugees from around the world. so at this particular school kids come from more than 45 different countries, and they speak more than 28 different languages. it's basically, like, the world under one roof. >> host: how did you find this story about the new kids? because this is a narrative. >> guest: yes. well, i had a friend who was working at the international rescue committee which resettles refugees from other countries, and i was looking for a volunteer opportunity because in addition to my more investigative journalism, i do a lot of celebrity profiles; beyonce, mariah carey, you know? and i wanted to do something really different. and i thought i'd volunteer my time. i heard about a program where you could work with rescued youth at one of these international high schools. the more i learned about the school, the more i decided, you know, this is something i really want to write about these kids, not just volunteer. so i found a high school that w

i was a beer distributor in crown heights in brooklyn. but americans, this was our strength. we always believed that all had to do was to work hard, get my job well, showed up, unicode progress a little bit, that i could get ahead in this world. and that number has declined. it was 73% in set timber 2000. by march 2006, it was 64%. now it's at 58%. there's a sense you do as i said they just want to be rewarded. they want to be recognized for the work they do. there are doubts about how this economy is changing and how it will affect them. it's creating some anxiousness here. perhaps the biggest dynamic that we are seeing or attitudes on risk and how they're shifting with the american people. we are a pretty daring people. a lot of us come here from different countries. a lot of our grandparents did. our parents did. but today the reckon people see an economy that presents more risks than opportunities to their standard of living. when you look at the data on the left that people are asked compared to your parents when they were your age, do you believe today's economy present