bethea: a huge change came about when mayor shirley franklin became the mayor of atlanta. we're having to choose how to spend our money. i named myself "the sewer mayor," and i wear that title very proudly, because, without wastewater infrastructure and drinking water infrastructure, the economy will stop. we did a major outreach. we trained an outreach team, who went to every community meeting, to educate people on how bad the crisis was. not only did i tell people that we'd have to raise rates, i told them we'd have to tear up the city to repair this infrastructure. man: you can't simply say, "i won't use any water, it's too expensive." we have about 25% of our population that's at or below the poverty line, so you have to look at rate structures that are tiered so the people can pay their bills. franklin: we would love to have something like 75% federal money. we do get some federal aid and we are thankful, but on the other hand, we're paying for this primarily with new rates. we have increased our rates to among the highest in america. but not nearly as much as if we h

franklin delano roosevelt. she served on the sixth circuit. when she retired there were none until president johnson appointed shirley hostettler. she became the first secretary of education. then there were none again. there was a president who changed the way things were. he deserves credit for that and that is president jimmy carter. he never had a supreme court nomination to make, but he literally changed the complexion of the us judiciary. he looked around at the judges and said they all look like me. [laughter]that is not the great usa. i am going to look for judicial appointees in places where no one looked before. i am going to appoint members of minority groups and women in numbers. president carter did that on the whole. the american bar association ranked his appointees high year ranked his appointees high year than his predecessor

court was appointed by franklin delano roosevelt in 1934, florence allen, who served on the sixth circuit. when she retired there were none until president johnson appointed shirley hostettler. initiative came the first ever secretary of education. and then there were none again. there was a president who changed the way things worked. he deserves tremendous credit for it and that is president jimmy carter. he never had a supreme court nomination to make, but he literally changed complexion of the u.s. judiciary. he looked around at the judges, and he said, you know, they all look like me. but that's not, that's not the great u.s.a. so i am going to look for judicial appointees in places where no one looked before. i'm going to appoint members of minority groups, and women in numbers. president carter did that on the whole. i think the american bar association ranked his appointees higher than his predecessors. he had only four years. he nominated and had confirmed 11 women, to courts of appeals, i think over 25 the district court. and no president ever went back fully to the way it was. president raised in -- president reagan did want to be outdone, so he determ

franklin delano roosevelt 1934. florence allen, she served on the sixth circuit. when she retired there were none until president johnson appointed shirleyhostettler. she became the first secretary of education. then, there were none again. there was a president who changed the way things were. he tremendously deserves credit for that, and that is president jimmy carter. he never had a supreme court nomination to make, but he literally changed the complexion of the u.s. judiciary. he looked around at the judges and said, you know, they all look like me. [laughter] that is not the great u.s.a., so i am going to look for judicial appointees in places where no one looked before. i am going to appoint members of minority groups and women in numbers. president carter did that on the whole. i think the american bar association ranked his appointees higher than his predecessors. he had only four years. he nominated and confirmed 11 women to court of appeals over 25 district courts. no president ever went back fully to the way it was. president reagan did not want to be outdone, so he determined to appoint the first woman to the u.s. supreme cou

franklin delano roosevelt 1934. florence allen, she served on the sixth circuit. when she retired there were none until president johnson appointed shirley hostettler. she became the first secretary of education. then, there were none again. there was a president who changed the way things were. he trememndous deserves credit for that and that is president jimmy carter. he never had a supreme court nomination to make, but he literally changed the complexion of the u.s. judiciary. he looked around at the judges and said, you know, they all look like me. [laughter] that is not the great u.s.a., so i am going to look for judicial appointees in places where no one looked before. i am going to appoint members of minority groups and women in numbers. president carter did that on the whole. i thinkthe american bar association ranked his appointees higher than his predecessors. he had only four years. he nominated and confirmed 11 women to court of appeals over 25 district courts. no president ever went back fully to the way it was. president reagan did not want to be outdone, so he determined to appoint the first woman to the u.s. supreme court