captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. house democrats sent the landmark health care overhaul to president obama today. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the bill extends coverage to 32 million americans, and makes changes for the already insured. we'll talk to susan dentzer about what the health care bill means for you. >> brown: and we'll talk to white house advisor david axelrod about the down-to-the- wire fight, and what comes next. >> woodruff: then, gwen ifill gets an update on haiti as former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush visit the earthquake-ravaged island. >> brown: margaret warner files the first in a series of reports from yemen. >> we came to yemen to explore why this country has emerged as home base for the most effective new al qaeda offshoot. >> woodruff: and ray suarez looks at the politics of the president's fix for immigration. >> i know he's got a lot going on now and i know he's trying to fight for health reform but immigration reform was on his agenda too. >> bro

brown: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the secretary inform the house that the senate's ready to receive the managers appointed by the house of representatives for the purpose of exhibiting articles of impeachment against g. thomas porteus jr., a judge of the united states district court for the eastern district of louisiana, agreeable to the notice communicated to the senate and at the hour of 2:00 p.m. wednesday, march 17, 2010, the senate will receive the honorable managers on the part of the house of representatives and order that they may be present and exhibit the said articles of impeachment against the said g. thomas porteus, judge of the united states district court for eastern louisiana. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: the proposal opens large sections of the gulf of mexico and the atlantic and alaskan coasts for new exploration. >> lehrer: we'll get the opposing views of interior secretary ken salazar and maryland senator ben cardin. >> brown: then, as international donors pledge more than $5 billion to help rebuild haiti. judy woodruff talks to susan rice, u.s. ambassador to the united nations. >> lehrer: next, number two in our peru series. ray suarez reports on efforts to tackle one of the world's biggest health problems. >> peru had a very high death rate for women in childbirth, especially here in the rural areas, but new strategies for the end of pregnancy are pushing those rates dramatically lower. >> brown: and, with the census deadline looming, we'll talk to director robert groves about the challenges of the once-a-decade count. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> what the world needs no

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the case involved a handgun ban in chicago. we'll talk to marcia coyle of "the national law journal". >> lehrer: then, margaret warner reports on the rising earthquake death toll and devastation along chile's coastline. >> excuse me. this is a senator-only held meeting. no, you may not. >> brown: one senator's power to block an extension of jobless benefits. gwen ifill explains. >> lehrer: an on-the-ground update from helmand province in afghanistan on the offensive against the taliban. >> brown: neither rain nor snow nor the neighbor's dog, but can your mail carrier deliver through big budget cuts? we look at the troubled u.s. postal service. >> technology has made obsolete many aspects of the usps model that worked so well for us for so many years. >> lehrer: and paul solman talks with historian paul kennedy on the rise and fall of the u.s. and other great powers. >> if you're a proud american, you have to assume you only got to be a proud american because o

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: the congressional budget office gave the measure a $940 billion price tag. we examine its costs and savings. >> lehrer: then, we look at cia director leon panetta's claim al qaeda is on the run. >> brown: the shortage of clean drinking water for millions of people in ethiopia: fred de sam lazaro reports. >> perhaps a quarter of ethiopia's population has access to clean water. most must drink from untreated, unsanitary rivers and ponds. >> lehrer: and the latest on a proposal to act against men's college basketball teams that don't graduate. at least 40% of their players. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> every business day, bank of america lends nearly $3 billion to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses in every corner of the economy. america-- growing stronger everyday. monsanto. producing more. conserving more. improving farmers' lives. that's sustainable agricul

jeffrey brown talks to the man in charge. >> brown: with more and more americans checking their email, watching movies and tv on fly and demanding high-speed internet in their homes and offices, questions and concerns about the nation's broadband capabilities , networks that move the written video and voice data, have also grown. one issue, the speed of and increasing strain on existing networks. according to a 2009 study, the u.s. ranked just 15th in the world in broadband speed. another problem: access and affordability. recent study by the federal communications commission showed that 4% of americans, mostly in rural areas, still don't have access to high-speed internet. and among the rest who do have access, about a third, some 93 million americans, have chosen not to be connected with most citing cost and lack of digital literacy as the main reasons. >> it becomes like any other utility. water, electricity. >> brown: as part of last year's stimulus bill congressman dated that the fcc come up with a plan to expand broadband speed and reach in the u.s. for many months, the agency h

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "newshour" tonight: both democrats and republicans denounced threats and vandalism against lawmakers who voted for the measure. >> lehrer: we'll talk to white house chief of staff rahm emmanuel and a republican leader in the house, mike pence of indiana. >> brown: then, judy woodruff updates the home foreclosure crisis: who's being helped and who's losing out? >> a lot of people are being foreclosed upon in the process of just trying to get in the process. and that's a problem. >> lehrer: margaret warner interviews the president of yemen about the battle against al-qaeda. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been 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

this sign showed up at the capitol, if brown can't stop it, a browning can. the armed and dangerous theme isn't just in the streets and the protests. it is the vernacular by which mainstream conservative politicians address their fol w follow followers. sarah palin tweeted today commonsense conservatives and lovers of america don't retreat and instead reload. please see my facebook page. she was showing this. 20 districts she is targeting with rifle scopes over each of them. one other thing to note about what is going on at the edge of politics and why this is a big deal. show your guns rally on april 19th, the throw your bricks through the window of democratic party headquarters guy is going to be speaking, that event is symbolic in its timing. april 19th isn't just some convenient date for these folks to get together. it is not a random monday in april. we mentioned before that mike vanderboegh is a former militia leader back in the '90s, a heyday for the militia movement, gun rights movement in the country. april 19th is like christmas day for the militia

jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: when the federal law known as "no child left behind" was signed by president george w. bush eight years ago, it was heralded by both republicans and democrats. >> if we want to make sure no child is left behind, every child must learn to read. and every child must learn to add and subtract. >> brown: "no child"-- one of the signature policies of the bush administration-- focused on standardized tests for reading and math; grade-level proficiency and holding schools accountable for measurable yearly progress. the strategy was credited early on with bringing new attention to boosting scores for minority and low-income students. but it also drew increasing criticism for forcing schools to "teach to the test"-- narrowing the curriculum, and more. this week, president obama and his secretary of education, arne duncan, rolled out their plan to reauthorize and re-think the law. >> we all recognize that no child left behind had its flaws. the time to fix those problems isow. >> brown: duncan described some of those flaws on capitol hill today. >> there ar

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the "wshour" tonight: a string of attacks targeted polling stations. we examine the stakes in iraq. >> lehrer: then, fixing the nation's schools one district's solution: fire all the teachers in one high school. >> if a school continues to fail its students year after year after year, if it doesn't show any sign of improvement, then there's got to be a sense of accountability. >> brown: the state of relations between the u.s. and its neighbors to the south. margaret warner reports. >> secretary of state clinton is in latin america, and learning first hand that many of the countries there are ready to go their own way. >> lehrer: a before-the-oscars peak at "hurt locker," an iraq war movie nominated for nine awards, including best picture. >> brown: and fred de sam lazaro reports on the growing religious tensions in egpyt. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> every business day, bank of america lends nearly

. >> brown: across east jerusalem today, a palestinian "day of rage" and the worst violence in months, as hundreds of stone- throwing youths faced off with israeli troops and police. the tension had been building since israel announced plans last week to expand jewish housing in disputed east jerusalem. the decision came during a visit by vice president biden, and provoked a diplomatic clash with the united states, which wants a total freeze on the building of settlements. on friday, secretary of state hillary clinton rebuked israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu during a lengthy telephone call. today, though, she rejected talk of a relationship in crisis. >> oh, i don't buy that. i've been around not tt long, but a long time. we have an absolute commitment to israel's security. we have a close, unshakable bond between the united states and israel. >> brown: at the same time, clinton sought to get all sides moving forward again. >> we are engaged in a very active consultation with the israelis over steps that we think would demonstrate the requisite commitment to this process. i t

. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown reports on the rift between the u.s. and israel over plans for settlements in east jerusalem. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> lehrer: it was a day of triumph for the president and his party as the sweeping health reform bill was signed into law. ray suarez begins our coverage. >> suarez: democrats descended on the white house this morning to watch history made. ( cheers and applause ) jubilant cheers greeted president obama as he entered the east room, and after nearly every sentence he spoke. he said the bill signing marked "a new season for america." >> today, after almost a century of trying; today, after over a year of debate; today, after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the united states of america. ( applause ) today. >> suarez: the president also acknowledged the labors of decades, and especially this past year, to arrive at this day. >> it's been easy at times to succumb to the sense of cynicism about

brown was here. >> yes, mr. brown was here. >> win? i didn't see him. >> is he was. you were here all day, he was here. >> any further discussion? if not, the vote will occur on the motion by mr. sessions. all in favor, say aye. opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. >> recorded vote, please, madame chair. [roll call] >> the clerk will report the totals. the motion is not agreed to. mr. sessions. >> thank you, madame chair. i i have an amendment to the rule and move that the committee make an order to provide the appropriate waivers for amendment number 61 offered by the gentleman, mr. burgess, of texas, who was here this afternoon, most of the day, which would have a division based on the medical liability reforms adopted in that the state of texas. >> thank you, mr. sessions. you've heard the gentleman's motion. any discussion? if not, if ochres -- stand yes, madame chair. it's my understanding that by accepting this amendment, the bill related to the deficit would be reduced by cbo score of a minimum of $50 billion in here. i think that this w

in brown v. board of education malik came about, brown is not a judicial miracle. is not the miracle that is often purported to be. the fact that it was a unanimous decision still stands as something of a judicial miracle. but the supreme court decision in brown v. board of education was the result of careful planning and a careful strategy set forth by charles hamilton houston and enacted by houston and thurgood marshall. in 1935, walter white, who was the executive secretarsecretary of the naacp, a truly extra great character in his own right, an extraordinary american, in his own right, he asked charles hamilton houston, please devise a strategy by which the naacp could see to be segregated education and transportation in america. houston, who was at the time the most famous african-american lawyer in american history, and certainly the most educated lawyer and african-american lawyer in american history, look at the budget of $10,000 said, mr. white, you need to pick one or the other. so houston and white pic education. charles hamilton houston was a graduate o

apparently senator scott brown best available fund-raising weapon, um, is me. he is trying to raise money using me. that very strange story tonight will make me a guest on my own show for the first time ever. that is all coming up. we begin with an historic day in washington. today president barack obama did what generations of presidents before him only dreamed of doing. he put his pen to legislation which officially made health reform the law of the land. mr. obama joined by a huge

. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, kwame holman reports on the president's pitch at a virginia university, and efforts by house leaders to round-up votes. >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the democrats final push toward a health care bill. >> brown: then, we have a debate on turning the student loan program over to the federal government with congressman george miller and sallie mae executive, renee mang. >> lehrer: margaret warner previews her upcoming series of reports from yemen. >> brown: and paul solman examines big science on a very small scale. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> lehrer: the head-counting in the house was in high gear today, 48 hours before a sunday showdown on health care reform. newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman has our report. >> holman: democratic leaders sounded full of enthusiasm as they began the day. house majority whip jim clyburn, the party's chief vote-coun

cannot stop it, a brown can," route referring to senator brown of massachusetts and the automatic weapon. nobody objected to that side. -- sign. that is inflammatory. and where is the denunciation? members of the house, republicans stand on the balcony, pegging on the people out there who carry signs like that. >> this reminds me of the period in the early 1990's with there was a lot of frustration in the abortion movement. and that we -- then we had at oklahoma city. >> they are out there. >> i do not want to make much of this because nothing terrible has happened. but it makes me very worried, because the level of rhetoric since august, where there have been some of these meetings over the health care bill and members of congress actually had to leave or be protected -- this is not the kind of discourse we expect in our democratic society. >> i agree with what has been said. it is a political threat to the republicans. this is a movement, this anti- movement, as it has been described, that has no voice, no structure, and there for anybody can be its voice or face. that becomes a real r

he is about 15 years younger than the gordon brown.ally, they say gordon brown is tired, angry, the past. i am the fresh, bicycle riding -- in the press he has been seen riding his bicycle to work. a new generation, that is the message he is trying to get across. host: our next caller is prendo from georgia. caller: i would like to say to the callers calling in from c- span calling in about george bush and tony blair and his war. i think they ought to put themselves in the shoes of the iraqi people. don't they think that these people are better off with hossein gone -- with the saddam hussein gone, his son's gone? how many people did this man murder? millions of people. these people are free now for the first time in over 40 years. it is going to take them a while ito get used to the freedom we have had all of our lives. host: thank you brenda. guest: this is an argument that is going to go on for generations now. and tony blair always made it relativist argument, which some people found it difficult, that britain and america could not

warning if brown -- as in senator scott brown -- can't stop it, a browning can. the armed and dangerous theme isn't just in the streets, protests. it's vernacular by which supposedly mainstream politicians address their followers now. sarah palin tweeted to her followers today. quote, common sense conservatives and lovers of america don't retreat. instead, reload. please see my facebook page. what she was directing people to on her facebook page was this message from her political action committee. twenty congressional districts she's targeting with rifle scope images over each of them. there's one other thing to note here about what's going on at the edge of politics and why this is a big deal. the big show your guns rally that's going to happen april 19th, where the throw the bricks through the windows of democratic party headquarters guy is going to be speaking, a listed speaker at that event, that event is symbol ig in its timing. april 19th isn't just some convenient date for these folks to get together, just a random monday in april. we mentioned mike vande

labor or conservative, gordon brown or me.s election was always going to be a real fight for our party, a fight to make sure we serve the country we love, and that's the fight we're going to have. now, before i start, there are a couple of things i wanted to say. the first is about the people sitting behind me. i'm really proud of the team in the shadow cabinet that we have put together. i'm proud of the fact that we worked together. we work with each other. we actually like working with each other. [laughter] it's wrong to single people out, but i think the british people can see that in george osbourne there is someone who's got the courage to deal with our deficit and our debts. i think that people -- [applause] i think people can see in ken clarke someone who's got all the experience of how we're really get -- going to get our economy combroge again. think people can see in teresa may someone who has the passion to get our country working again. and when you think of the incredible chopping and changing there's been with g

let me welcome senator scott brown. this is a committee that senator collins and i have been on for some years now. we're proud of what we've been able to do. it is, as you know, a very bipartisan committee and i think it's probably why we've been able to accomplish a lot over the years. i would say with particular regard to this committee, it's very hospitable to independent minded senators. >> from new england. >> from new england particularly. welcome. this is the committee's fourth hearing in a series that senator collins and i have begun to examine the extensive reforms made to our intelligence systems both after september 11, 2001, but particularly at the five-year anniversary point from the enactment of the 9/11 commission reforms. our goals here are to review where we've been, how we're doing, to identify weaknesses that remain in the system and to make recommendations for administrative reform or legislation that are needed to correct those weaknesses. of course, these hearings have taken on added significance

refused to comment on the brown be board of education decision. the only one who refused to comment was the governor of mississippi. the president was not happy about it, but as the years went on he realized there is a great deal of rebellion in some places. and he had to execute the laws. so we did send in the military. it was very sad. no one was happy that that had to happen. but yeah, he accused the military on united states soil to enforce the law. [inaudible] >> what does that mean when people organize thinking they're doing something right and you think the courts are defining the state or the government or whatever but when the government itself is beside you. what does that mean to particular individuals that say we won, but then again we didn't win because -- you know, it's almost like you do something significant that honors the truth in the fairness of pushing a certain agenda that will bring about some equality to a group of people. and yet, to see it's not real because what will happen now, even now if all of a sudden the military or

thank you, mayor brown. thank you, doug brinkley, congratulations on your latest book, you're just an amazing guy, you keep putting us all to shame with your, your historical ability. >>> coming up, more on the threats against members of congress, with republican leaders talking about armageddon and the death of freedom. to what extent is that kind of rhetoric, over-the-top heated rhetoric responsible for the violence. we don't know what it's going to lead to this weekend. you're watching "hardball." [ male announcer ] when you have sensitive skin, a lot of things can really irritate your face... shaving shouldn't be one of them. gillette fusion power has five blades with an anti-friction coating that shave with incredible comfort. fusion. proven performance even on sensitive skin. some people like to pretend... a flood could never happen to them... and that their homeowners insurance... protects them. it doesn't. stop pretending. it can happen to you. protect your home with flood insurance. call the number

after that, prime minister brown testifies on the iraq war. and then another chance to see "q&a" with patricia mcguire president of trinity washington university. >> tomorrow, on "washington journal," williams galston, christine todd whitman discusses the role of nuclear energy plays in obama as policy -- in about's

i speak for could the brown. i'm a scott brown, i'm going to look at each and every bill and be an independent voter. maybe the house or some members think it's going to come over and through this magical form of reconciliation it's going to be fixed. it's not going to be fixed. they're going to go line by line and you're going to get a health care bill that is challenged by the attorneys general in the state on its constitutionality. >> do you think that's a good idea? >> i don't have an opinion on that, i'll leave that to the legal people, but die feel we can could better and we should allow the states to participate more instead of this one size fits all approach. >> because i've been told by some of your colleagues, republicans, that if the house passes it, including the separate reconciliation part, making the fixes, the changes, whatever you want to call it, they're going to introduce amendment after amendment in the senate to try to delay it for as long as possible to change it as much as possible. >> you

labour and conservatives, gordon brown. this election is always going to be a real fight for our party to make sure that we serve the country that we loved, and that is the fight we are going to have. [applause] before i start, there are a couple of things i want to say. the first is about the people sitting behind me. i am really proud that this team and the shadow cabinet that we have put together. i am proud of the fact that we work together, we work with each other, we actually like working with each other. [laughter] i think the british people can see that in georgia osborn, there is someone that has the courage to do with our deficit and debt. -- that in george osborne, there is someone that has the courage to deal with our deficit and debt. people can see and ken clark someone with the experience to get the economy growing again. and there is something else. when you think of the incredible changing that there has been with cabinet ministers -- think about it. since the war in afghanistan, which had five different de

ken brown. for all of his work that he has done for the veterans community and for helping to bring a veterans cemetery to southern nevada where all veterans and their spouse is can be buried with dignity, i cannot tell you how many times i have seen mr. brown at our v.a. cemetery in boulder city, honoring our war dead and being there as an inspiration to those veterans who came home, served their country admirably and will one day be at that cemetery. he has done a wonderful thing for not only the state of nevada, not only its veterans, but for mankind. and mr. ken brown, i salute you. and i thank you. my respect and admiration are yours today. i yield back the balance of my time and i thank dina titus for letting me share in this. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? without objection. mr. jones: madam speaker, thank you. i express my concern with a department of defense policy that has taken jobs away from hard-working americans in the textile

. >> larry: tonight, jerry brown exclusive. his first interview since announcing his run for the governor of california. and why does he want the job he left almost three decades ago? and then, dnc chairman tim kaine, rnc chairman michael steele face off right here. health care, jobs, big stories. and then, knives and rope from the charles manson murders. o.j. simpson's "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit" glove. rfk's bloody shirt from the night he was assassinated. rarely seen evidence from crimes that shocked the nation. all revealed next on "larry king live." >> larry: we begin with breaking news. human remains were found today in san diego, likely those of a teenage girl, chelsea king, who went missing last thursday. police arrested 30-year-old john albert gardner iii sunday in connection with her disappearance. he is a registered sex offender. we'll get the latest from adrian moore, a reporter with kfmb in san diego. what is the story, adrienne? >> reporter: yeah, larry, good evening to you. well, sheriff's deputies came

. >> irresponsible is what anthony brown is saying about governor bob ehrlich. he criticized governor parmele -- governor o'malley for taking a trip to iraq. >> in my view, as a former governor, the governor belongs in annapolis, not in iraq, afghanistan or anywhere else. >> we have to keep doing right by our veterans. >> brown says it is important for the governor to get a firsthand look. he adds the criticism and demonstrates the lack of understanding of leadership. what do you think? was it wrong of governor o'malley to leave the country during the general assembly session? text the word "yes" ir yof you thimnnk it was wrong. the number is 88509. we have heard from 600 of you. 51% of you are okay. 49% believe he should have stayed in annapolis. >> doubt to the aftermath of that earthquake in chile. they sifted through rubble today to recover what they can. rescuers continued to find signs of life. firefighters pulled 25 survivors from a building, but things are still grim. the death toll is at 723, 19 are missing. >> the man charged with kidnapping elizabeth

brown: thank you. madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. mr. brown: thank you. i was hoping i could address an amendment i have on the floor today. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: thank you. madam president, i come to the floor of the senate today to give my first speech as the, one of the senators from massachusetts. first, let me say that i'm deeply honored to have been elected to serve in this great and historic chamber. in addition, i'm pleased to have the opportunity to address my colleagues and the american people and all the folks up here watching us for the first time about legislation that i'm introducing, and it's called the immediate tax relief for american workers amendment. madam president, families in massachusetts and across this great nation are suffering through these tough economic times. and one year after congress has passed the stimulus package, americans are still struggling to pay their bills, to save money for college, and to

pamela brown, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> is soldier from rockville who was killed while serving in afghanistan will be buried today. he died on march 4 on injuries he suffered when the vehicle he was in overturned. this was his second deployment to afghanistan. he these behind a wife and three children. >>> metro's board will meet again. the board is expected to approve a contract for a new series 7000 cars that are considered more crash were the. metro held a hearing last by. they're seeking passenger input. the next hearing is set on monday. >>> 6:07. >> major budget cuts inside the classroom. we will tell you how prince william county schools are trying to make ends meet. >> the feds set their sights on talent salons. there could be more out of your pocket if you go to the tanning salon. >> a warm >>> and a very good morning. thursday morning. getting closer to the weekend. we have mild air for you today. sunshine will be somewhat limited. we average around the 40's across the board. oxon hill, 51. increasing clouds today. in a nice warm breeze will push temperatures near 70 deg

brown was then in charge of the british treasury. today, he backed his former boss. >> i believe we were making the right decision for the right cause. i believe i had sufficient information before me to make a judgement. of course i wasn't trying to dot job of the foreign secretary or trying to second-guess something that has happened at other meetings. i was looking at the issue on its merits. and as i've said to you before, i was convinced that the merits of our case >> sreenivasan: brown also criticized u.s. officials over post-war planning. he said the bush administration failed to focus on how to secure and rebuild iraq. six people were killed when a passenger bus crashed south of phoenix, arizona, early this morning. at least 16 others were hurt, including three children. police said the bus rear-ended a pickup truck, then veered out of control, rolled over, and landed on the side of the road. the roof of the bus was crushed, and the windows knocked out. the bus was traveling from central mexico to los angeles. investigators s

but first, the final vote tally in iraq's parliamentary elections, and to jeffrey brown. >> brown: three weeks after iraqis cast their votes, the results produced a cliffhanger outcome today that was immediately challenged by the loser. iraq's independent high electoral commission announced that the coalition of former prime minister ayad allawi was the winner of march's parliamentary election with 91 seats. allawi is a secular shiite who ran with sunni backing. running close behind was the coalition of current prime minister nouri al-maliki, a member of the dawa party, a shia political group. al malaki said he would challenge the count. allawi's win positions him to be the first to try to form a government, but that could take weeks. whatever happens next, the head of the election commission hailed the process that brought iraqi democracy this far. >> ( translated ): i congratulate the iraqi people for this victory, because the iraqi people are the winners who spoke on the victory day of the election on the seventh of march. >> brown: both the voting and today's announcement were accomp

this story last summer. ♪ >> brown: the singers didn't always hit their notes.e dancers were often out of step. and the actors sometimes forgot their lines. but this recent performance of the princess and the pea in a small gym on the indian reservation in northern idaho had to be counted a smash hit. ( applause ) the latest in a nearly 40-year run of productions in communities all across the country where children otherwise have few opportunities to stage a play. >> i decree this take place tonight. >> brown: it all began by accident in 1970. here in missoula, montana where an out of work actor anchors understand that the information they provide you help shape your opinions and help shape world issues and this is a great responsibility. it is clear that "the newshour" team respects your intelligence and reporting the news in an unbiased manner. we're asking you to rise to the occasion and support this type of program on weta with your pledge of financial support. just call the number on your screen or pledge online at weta.org. >> and when you do make that cal

six years after brown school desegregation was hopelessly mired in the courts. fewer than one in 1000 african-american students attended an integrated school in the south. the number is actually closer to probably one in 5000 depending on how you define the south and how you calculate what an integrated school lives, but the point is that brown had receded extremely slowly. enthusiasm for the montgomery was what caught had dissipated or go in many ways martin luther king was lost in drifting. is because her-- cover shows he was the most famous african-american and he had trouble turning the success of the boycott into a kind of enduring movement and progress seem to stall out. many worried the civil rights movement such as it was that stalled out or was in danger of falling apart. i think the best way to illustrate this is to talk about one of king's biggest critics, a woman named ella baker who also happen to be the executive director of the southern christian leadership conference the organization they came forward after the montgomery bus wake up. baker is on

joel brown reports for wjz from washington. >>> a proud president obama took the stage before a friendly crowd in iowa. >> health insurance reform is the law of the land.

i ask unanimous consent to call up roberts-inhofe-brown. i ask unanimous consent that senator crapo be added as a cosponsor. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. th cle will report. mr. roberts: and i ask -- i ask the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. roberts: mr. president, included in the half trillion dollars, yes half trillion dollars of new taxes in this reform bill is a tax hike of of $20 billion on medical devices. a $20 billion excise tax on life-saving medical devices. the nonpartisan congressional budget office and joint committee on taxation have both confirmed that these excise taxes will not be borne by the medical device industry, if, in fact, that's what the other side wanted to do. instead, the tax will be passed on to patients in the form of higher prices and higher insurance premiums. my colleagues are going to speak in greater detail about this tax, but let me just take a moment to talk about some of the

well, tell that to senator scott brown.y the way, speaking of scott, kind of ironic, the man who posed with his pants down caught us with our pants off. i don't know how this works. we were a little slow scott, picking up how good you were, but we sort of zeroed in now. you know, it's often said, a picture is worth 1,000 words. normally i would rather go with the words. but i -- tonight i sum up the journey barack and i have had since being elected. i thought the best way to do that is share some of my photos with you and to let you know how i'm adjusting to the job. at our convention, president obama addressed a stadium of roaring supporters. but let me set the record straight, he's not the only one that addressed the stadium. and by the way, sasha and malia weren't the only ones to get a dog when they went to washington. i got one too, his name is champ. you can see, he's a democratic dog, he's biting the hand that feeds him. look, i got to level with you, one of the first things the president did was said joe, we got to

then scott brown criticizes the democratic plan to overhaul the nation's health-care system. >> lost in the news of last week was a headline that should have concerned many americans. many other nations going ahead of america in terms of education. we tend to be consumed with politics of the moment, but what matters to the country is not what happens in the next election, but what we do to lift up the next generation. the fact is that there are few issues that speak more directly to our long-term success as a nation that issues concerning the education of our children. our prosperity in the 20th century was fueled by a growing middle class and an unleashing talent of the people. we build schools and focused on the teaching of math and science. we held a generation go to college through the gi bill. in turn, we lead in producing groundbreaking technology, scientists -- side of the discoveries. of course, other nations recognize this and are working to gain an edge in the global market hit -- marketplace by investing in schools and clear standards that will produce graduates with more

let's start with, tim, what do you think of jerry brown's candidacy?was excited to see jerry go ahead and make the announcement today, larry. obviously, somebody with a long political career, well known to californians, a reformer, somebody who's got high name recognition and high approvals. currently is attorney general fighting the -- doing the lord's work, fighting against insurance companies and some of these outrageous premium increases in california. i think he'll be a great gubernatorial candidate. >> larry: michael, let's get into some things real current. a short time ago, senator bunning announced he's ending his holdup of that stopgap legislation to extend jobless benefits, while it lasted, it was quite a drama. was there a fallout on your party? >> i don't think so, larry. i think that senator bunning laid out a very principled argument, and it was a principled argument consistent with what the democrats and the president have been saying they wanted to do from the very beginning. let's not spend more than we take in. this whole argument ar