some people do come to me and say "miss charlene, you got me?" and i am like, "yeah, i got you." >> a lot of them say when i get buried i want to have this on, i want to have that on. they say, "at my funeral, i'm going to have all the girls there." >> and you are like is there anything i can do? can i turn you around a different way or anything, and they know that they are going to go down. >> reporter: the kids themselves agree that too often their problems begin at home. >> most of these parents just run around and worry about themselves now. they didn't want to have kids and then once they have the kid, they just let him go. they had these kids to get on welfare. they ended up with the easy way out. >> i get a chance to come into the prison a lot, and i see all them black men. who is there for the black boy? the fathers that you see are in jail, and the kids are raising their selves, and the mothers, they got their own issues going on-- not having the man around, having to provide, and they don't have jobs. >> reporter: reverend edward winslo

so charlene canpend more time doing what she would rather doing. for "religion &thics newsweekly," i'lucky severson in philadehia. >> ernethy: we remember two prominent women who psed awayxú this week. radical feministheologian mary daly, o pioneered women's religious studies, died at t age o81. e taught for more than 30 years ajesuit-run boston college anwas considered by many the mother of dern feministheology. and veran newspaper editor deborah howell w killed in an accidenwhile vacationing in new zeand. she provided leadship for religion news svice and was a feisty advocate foreligion reporting. howell was 68. finay, because of differing church calears, coptic, armean and some eastern orthodox christians aroundhe wod celebrated christmashis past week. but many greek orthodox christians follothe western calend, so they celebrated epiphan the orthodoassociate epiphany with the baptisof jesus as an adult. in istaul, ecumenical paiarch bartholomew threw cross io the bosphorus strait, and as is traditional, some the faithf jumped in to retrieve it.

[applause] charlene and city are with us today. will you join me in recognizing them here in the chamber. [applause] what have we learned from these results into iowans? we learned that the spirit of iowans is not broken regardless of the and adversity we face. as we enter a new decade, a part in the session, and crept into budget, we have some fundamental choices in spite of some real challenges which remain. will we move this date forward by reforming and reorganizing state government? will we continue to be a leader in renewable energy and green job creation and stay on the path to economic recovery? will we continue to make investments in our kids by expanding access to health care and adequate funding for early childhood education and education at all levels? will we fight for the men and women who wear the uniform of the united states military? finally, will we finish our work and overcome the devastations of from the floods and tornadoes and rebuild a stronger, greener, more sustainable state tax [applause] -- sustainable st

[applause] charlene and cindy are with us today.recognizing them here in the chamber? [applause] what have we learned from these resilience iowans? we have learned that the spirit of iowans is unbroken regardless of the adversity we may face. as we enter a new decade, approach a new session, and craft a new budget, we have some fundamental choices in spite of some real challenges which remain. will we move this state forward by reforming and reorganizing state government? will we continue to be a leader in renewable energy and green -- a green collar job creation and stay on the path to economic recovery? will we continue to make investments in our kids by expanding access to health care and adequately funding early childhood education and education at all levels? will we fight for the men and women who wear the uniform of the united states military? finally, will we finish our work and overcome the devastations from the floods and tornadoes and rebuild a strong work, greener, more sustainable state? -- a stronger, greener, more sus

i remember visiting the soldiers and their families at fort bragg, one of my first visits with charlenetin. we were just talking about that. she hosted me for my first visits. and there i saw firsthand the toll that these wars have taken on the soldiers who have carried so much of the burden of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. i will never forget the families that the president and i met at fort heard after suffering such a horrible tragedy. they showed us incredible strength, the strength that binds army families together. i remember the sailors and their families and/or folk and what a thrill it was to share their excitement as we welcome home the crew of the aircraft carrier, the uss eisenhower and the hospital ship comfort. they were coming back from treating patients in delivering health care and humanitarian assistance across the americas, including haiti. and as we all know, only after a few short months at home, the comfort is back in haiti, along with many other branches of our military, delivering aid with their civilian counterparts, helping haitian people and all the while,

i remember visiting the soldiers and their families at fort bragg, one of my first its with charlene austin. we were just talking about that. she hosted me for my first visit. and there i saw firsthand the toll that these wars have taken on these soldiers who have carried so much of the burden of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. i will never forget the families that the president and i met at fort hood after suffering such a horrible tragedy, they showed us incredible strength. the strength that binds army families together. i remember the sailors and their families at norfolk and what a thrill it was for me to share their excitement as we welcomed home the crew of the aircraft carrier the u.s.s. eisenhower and the hospital ship, comfort. they were coming back from treating patients and delivering health care and humanitarian assistance across the americas, including haiti. and as we all know only after a few short months at home the comfort is back in haiti along with many other branches of our military delivering aid with their civilian cornlte parts. helping the -- counterparts.