pavilion at expo 2010. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton, who made a visit to the expo last week, it credited from pulling the project from the brink by cajoling major corporations to chip in and putting on top -notch fund raisers at the helm. he put word out that the u.s. could simply not be absent and at the 11th hour found that funds were raised. >> over the curious of the 180 days that this will run, this pavilion will see more chinese visitors than the entire u.s. mission in china will see over 20 years. and they will do it in the context of not-- you know, of just sort of ordinary, fun kind of activities so it's an unbelievable opportunity. >> reporter: the $60 million u.s. pavilion afrz 4-d movie that tells the story of american opportunity, diversity, and innovation. >> you have to keep on going on your dream to make a change. >> reporter: paned in the u.s. media as unimaginative and a missed opportunity, the pavilion has had some of the longest lines at the expo , and according to the chinese we spoke with, worth the long wait. he was moved by the 4-d movie. >>

. >> ifill: ray continues his series on china with a visit to the 2010 world expo in shanghai. >> lehrer: next a birthday for a television news pioneer amid a new era of change. geoffrey brown has our report. >> good evening. i'm david walker. >> i'm lois hart. now here's the news. >> brown: ted turner was characteristically bold and brash when he launched the cable news network 30 years ago and predicted it would become, quote, the greatest achievement in the history of journalism. >> to provide information to people when it wasn't available before . to offer those who want it a choice. i dedicate the news channel for america. the cable news network. >> brown: the idea was simple but revolutionary. 24-hour news channel, a mix of live coverage of breaking stories and analysis and debate programs that would reach around the globe and compete for the three main networks. >> evening news with walter cronkite. >> good evening. president carter says.... >> brown: cnn struggled to gain credibility as a serious news source at first but its ability to jump on and stick with big stories helped ma

a c-span crew attended an expo for those seeking assistance after the gulf of mexico -- gulf of mexico oil spill and chalmette -- in chalmette, louisiana. >> we have the wildlife and fisheries service here to tell you how they clean birds. this is a friend of mine, here to collect your ideas. if you have an idea of, we absolutely want to hear it. kirk is here and he will take your ideas. we also have an educational opportunity and an informative opportunity for you. if you are angry and concerned, we want to hear from you as well. this is a good event for all of us. i am a brand new incident commander, taking command about two weeks ago. i assault 33,000 people being rescued from your houses. and i saw how tough that was. it really messes up your way of life. and i am here to tell you, that is what this is about. this is about your way of life. and i am here in louisiana to fight for you and your way of life. so thank you very much. [applause] >> sandy beaches are very easier to clean up the end of march. we want -- to clean up the ban on march -- t march --han a -- than a marsh. what

. >> we already suspected of -- >> the news media should do a penetrating expos a and take a look.i wish they would. i wish the american media would take a great look at the views of the people in congress and find out on a pro-america or anti-america. >> this is baddy. many believes in freedom and likes america because we have freedom. she believes in patient choice health care. >> this motion does not promote life. mr. speaker -- >> when you think about the optics of barack obama potentially getting elected united states, theereckless and their supporters will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did odds of timber 11. >> the reforms i aa proposing would not provide -- not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie! >> i ammdoing a story tonight that i wanted to debunk these fema camps. if you trust our government, it's fine. if you have any kind of audio] [no6 c16 c13 >> he said he hopes he fails. we hope that -- he said that a lot. i hope every progressiie across america today, i hope those comments sink in because the right wing does want our president

the public was to big banks, investigators expos their crimes and polish, and progressives inside andside the congress push for reforms that the of ministration did not dare and vision. immigration reform got put back on the agenda not because that latinos have allies in the white house but because the right to movement brought tens of thousands of people to washington and reminded politicians of the benefits of action and the caucus -- and the causes of inaction. we are headed into a fierce battle in the next years, a battle over priorities. we face a budget deficit and a yawning domestic investment deficit in everything from education to 21st century infrastructure, to new energy, and simple clean water. a country that continues to squander cullions of dollars in wars abroad while failing to provide every child the nutrition, education, and health care will have the country approaching spiritual death. the first year of reform and reaction has made our task clear spirit we have to clean up the elections, challenge mobilized monday with mobilized people, and change the course here in

. >> news media should do a penetrating expo save and take a look, a great look at the views of the people in congress and find out are they proamerica or antiamerica. matty likes america because we have freedom here and matty believes in patient choice health care. >> this motion does not promote life. . we hear that a lot. it is something that i hope that every progressive here today and across america, those comments really sink in. the right-wing lee does want to our president to fail. if history has taught us anything -- the right wing really does want our present to fail. if history has taught us anything, this is what i call a cold war, the politics that is being raised by the right. we have to be aware of it and ready to fight back against it coul. we have a great panel of experts to talk with us about what is going on. our guests new book has been released last week. when that has a long history of incendiary morning commentary -- eck has a long history of incendiary morning commentary. could you make the case that he is surpassing rush limbaugh as the new anti-progressive leader?

the haunting calamity in the gulf of mexico expos is the work we have yet to do on climate change. wall street reform is headed to a conference committee this week as we meet. today, campaign for america's future will join with move on to present a petition of 50,000 americans calling on that chairman barney frank to fulfill his promise to televise the conference proceedings. we want to bring the lobbyists of the cloakrooms and into the light of day. [applause] now, pollsters talked about in enthusiasm get. the tea partiers right is said to be on the march. independents are increasingly skeptical. the rising electric -- and the young, single women, minorities, the core of the obama base has been hit hardest by the recession is it -- and is said to be disengaged. if conservatives make dramatic gains as is now expected, all progress will be harder in a country that cannot afford not to make progress. the perpetually tanned john boehner, the minority leader and the house, the man who would be speaker made clear the threat at the end of the health care debate. roll that tape, if you wi

. >> the c-span crew attended an expo held for louisiana residents seeking help as a result of the gulf oil spill. we spoke with the coast guard captain. >> what are you doing tonight with this event? >> we want to inform the public of how we are fighting the oil spill and provide some of the services to them. i started out doing town meetings when i first got here and i realized there was a gap. we were not getting the information up to the public that we wanted to, but we were not able to get the services and answer some of the questions about claims and aspersions and what we're doing, our relationship with bp. the hope is to better inform the public about oil spills and what we are doing here in louisiana to fight the oil spills. >> how many of these have you had, and how many -- how have they gone? >> we have had between five to seven. i think they are going quite well. we are able to answer questions, concerns. a lot of folks have come to ask questions about cames, so we have bp claims folks to answer those questions. they've been asking about the vessel opportunity program. they

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bit of time to show you a little bit of a videotaped story shot by our c-span crew that attended an expoor those seeking assistance as a result of the gulf oil spill in new orleans. it takes place in the suburb of louisiana. an environmental scientist is working with the oceanic atmospheric agency dealing with the contamination on the shoreline. here is a little bit about what they saw had to say. >> [unintelligible] my name is yvonne. i am a technical specialist. national oceanographic and atmospheric administration. it is one of the federal agencies responding to the spill. contacted for them, i work through the call of kenya -- california office. i have been dealing with marine oil spills for 20 years now in kelli a one-year period -- now in california for one year -- for 20 years. there are teams made up a federal or state agency and a representative of bp. their job is to go out and evaluate shore impact. they will go out. if you look down here, there is a map. on the map, it will show where we have gone out during the scout. they will decide, we will take a look at certain segments