. >> frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicad to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. and additional support from scott nathan and laura debonis. >> my name is brittany smith, and i'm nine years old. it's tough because my mom and dad are poor. my dad just lost his job. it's kind of hard for us. monday i tried getting in the shower, and it was cold. i put the hot on all the way and no cold, and it was freezing. it felt like shoving your face in a bunch of snow. it was freezing! the

. >> frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. and additional support from susan hunter and douglas watson and the orfalea foundation. >> caleb. caleb. come on, get up. >> narrator: nikki dangerfield is a single mother with four children. she works long hours as a fedex manager. >> i get up at the crack of dawn and sometimes i don't get home from work until 6:00, 7:00, maybe 8:00. and then cook dinner, talk to the kids, and then sometimes i

." >> frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. at ford foundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from john and jo ann hagler. >> narrator: november 2010. a team of reporters at the wall street journal was finishing a major story about a years-long government investigation into insider trading on wall street. >> that friday, we had been just working so hard getting ready to put the story out and we knew that it was going to, like, really be a game changer. >> narrator: the article was published late that night. on new

." >> frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler, and additional support from bill and cile hicks. >> the iraqis had gathered around the statue and were throwing their shoes at it. >> what struck me was the iraqis couldn't pull it down themselves. >> it was obvious it wasn't going to happen. it would be a pretty anticlimactic moment if we didn't help. >> it was a dramatic moment. it was an american flag that went on it first. that's almost a m