. >> reporter: his primary witness against tucson's mexican-american studies program is john ward, who taught the class back in 2003 until, he says, he was pushed aside and eventually qu. ward is hispanic himself. i think early their purpose was to create the next generation of ethnic radicals who could hit the pavement. they simply wanted to spread this message in a fertile classroom. >> they teach kids that they live in occupied mexico, that the united states is run by a clique of white racist imperialist people that want to oppress latinos. >> reporter: abel morado is the principal of the tucson magnet high school. >> if he believes that we are putting kids in a position to mistrust their fellow student and the authority figures in their life, then there's not much i can say about that other than to say, well, you may be describing a program, but you're not describing this one. >> reporter: julio cammarota is an associate professor of mexican-american studies at the university of arizona, where the faculty senate unanimously approved a resolution calling the law "distasteful" and "d

. >> reporter: his primary witness against tucson's mek can american studies program is john ward, who taught the class back in 2003. until he says he was pushed aside and eventually quit. ward is hispanic himself. >> i think clearly their purpose was to create the next generalers of ethnic radicals who can hit the pavement and they simply wanted to spread this message in a fertile classroom. >> they teach kids that they live in occupanted mexico, that the united states is run by a white racist system, people that want to impress latinos. >> reporter: he's a principal of the tucson magnet high school. >> if he believes that we are putting kids in a position to mistrust their fellow student and the authority figures in their life, then there's not much i can say about that, other than to say, well, you may be describing a program, but you're not describing this one. >> reporter: he's an associate professor of the mexican american studies at the university of arizona, where the faculty senate unanimously approved a resolution calling the law disturbing. he says horn has never attended an

john ward from northwestern university's center for family enterprises says children often have very keen insight into their parents companies. >> what is the attitude towards the employees? what is the focus on the customer? so, they just pick up so much that is so valuable, so precious. >> reporter: the siblings call lifeway their father's lasting legacy. it's a legacy they hope to pass along to julie's 15-month-old daughter, leah. >> tom: only a small minority of family businesses survive for several generations. so how do those lucky few achieve lasting success? joining me now are two people who work with companies transitioning from one generation to the next. from boston, marion mccollom hampton is a senior partner at cambridge advisors to family enterprise. and here in miami, stephen salley is a senior partner of gen-spring family offices, and head of its family business center. welcome to "nightly business report." marion, why would a family business owner resist the effort to bring the next generalers into the family in a timely manner? >> people think of business owners as

wards was laid to rest today. the 61-year-old estranged wife of former senator and vice presidential nominee john edwards died last tuesday before a long battle with breast cancer. from raleigh, north carolina, elaine quijano joins us with more on today's services. elaine. >> reporter: good evening to you, russ. well, it was an emotional funeral service today here for elizabeth edwards as family and friends paid their respects. ♪ ♪ in the same raleigh church where she once said good-bye to her son, wade, hundreds of mourners bid farewell to elizabeth edwards. her oldest daughter, 28-year-old kate, read from a letter her mother wrote to her children. >> "wherever i am, wherever you are, i have my arms wrapped around you." >> reporter: and with a mixture of sadness and laughter, she recalled her mother's strength, grace and wit. >> she was a consistent source of wisdom from things big and small, from "you almost always regret prints but you'll never regret wearing solids." ( laughter ). >> reporter: edwards' estranged husband, john, attended the funeral but did not speak at the service. friends say he is focused on