. >> couric: finally tonight, we hope you got a chance to see lesley stahl's story on "60 minutes" lastt that remarkable teen gospel choir in harlem. if not, check it out at cbsnews.com. either way, this gospel story has another chapter told by steve hartman in tonight's "assignment america." >> reporter: although last night's "60 minutes" piece focused mainly on the music, the kids who belt it out, and the woman who builds them up, lesley stahl also made brief mention of an apartment building here in the bronx where a couple of the kids live. she said it was an entire building set aside for kids who are being raised by grandparents. >> we all have to stick together. >> we take care of each other. >> reporter: you seem like a big family, like a village. >> that's how we are. >> reporter: first thing i learned is that it's mostly grandmothers who live here. built in 2005, this inner city public housing project was the first of its kind in america. it's now home to 50 low-income grandparents, some of them 80 years old plus. each sole guardian of at least one of their grandchildren, if not

different from the other ones, it is good for leasing agents or landlords to stumble over that period lesley, the idea of the small self-service being in neighborhood identification in most districts, where all restaurant uses or self-service restaurants will see of those restaurants -- those are conversations he wanted to have with individual neighborhoods. 1500 sq. ft., whenever the limit is will allow them with a notification. that will be a good change. what we didn't get into was trying to get into the neighborhoods where you live senate. we figure that is the conversation for the neighborhood. i would love to have it. as we hear from merchant groups about what they would like to see, we can incorporate those. we didn't want to change a rule that a lot of neighborhoods had a lot of investment in. consulting with them. commissioner dooley: and will this negate or change their permit process of the neighborhood needs or wants its? how much change will this make in commercial districts? gosh, the only change it will make is the size of the business as either large or small. that will incre

. >> lesley brinkly is there live for us tonight. >> reporter: the masonic completely sold out. 2500 seats and $10,000 for a chance to go to a vip reception and a photo op with the president, $2500 for a front row seat and $25 for the seats in the back. the president was introduce -- the first person on stage to cheer up and ramp up the crowd was former 49er jerry rice, nancy pelosi and former mayor gavin newsom were in the audience. the undisputed star tonight was the president. president obama was commander-in-chief of this pep rally. this wasn't about policy. it was all about politicking. a recruiting session for a re-election campaign pulling on sentimental tee and celebrity for lots of standing ovations. >> and so we've got to keep making investments in clean energy we have to strive for energy and independence in this country. let me tell you something. i will not reduce our deficit by sacrificing the things that made america great. if we want to reduce our deficit, yes we need to cut spending, but we need shared sacrifice. and that means ending the tax cuts for the wealthiest

. >> reporter: in the past lesley said that has made it very hard for her teams to win. >> just spankedeek after week. >> reporter: but after three years competing something amazing happened. they actually won a game. it was against a girls' team but they won nonetheless. over the next ten years they have continued to improve. >> we are so ambitious. we want it. >> reporter: which brings us back to kareem and company. believe it or not, this year the work to ride team made it all the way to the national championship game. >> they've played so smart. >> reporter: where despite being just three kids from the 'hood or maybe because of it.... >> these kids can read each other like a book. >> reporter: the boys from viola street are the new high school polo champions. proving once again that unless you're playing baseball, three strikes doesn't have to mean you're out. because of their polo connections, kareem and his brother now attend a $40,000 a year private high school on scholarships. all three kids are planning on college. >> couric: good for them. what a great story. thanks, steve. th

and before they perform for us, here's a look back at part of lesley's story. ♪ >> reporter: the musicthere. they're struggling. >> they are struggling. we live in a violent society. so now, what do you do with them? how do you get it all to you. how do you live? ♪ shining on >> you have to go somewhere where there's sacred ground. where there's hope. where there's possibility. where there's a better life. >> reporter: which, of course, is exactly what gospel music was designed to provide in the first place. ♪ the story do you tell the kids the history of how this music grew out of slavery? >> i tell them that the first right as african-americans in this country was the right to sing. that was allowed during slavery. before reading, writing, school, church, we could sing. ♪ >> and joining us now is vy higginsen, founder of the mama foundation for the arts. >> good morning. >> so good to see you. what a wonderful report. can i ask what the response has been like? phone been ringing off the hook? >> the phone has been ringing. i've been loving every minute of it. wonderful words of encou

of political roundtable with republicans lesley sanchez and jamal stemmons. and more on campaign strategies for 2012. kurt voljker -- volker on libya. and dennis >> "washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. supreme court justices anthony kennedy and stephen breyer testified before a house appropriations subcommittee on thursday about their budget for 2012. topics included the winding down of renovations to the supreme court building in changes to a visitor access, as well as security for the high court and federal judges in general. this is an hour and a half. >> please give my regards to justice thomas and my colleagues as well. it seems strange that he is not here this year, but anyway, we appreciate so much that you all are here. we look forward very much to meeting with you and we will do our best to meet your resource needs this year. an independent judiciary trusted and respected by all u.s. citizens and committing to fairly and expeditiously resolving difficult and controversial question is fundamental to our nation. although the suprem

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lesley moore was one of the striking workers whose message was simple yet eloquent. ♪ ain't going ton that we wore back in '69, we were a man. we were men. we stood up. that song took in our hearts. that song stuck in our minds. ain't going to let nobody turn me round. >> reporter: in early spring, 1968, james earl ray began to shadow king's movements across the south. while king led rallies, ray prepared for the crime, buying a powerful remington deer- hunting rifle with a magnifying scope. >> he's allowed me to go up to the mountain. >> reporter: the night of april 3, king spoke words that echo to this day. >> and i've seen the promised land. i may not get there with you. but i want you to know tonight that we have as a people will get to the promised land. >> reporter: the next day armed with information he read in local newspapers, ray found a cheap rooming house directly across an alley from king's memphis motel. just 200 feet from king's hotel door. >> this is a temporary restraining order and a complaint that we are serving upon each of you individuals that were named. >> repo

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host: lesley, republican in n ewark, delaware. caller: how are you? my question is basically this. if president obama comes out before the american people to picket, and he is going to raise taxes on the wealthy in the nation making $250,000 or more -- and, for example, a jeep on be made $14 billion in profit but did not pay federal income tax -- g.e. made $14 billion in profit and the of the income tax. if they confine all the loopholes the only texas he is raising is on the middle-class. host: is that your opinion? that people with a lot of money will be able to find those loopholes? caller: if they are constantly raise in the fact that they are going to raise taxes on everyone and get the rich find ways to loophole that, if you will, that means anyone under $250,000 is ultimately going to be paying the taxes. that is all i have to say. thank you. host: and comment on twitter -- right here in washington, d.c., randall joins us. caller: hi, i think over all republicans are very unpatriotic because we ask these young people -- especially the ones who did not want to pay taxes -- pe

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