aunt lilly refused. adorned by other white passengers the driver came to the seats and threatened to throw us out from the boss. aunt lilly never budged. he shouted obscenities and she shouted back. i've been baking pies for white folks keep all morning. i will be watching the bed sheets tonight, and now, right now we're going to be sitting in your white seats on till we get off. with my heart racing and you're joking me aunt lilly turned my head to the window and we rode home silent. [applause] so we find other women write their own boss stories but other women who recalled points in their life so important and we show themselves as writers with deep passion with deep understanding and a deep knowledge of their place in history, a place with their grandmother in history and we were most moved by women who love the idea that michelle obama was not only going to the white house but was taking her mama with her. [laughter] and we know as black women what it means to take your mama with you. i'm looking h

captioni sponsored by the lilly dowment >> abernhy: welcome. i'm b abernethy. it's good thave you with us. in the wakef the failed christmaday airplane bombing, the oma administration took new steps this week tomprove airline saty. president obama orred u.s. agencieso move faster and more accurately torevent future trorist attacks. he said while the vasmajority of muslims rejt al-qaeda, the u.smust develop a strategy that addresses t challenges sed by lone recruits. under new t.s.a. proceres, passengers treling from 14 nations, mt of them predominantly muslim, arfacing enhancescreening. many amecan muslim groups say while they are ccerned about security, they are sti worried that their community is beg unfaiy targeted by what they call "religio profiling." joining me isalam al-marayati, executivdirector of the muslim publiaffairs council in los angeles. mr. marayati, welce. what's the matter with toher airline secuty? >> nothing wrong with ugher airne security, but when we stigmatize and profile opulation, that divides our country, making imore difficult to cou

captioning sponsored by the lilly dowment >> abernethy: welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. in the wake of the failed christmas day airplane bombing, the obama administration took new steps this week to improve airline safety. president obama ordered u.s. agencies to move faster and more accurately to prevent future terrorist attacks. he said while the vast majority of muslims reject al-qaeda, the u.s. must develop a strategy that addresses the challenges posed by lone recruits. under new t.s.a. procedures, passengers traveling from 14 nations, most of them predominantly muslim, are facing enhanced screening. many american muslim groups say while they are concerned about security, they are still worried that their community is being unfairly targeted by what they call "religious profiling." joining me is salam al-marayati, executive director of the muslim public affairs council in los angeles. mr. marayati, welcome. what's the matter with tougher airline security? >> nothing wrong with tougher airline security, but when we stigmatize and profil

captioning sponsored by the lilly endowment >> potter: welcome. i'm deborah potter. thank you for joining us. as congress prepares to hammer out the details of a healthcare bill, religious groups are divided, especially as it concerns abortion. the u.s. conference of catholic bishops has said it will only endorse the house version, which strictly limits abortion coverage. but the union for reform judaism is among the groups lobbying for broader language. the house and senate negotiations are expected to take weeks. shiite muslims marked one of their holiest days, ashura, this past week. it commemorates the martyrdom of the prophet muhammad's grandson and has long been a flashpoint for sectarian violence. in many parts of the muslim world, the holiday was marred by bloodshed, including in pakistan where deadly riots broke out after a suicide bomber killed dozens of religious pilgrims. in iran, ashura's message of martyrdom inspired mass demonstrations against the country's clerical leaders. the government responded with force, killing several protestors and arresting

the one against eli lilly was one that had to be brought.reement that i used to hire outside counsel as was pointed out in my letter to the editor in response to the uninformed to, not completely informed editorial by the journal pointed out that in my state, i have eight civil attorneys. most of them are doing criminal work. a case of this magnitude is too big. the agreement that i used to hire attorneys has been selected as the model for tort reform burbs for hiring outside counsel in all the states. many of the other states have adopted the ones that we use. it is a good agreement. there's nothing wrong with it. in this case, it produced a very important results for the state of south carolina. >> i agree with you on that. "the wall street journal" talk about campaign kickbacks in after they were hired. >> there were no campaign kickbacks. there were attorneys that gave money to my campaigns and the attorneys representing the defendant, eli lilly, given equal amount to my campaigns. a judge ruled on that question and ruled that there was

lilly was 94 yea old. pas of the world have already ushered the new year. in sydney, australia more an a million peop turned up to watch fireworks overhe city's landmarkarbor bridge. reworks also lit up the skie over red sare in moscow. back in the s., crowds began thering in new york's times square under a lig snow for the ball dp at midnight. security is steppeup there, witholice and other officials planning a sweep of e area for biological contaminants. those are some of the y's main stories. i'll be back at the d of the program with areview of what yoll find tonight on the newshour'sebsite. but for now back to jeff. >> bwn: and still to come on the newshouronight. conversaons with economists about their failure to warof the recession. a review of the past dece in polics. and thpoetry of vera pavlova. but first president obam receiv a preliminary report today about last wees attempt to blow a u.s. airliner. in a written stament issued in hawaii, where he's on cation, the presidt said he plans to hold whi house meetings next tuesday to discuss improve int

we are importuned by attorneys, but we bring one very rarely, and one against eli lilly was one thatto be fought. hiring outside counsel. as was pointed out in my letter to the editor in response to the, i would say, uninformed or not completely informed editorial by "the journal" and in my state, we have eight criminal attorneys. the case of this magnitude is just too big, but the agreement that i use has been selected as the model for tort reform groups for hiring outside counsel in all the states. many of the other states have adopted the one that we use. it is a good agreement. there is nothing wrong with it, and in this case, it produced a very important results for the state of south carolina. >> i do not think the wall street journal problem was the system you had with that process of hiring the attorneys but the kickbacks after they were hired. >> there were no campaign kickbacks. wait a minute. wait a minute. whoa. i know you do, i know you do. the attorneys who gave money to my campaigns and the attorneys representing the defendant, eli lilly, gave an equal amount of money

. >> lilli is french. >> we thought maybe that. >> larry: the star had to audition?i didn't really know she could sing or dance. >> it was before. >> larry: wait a minute. kate auditioned. >> they wouldn't have, but i didn't know if they could sing or dance. nicole did not because i knew her work. judi i didn't audition either. >> larry: penelope, how did you come to "nine"? >> i auditioned for three different parts. my first meeting with rob was 2 1/2 years ago. i knew i wanted to be part of this movie. i said to him i don't care which character. have me on the set cleaning the floors just to learn because i admired him so much. he called me and said i decided i want you to be carla. >> larry: judi, do you have to say dame? >> no. you don't have to say dame. it is a bone of contention between nicole and i, because nicole was asked by rob to have lunch and was asked to do the part. i was just asked to have a coffee. but, you see, same magic. how can you resist him? >> larry: glad you did it? >> oh, you bet. i'm resentful i'm not in all the other dances. >> larry: sop

logistics' field in guantanamo bay that supports the bigger ships in the region so that they act as lilly pats to support the efforts on shore. based on all those capabilities and the ones on char we now have 63 helicopters in the region and because we were uncertain when we were moving here what the capacity was to be able to move around the city and moved around the country those helicopters are providing airlift support 24 distributions of goods throughout port-au-prince and were required throughout the rest of the country. in addition to that we have moved on to the ground the second brigade of the 82nd airborne division. they are still in the process of closing, and they are providing humanitarian assistance to the people of haiti, and as well as supporting minister who is responsible for the overall security and stability within haiti as part of the united nations mission. they are the second of the 82nd in supporting those efforts in providing security for humanitarian assistance for those requests are required. in addition we have the 22nd marine expeditionary unit that has come a

that's why the very first bill i signed into law was the lilly ledbetter act to uphold the principle of equal pay for equal work for men and women alike. especially in this age when so many families need two paychecks to get by. so long as i'm president, i'll never stop fighting to protect you from the kind of deceptive practices we've seen from some in the financial sector. that's why i signed a credit card bill of rights into law to protect you from surprise charges, retroactive rate hikes, and other unfair rules. and that's why i'm fighting for a tough consumer financial protection agency to protect you against those hidden overdraft fees that can make a single atm withdrawal cost thirty dollars or more. [applause] i'll never stop fighting to open up government. we don't control every branch. that's why we put in place the toughest ethics laws and toughest transparency rules of any administration in history. this is the first administration since the founding of the country where all of you can find out who visited the white house. first time in history. and that's just one exampl

the one against eli lilly was one that had to be brought. the agreement that i used to hire outside counsel, as was pointed out in my letter to the editor in response to the, i would say, uninformed -- not completely informed editorial by the journal, pointed out that in my state, i have eight civil attorneys. mostar doing criminal work. the case of this magnitude is just too big. but the agreement that i used to hire attorneys has been selected as the model by tort reform groups for hiring outside counsel in all the states. many of the other states have adopted the one that we use. it is a good agreement. there's nothing wrong with it. and this case, it produced very important result for the state of south carolina. >> i don't think wall street journals problem was with that. it was with the contribution kickback so dumb after they were hi. >> there weren't any campaign contribution kickback's. >> "the wall street journal" -- >> wait a minute. wait a minute. what you -- i know you do. i know you do. but there were attorneys who gave money t

>> yes, jane and dabny and lilly came to the opening night there in los angeles for the workshop. new people, dabney, lily, jane and i sitting out in the audience watching everybody. they got a big kick out of it. the musical is going to be good. i have a new single out called "back woods barbie." it is one of the songs in the musical, and i have a video coming out on that, too, that will be released in march, just after the show opens. >> larry: is the musical the storyline of the film? >> well, i tried to write -- actually, the show is -- basically what it was in the movie. we just added some great music that -- well, i like to think it was great. we added music, and that was a great element to the story. the characters are true to what they were in the movie. the people that we have, we have a wonderful cast, and i'm proud to be part of it. i would hate for it not to get its just do, so let's hope for the best. >> larry: last season you mentored the contestants on the "american idol," what do you think of that show? >> i think it's a great show, people love that show. i can't b

that's why the very first bill i signed into law was the lilly ledbetter act to uphold the work for men and women alike. many families need two paychecks to get by. so long as i'm president, i'll never stop fighting to protect you from the kind of deceptive practices we've seen from some protect you from surprise charges, retroactive rate hikes, and other unfair rules. against those hidden overdraft or more. up government. this is hard to do. we do not control every branch. any administration in history. this is the first illustration where all of you can find out who it is the white house. it is the first time in history. that is just one example of how we are trying to open up the process i will not stop fighting to cut the abuse in washington. we will rein in exploding deficits. i am going to keep on fighting for real, meaningful health insurance reform. we expanded the children's health insurance program to include 4 million kids. we are needed that. we will fight to hold the insurance company accountable. i want to make sure it that people who did not have health care get it. it is

the lilly ledbetter case, and now you can -- you have to pay a woman the same as a man. equal pay for equal work. that has been signed into work. we've expanded coverage of the s-chip children's health insurance program. we did an economic stimulus package, the american recovery and reinvestment act. we did loans to gm and chrysler. you name it, this congress has passed it. i am not saying that everything is perfect. a lot of what we have done as gone to the senate -- have for the senate 31 of the biggest things was health care. i sat on the committee with most of the jurisdiction over healthcare. we will get into that more. one other thing we did behalf -- besides the economic recovery package to get this economy going and get people back to work and get all worked with our economy, in mid december we passed another bill called main street jobs bill. it came about because the states were telling us -- every five years we do a highway bill. we take money out of the highway trust fund into roads, bridges, a transportation projects. that program expired in october. they li

it was a lilly ledbetter case where women on average make about 87 cents to doing the same job a man does. 87 cents on the dollar. we finally made it law you should pay women the same as you pay a man. equal pay for equal work. that's signed into law. february we signed the expansion of the schip, the state children's health insurance program. 10 million more young people are on that health care program. we did an economic stimulus package. american recovery reinvestment act. we did the loan, g.m. and chrysler. you name it, this congress has tackled it. i'm not saying everything we've done is perfect. a lot of what we've done has gone to the senate and we're still waiting for the senate to act. and, of course, one of the biggest bills we've ever done is health care. as you know i sit on the energy and commerce committee that has jurisdiction over health care. we'll get into that a little bit more. one other bill we did besides the economic recovery package to try to get this economy going, stop the freefall, get people back to work, try to look forward, move forward with our economy.

that's why the very first bill i signed into law was the lilly ledbetter act to uphold the work for men and women alike. many families need two paychecks to get by. so long as i'm president, i'll never stop fighting to protect you from the kind of deceptive practices we've seen from some protect you from surprise charges, retroactive rate hikes, and other unfair rules. against those hidden overdraft or more. up government. this is hard to do. we do not control every branch. any administration in history. this is the first illustration where all of you can find out who it is the white house. it is the first time in history. that is just one example of how we are trying to open up the process i will not stop fighting to cut the abuse in washington. we will rein in exploding deficits. i am going to keep on fighting for real, meaningful health insurance reform. we expanded the children's health insurance program to include 4 million kids. we are needed that. we will fight to hold the insurance company accountable. i want to make sure it that people who did not have health care get it. it is