well, margaret other tell us more about the growing economy, the growing confidence. how does it show itself? what do you see there? >> reporter: well, jeff, brazil really is on a role. it's not just all the luxury apartment buildings that line the beachs, or this lagoon behind me-- which rio has always had for its wealthy. it's the new or newly refurbished neighborhoods something very, very modest where the new emergeing middle class is moving. this is still a developing country. you have tens of millions living in poverty in shant shantytowns. health and education are still a challenge here. but there have been tens of millions who have come out of what they call extreme poverty in the last decade or so, and just today it was announced brazil's growth rate for the first quarter of this year-- which the u.s. is less than 3%-- was 9%, the fastest pace of growth in 15 years. >> brown: now one key area of growth is the energy sector, and that's what you're going to be reporting on for us. tell our viewers what you'll be lobbying at. >> reporter: well, i don't know, jeff

thank you. >> thank you, margaret. marla has generated interest in an informative results.t i thought i would do is briefly summarize how i feel about the results and how to interest them, and talk about all that means for policy. very simply, when i llok at marla's results, what i see is that there is a race effect. blacks are disadvantaged relative to whites both in schooling and the labor market. there is a big i spoke right to a defect for whites as well as blacks. -- there is a big of high-school graduate effect for whites as well as blacks. being a black drop out in america it is very problematic. your options and both -- your options in both worlds is very limited. just the fact we explain it does not mean it goes away. some of them cannot explain statistic in a herd data, but perhaps because the other -- perhaps we can do other research and look at what is going on. a couple of things i want to point out that are consistent with marla's findings that she did not mention -- if you are a black male high-school dropout, there is the very high likelihood he will end up

in terms of margaret's.bout other factors -- point about other factors, we had a measure of mental health. hi mental-health took a shorter time to attain employment. looking on parents -- if your parents have a high school degree, that shortens the time that it takes for you to attain full time employment. there are aspects of parents' own educational attainment. i would like to try to take all of them in a row and see if people could address them all at once. we must see if people can address them all at once. >> good afternoon. >> short question. >> i am with the national youth employment coalition. my question relates to policy and recommendations to the entire panel. we know what works. we know what the issues are. what with the panel recommended in terms of policy? what are the steps that need to be taken to reduce disparity. what are the legislative vehicles and opportunities that you can use in the short term to make this happen? >> there is a question on the back row. >> if you mention you controlled

simon schorno, thank you very much and fiona hill. >> thank you, margaret. >> lehrer: next, another of our blueprint america reports on infrastructure. tonight, a factory town bets on a green future. our story was produced with wnet-new york. the reporter is special correspondent miles o'brien. >> good saturday morning, michael kay at farmer's market, iowa's oldest open-fair farmers' market. 165 years . >> suarez: dubuque is one of the oldest cities in iowa. home to 60,000 people. >> hi, mr. mayor. >> good morning, michael. >> good to see you again. >> great to be here. beautiful day. >> reporter: the people in this old factory town along the mississippi have signed on the a unique experiment. they're attempting to turn dubuque into one of the nation's most sustainable cities. the man leading the charge is mayor roy buol. he spent decades working at the factory floor of john deere. five years ago he ran for mayor on a green platform and won. how does a guy who works with his hands at john deere all those years become a mayor so interested in the other kind of green-- green issues. >> w

margaret warner sat down today in washington with turkish foreign minister . >> warner: how serious is this breach? >> this is very serious. it is very serious because, as i said, according to the law this ship in international sea belongs to the country of flag. it's a clear violation of turkish sovereignty. it is an attack against turkish citizens. we had difficult relations with soviet union during korld war but they didn't attack our citizens. in the last eight to seven years of turkish republic history, first time a state is attacking against our citizens. we cannot tolerate this. >> warner: is this breach do you think irreparable? is this a crisis in an otherwise fairly strong relationship though it's had some problems in the past year or something worse? >> it depends on israeli action. >> ifill: in jerusalem today israel's deputy foreign minister said the dispute between the two nations is not a final break. >> we have tried and pleaded with everybody, including the turkish government, to try and stop this provocation. however, i think still the importance. relations between tu

margaret warner looks at the discovery of huge untapped deposits in afghanistan. >> woodruff: and kira kay reports on the hunt for the rare earth metals that are key to green technologies. >> the first step in the supply chain for the green world is the mine. people who have knee-jerk reaction, mining is evil, mining is bad, mining is is dirty, then forget green. your world will be black. >> suarez: and jeffrey brown takes us to a one-man show about the life and legacy of supreme court justice thurgood marshall. >> there was a time in this country in, you know, many states not far from where you and i sit that we could not have gone into a restaurant and eaten together. and his life's work changed that. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public b

. >> margaret hodge. >> can i tell the prime minister about my constituent, nikki blunden, who is 37? she has a son aged four and is dying of cancer. her consultant wants to prescribe the new drug lapatinib, which could prolong her life. last week, n.i.h.c.e. deemed the treatment not to be cost- effective. will the prime minister stick to his promise not to hide behind n.i.h.c.e., and ensure that the primary care trust funds forthwith this nhs treatment? nikki blunden cannot wait. i ask the prime minister to act. >> i am grateful to the honorable lady for asking that question. my heart goes out to her constituent, nikki blunden. we want to see these cancer drugs get to patients more quickly, without the bureaucratic wheels taking so long to turn. that is why we are establishing the cancer drugs fund. i will discuss with my right honorable friend the secretary of state for health how quickly that can be done. i want it, if possible, to be done this year rather than next year. if it can be done, it will be, and if drugs can be got to people like your constituent -- we all have constitue

host: finally, margaret. was there any discussion -- i hate that, i know he just passed -- but was there any discussion last night about a potential appointee that the governor might make? caller: no, we all have feelings on what might happen, which i would rather not discuss today. but there was no formal talk about it. host: thank you for calling in and sharing your experience with senator byrd. david, massachusetts, republican. caller: thank you. i really want to resist speaking ill of the dead but i think that because he was on the national political scene for over 50 years as a congressman and senator, we have to look at some -- some of the impact the had. as the king of pork, he supported this philosophy in washington of just spending and spending and spending. that is really just served to drive the country into debt. i find it a little ironic when, i can understand how the people the west virginia have great appreciation for him standing up for them, but he is also a reason why their taxes have gone u

commissioner doctor margaret hamburg. find out what hamburg has to say about the agency's track record on food safety. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> lehrer: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are eight more. >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you online. and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access gro

margaret warner filed a blog from rio de janiero about reactions to the gulf oil spill as brazil racesvelop its own oil resources. paul solman responds to viewer emails criticizing a recent report showing a man chasing a chicken. that's on his "making sense" page. and on "art beat," jeff talks to dance company directors about the state of ballet in america. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning spon

host: finally, margaret.was there any discussion -- i hate that, i know he just passed -- but was there any discussion last night about a potential appointee that the governor might make? >> we are leaving this "washington journal" segment to go live to the u.s. house. there maybe two bids to the late senator, robert byrd, who passed away today at the age of 92. funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father coughlin. chaplain coughlin: in your creative hands, o lord, every guardon needs more attention. education and formation of character is never a finished product for your people. constant care and oversight, as well as analysis and fresh energy are required daily for governance of a good society. therefore, lord god, grant your servants patients, perseverance, and determination to work har

he said we will not stop drilling in the gulf to margaret terminate wells out there. do you think americans will just stop driving to work? that will not happen. of the fear factor this year in elections but we will stay on this. in terms of investments, there is a chart on this eetensive piece of what members of congress invest in and where they serve in terms of congressional committees. when public duties and private investments overlap, this is the chart that says the executive branch officials must divest themselves of all these industries that their agencies oversee very judges are required to recuse themselves from lawsuits involving companies where they have ownership member. as of congress can sit on committees overseeing industries in which they invest for this graphic provide a breakdown. this covers 2008. in the energy and natural resources area, there are -- there is $33 million invested in energy and natural resource companies by 51 members on six different industry-related committees. riverside, calif., our republican line, good morning. caller: i have

margaret mead once said, "never in doubt -- never doubt that small group of committed people contains world." that is the only thing that ever happens. on my desk is a plaque that says," the best way to predict the world is to help create a." let's lift our boys and use our leadership and let us be the winds of change that lead america in a different direction. if not us, then who? if not now in america, then went? thank you very much. [applause] >> i saved the dynamo for last. he is the chief executive officer for green for all. it is an extraordinary organization. they ensure that we capture a leading role in the green industrial revolution that will transform the world, but the people in this country who got locked out of the last industrial revolution will have a seat at the table in this one. he is the perfect leader for this effort. she knows how to inspire and enough to -- how to do the hard work -- comes out of the afl- cio labor counsel in the silicon valley. she has moved green for all into a central position in the debate to run energy reform. [applause] >> i have to tell y

winters, allen mikulski, ranking member richard shelby along with his talented counsel john o'hara, margaret roth warren, a brilliant detail-oriented legislative counsel who spent weeks on end here working with my staff and us to make this hopefully the most comprehensive and effective sanctions legislation that we can -- that we can include. i believe i have hopefully mentioned all of the appropriate members of the staff. if i have left anyone out, i will ask permission to revise these comments to include others. there is always the danger of leaving someone out,, and i dont want to do that. they have worked very, very hard. again, these are the unknown people that we don't often get to recognize, but they spent countless hours on this, mr. president, to pull this most comprehensive sanctions conference report together, and we're very, very grateful to all of them and the tremendous work they do every single day. so with that, mr. president, i know my colleague from maryland wishes to be heard, so i will yield the floor. ms. mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from m

. >> this weekend, mark gearan nussbaum -- margaret nussbaum who is contributed to more than 20 booksn liberal education and medical -- legal justice. it does lead sunday and in eastern. >> new british prime minister david cameron field questions from members of parliament in this first prime minister's question as the head of the code listed the coalition government. >> we have three new c-span books for you. each has a unique, contemporary perspective and something new about lincoln, the nation's highest court. .o order host: guesgo to a c-spg >> not eric holder a speech at the american air of anti- discrimination committee annual meeting in weston, d.c. he discusses the commitment to finding the bomber. this is aboutt20 minutes fro. >> i is my pleasure to did -- to introduce to to civil rights, attorney-general -- [unintelligible] >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for coming here from coast to coast to help us celebrate our 30th anniversary. we have to do something special for this. with us today is a person who is very special to our hearts and to our country. i d

margaret mead once said, never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world.ct, it is the only thing that ever has. on my desk is a plaque that says a the best way to predict the future is help create it. so let's lift our voices, use our leadership, and let us be the winds of change that lead america in a different direction. because if not us, then who? and if not now in america, then when? thank you very much. [applause] >> i saved the dynamo for last. faydrah lamkin is the chief executive officer fort greene for all. it is an extraordinary green forion -0- freen for all. it is designed that in this country that the people who got locked out of the last industrial revolution will have a seat at the table in this one. and feydrah is the perfect leader for this effort. she knows how to inspire and she knows how to do the hard work. she comes out of the afl-cio labor council in california's silicon valley. all as moved freengreen for into a central part of the debate. phaedra ellis-lamkins. >> when my team came they said, we have our requesttfor you to be some

margaret. caller: are those people crazy out there who are saying to keep drilling? the only reason the louisiana politicians wanted to keep drilling is because they accept money from the oil companies. what about the money that these people are losing now from losing jobs and resorts are dying down there, and they are talking about the minuscule amount of jobs that oil drilling does? and what about the death of all of the wildlife suffering, coated with oil. of course, we should not drill. host: this is a map from the national oceanic and atmospheric association. it was updated this morning. you can see, this is where the blowout occurred, 52 miles off the coast from the venice, louisiana. and all of the blow around there is the oil slick right now, it is where the oil is spreading. this is updated every couple of hours. john, democrat, eureka springs, arkansas. should we keep drilling in the gulf? caller: absolutely not. i want to make a couple of points, if i can. in 2005 i had a liver transplant and i am medically retired and i have been watching tv a lot. the ad

margaret keller, and she's running behind and running behind among women yet she is saying let's makeistory and make the first female governor of minnesota. it's just not so really vent anymore to voters. it's issues not gender. guest: your comments became extremely really vent in the last election when the kinds of women who won were -- this raised a real problem for feminists when you have these very conservative, pro life women who are nonetheless ground breakers. first woman, first indian running for governor in south carolina. really impressive women or republicans feminists are for, the most part democrats and used to supporting democratic women and used to the idea of women rising out of public service to become candidates. or sarah palin who calls herself a feminist. that's the new thing among conservative women. and i think it's a challenge, because you have to say i do support her just because she's a woman or now i have to start thinking, no. i'm not going to support her for that reason. i'm going to decide whether i agree or disagree with her various policies and she can c

pennsylvania, margaret on the democratic line. good morning. caller: i have a question for john about the fact of the oil spill on the primaries. have we seen any yet? i suspect probably not. but i'm thinking that the conservative republicans, i love them as tea party, feel that they want government out of their life and they want deregulation and private enterprise to take over and we see the results of that and i'm wondering if we were going to have a backlash, if this might put a katrina like or rot around their -- aura around there. host: amy walker joins us now. i don't know if you heard the last caller. but she was questioned whether this bill in the gulf coast was having an impact yet on the elections. guest: that was a very good question. i think the potential for impact is there. see thereally don't big issue in the campaign right now. you have individual issues in a lot of the states. primary elections are usually much more narrowly tailored. we did see, though, for example, in a place like arkansas where those who were running a camp

margaret, thanks for waiting. caller: thank you for having me. i think the topic really should be more about honoring confidentiality in government. it's what it sounds like you're talking about here. people who have access to classified material actually have signed a pledge that says that they won't disclose what they've learned, and i think the penalty should be the same as for treason. when you have information that could be damaging to our country as a whole and you disclose it, then you've committed three son. secrecy, on the other hand, such as hiding crimes or misdeeds of some sort, that's a whole different issue, and i'm a little confused as to what you're talking about here. but secrecy of hiding crimes should be prosecuted as well as the crimes should be prosecuted. but i believe the failure to honor your word which says you won't give away secrets that could harm our country or sailors on the sea, those things, the giving away of confidential information that degrades the security of our country, is, in my book, treason. thank you for

margaret thatcher said the trouble with socialism is you eventually run out of the people's money topend. >> yes. host: one viewer writes, "is there a site to see the bond ratings of various u.s. cities?" guest jonk: i don't know the answer to that. is it a trickle down? is it a bleed up to th state level? could be both, right? because actually, for instance, let me rise something that's perk lating in california -- percolating in california at the moment. there was a bill introduced in the california legislature that would make it harder for cities in california to file for bankruptcy. it's a bill -- the proponents of the bill are the unions that don't want their union contracts modified in bankruptcy, which of course the city can do in chapter 9. now, the problem is, though, if a city can't file for bankruptcy, what happens? because the money is not there. as i've said several times in the past 45 minutes, a city needs to be insolvent to file for bankruptcy. so if a city doesn't file and the city can't file, what happens? well, people don't get paid. and there are scanned ricks on