the husband of our dear sister, marion wright, her husband quit his administration job over this issue. let me ask you -- how much are the chickens coming home to roost? how much of this mess is bill clinton's responsibility? >> i call it the welfare deform. the system may have worked in perfectly, and you made it even worse. the lifetime cap and how long you can stay on is five years. that makes the sense. bill clinton was pandering, frankly, to the right, when he did welfare reform. we all love bill clinton, but he was pandering for the right, and was excoriated on the floor of congress. i do not think anyone has the appetite -- this particular congress is one of the worst we have seen in a very long time, especially around issues for women and children. they do not mind cutting anything. they are running around the country, talking about austerity at the same time we are seeing people falling into poverty. [applause] tavis: so, you say this is the worst congress in recent memory, with regard to the rights of women. and what he specifically to collect -- connect this war on women in

. >> great champions of this is marion wright edleman. >> children's defense fund.dent. depending what happens in two southern primaries. bhan of the three candidates drop out. we will examine that. the devastating tsunami hit japan. we have images of what some of the most devastated areas look like now. it really is a mixed picture. the iran war clock, what's that? and will it ever strike mid tonight? we will talk about the author of the new report how that clock works and whether war can be avoided. we are also going tell you about new research on the great lakes. there are startling new numbers out, numbers are 71 and 40. what do those numbers mean? we will tell you that. >> thanks so much. and up next, i'm going say why winning isn't everything. my footnotes is after the break. ♪ fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live

so for my footnote i will leave you with the words of children's defense fund fonder, marion wright edelman. we pray for children who sneak possible sickles before supper. who reace holes in math workbooks and who can never find their shoes. we pray for those who fare at faefrs from behind barbed wire. who are born in places we wouldn't be caught dead. we pray for children who bring us sticky kisses and fistfulls of dandy lions. we pray for those who watch their parents, watch them die. who can't find any bread to steal. who don't have any rooms to clean up, who is pictures aren't on anybody's dresser. who is monsters are real. we pray for children who grow tantrums in the grocery store and picket their food, who shove dirty clothes under the bed and never rinse out the tub. who don't like to be kissed in front of the carpool. who is tears we sometimes laugh at and who is smiles can make us cry. we pray for those whose nightmares come in the daytime. who will eat anything. who have never seen a dentist, who aren't spoiled by anybody, who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep. we pray

wright with your "sportscenter" update. thursday evening a rematch of last year's nba finals. lebron and the heat head to head with dirk and the mavs. shawne marion. here comes dwyane wade, says here, lebron, take that. he had 19 points. second quarter now, mavs down three. dirk posting up. signature fallaway. he had 25. the mavs are within one. third quarter now, the mavs are on the run. wade finds bosh. he puts the heat up 10. wade, udonis haslem dunking over dirk. the heat win 106-85. >>> johnny dawkins and the stanford cardinals taking on minnesota in the nit championship. first half, cardinal, aaron brite would take over. he finds josh houston. sophomore earned most outstanding player honors in the nit. minnesota missed 16 of 19 shots in the first half. andrew zimmerman, mayne goes the distance, stanford up 8. 13-point lead. anthony brown, floater, no good. he gets his own rebound. he paid attention in practice. they outscored minnesota in the second stanza. the cardinal win the nit championship, 75-51. >>> and make a note -- later this evening it's the mavs and magic. then it's the blazers and the clippers. that one gets under way at 10:30.