yourself rating against the parental unit. in the end, requested to come back. we asked the army to step back. about four weeks into my deployment i was involved in an ambush and become a pow. certainly it never occurred to me that i would be a pow. we had a briefing before going into iraq and we talked about that. once you talk about sniper fire you have a possibility of losing your life and that became very real to me but it never occurred to me that i would be a pow. i prepared for death but not for captivity, strange as it seemed. it was not an easy capture. it was very violent. i lost 11 comrades and became pows with five and others. 22 days of captivity, it was not easy but it was better than i thought. i was shot during the ambush and received medical care for my legs. i was treated humanely and sometimes with a lot of respect which was something i didn't expect from the enemy. i was very grateful for it. on the twenty-second they, the united states marine corps came to the rescue, kicked down the door just like in the movies. just like in the movies. the

[laughter] still fighting against the parental unit but in the end i did reenlist. and requested to come back to the el paso after how many years of how many years trying to run away and upcoming buy-back as a matter of fact i asked them to send be right back. who knew soon after i get orders for deployment to go to kuwait to support the conflict in iraq or four weeks in to buy a planet that i would be involved in an ambush and become a pow. certainly and never ever occurred to me i would be a pow. before we went into iraq we talk about sniper fire. once you talk about that you have the possibility of losing your life and that became very real for me but it never occurred to me that i would be a pow. i prepared for death but not captivity. it was not an easy capture. it was very violent i've lost 11, rides-- comrades and moved seven times, with five others, it was not easy but it was better than i thought. i wish shot during the ambush and received medical care for my leg. i was treated humanely and then sometimes with a lot of respect which is something i did not e

they said back then many of the children had already been matched with parents in the united states,heir paperwork was in government offices downtown and all the offices are crumbled. so that's what they need. all those papers are what they need to be able to get a passport and a visa. >> reporter: jamie and alli were tenacious. 54 children got approval in the next few days and flew out of port-au-prince airports to new lives in united states. 36 other children stayed behind. we came back because we heard some were quite sick. how are the health of the children right now? >> not very, very good. but they are okay. except the four children that in not very in good shape. >> reporter: they're in the hospital right now? >> one of them is in the hospital. >> reporter: that child has pneumonia. this still photo shows one of the other three children who have digestive problems. while we were there they were bused to another haitian orphanage so they current building can be repaired. they get a chance of extra medical care available at the oth other facility. the pittsburgh sisters are back

parents. his father came to the united states from damascus in the early 1970's to pursue a college degree.e was searching for a small town and no one in his family had come to the united states. he had a little guidance and heard about this college a couple towns north of alabama. he looked no further. he got there. he was hoping to become a doctor. and he met a local southern baptist girl and they eventually got married. and started a family. and from the start, their two religions coexisted. they were married in a church followed by having a muslim ceremony. so omar and his sister would go to church with his mother on sundays but they lived in really essentially a culturally muslim home which is to say they would leave their shoes at the door. they didn't eat pork. so they had both religions really in their lives from day one. that said, omar did consider himself a christian. he walked to the front of his southern baptist church at the age of six to be baptized. and remained christian unti his early teens. >> charlie: what happened then? >> this is a kid who was strikingly curious. he ha

they are set to hand out $100 million to workers in the unit that brought down the company. those parents have been reduced. the bonuses were cut by about $20 million. there was a public firestorm. toyota's troubles are far from over. transportation secretary ray lahood accused them of dragging its feet and said the government is considering fines. now fear a growing number of people complaining about the prius, which has not been recalled. the apple co-founder believes there is a software problem with his car. sales tumbled nearly 60% compared to a year ago. some of the u.s. rivals picked up the slack. sales at ford surged 25%. chrysler sales fell 8%. a new survey finds spam and malicious infections, and from sites like facebook surged last year. more than 7% of companies are worried that this could cost a security breach. americans more -- for top shelf blues less often lesser per americans drank more liquor last year we turned to cheaper brands. we also drank more at home. coming up on "good morning america," which credit-card offer s the best rewards program test we will tell you how

chance i have ever had and everything that i will ever accomplish, i hope to god, to my parents sacrifices, and to the united. there harbert open doors for their children that had been closed -- their hard work opened doors for their children that had been close to them. it is a story that is rare in the world. yet it is common here. it is common here because those that came before us chose to live in a free society. it is coming here because those who came before us chose free enterprise. now our leaders are asking us to choose something very different. they're asking us to abandon the things that separate us from the rest of the world. those that came before us made their choice. now you and i must make ours. i must decide how do i want my children to grow up in the country that i grew up in or do i want them to grow up in a country like my parents grew up in? you must decide. do you want your children to inherit your hopes and your dreams or do you want them to inherit your unfilled and unresolved problems? -- owe want to continue to be exceptional or are we prepared to become like everybody else? it is a

united states for china. he is a dual citizen, u.s. born of chinese parents. d states and to school children across our country. but he is a tangible and furry manifestation of cooperation between the united states and china. >> wow. so that's what you've got going for you? you're got a panda? [laughter] you can't get them on iran, you can't get them on anything else and you have to give back the panda. >> i knew that was going to get grumpy's attention. [laughter] >> can you talk about this deal with romania that's been done -- >> sure. >> -- on missile defense? >> sure. >> and are there other agreements in the works with other countries? >> well, yes, and yes. this is, i think, a first step in terms of the revised architecture that the united states -- the president announced last september. and romania has agreed to host a standard missile-3 interceptor as part of the administration's new missile defense plan -- we call it the phased adaptive approach -- to protect u.s. forward-deployed troops and our nato allies against current and emerging ballistic missil

this group could be headed back to the united states, because the court system was crippled in the earthquake. some parentst they were too poor to care for them and would have a better life with somebody else. >> i put them on the bus with my own hands, and played with them up until the last minute and kissed them both good-bye and told them don't forget daddy. i promised i would go and see her, and after she left i was very sad. >> an orphanage is now taking care of the kids caught in the middle of it. for every orphan leaving the chaos, there are thousands left behind. there is a special series, "children of haiti, on ac 360 tonight. >>> toyota says the mechanical problem can be fixed in 30 minutes. >>> voters head to the polls in illinois primaries today. they will pick republican and democratic nominees for president obama's old senate seat. >>> the groundhog has spoken, and chances are you are not going to like what he had to say. the handlers delivered the bad news. >> phil proclaims, if you want to know next, you must read my text. as the sky shines bright above me, my shadow i see beside me, six mo

jack murtha got on the phone and made sure that those brothers were united at bethesda along with their parents. i remember him counseling a father and his teen age son who were at the -- teenage son who were at the hospital in germany. they had just lost a son. i don't know where jack got the strength or that reservoir of courage to comfort and con sole -- console the father and son, but he did in almost father o'malley quality. he cared so deeply about the troops that served this great nation and as bill young pointed out, he and bill made more trips out to bethesda and walter reid with no publicity. they did it out of duty and honor and respect for those who served. he wrote a book, and on these flights i was privileged to, as he would go through it with me, his favorite book of all time was "war and peace". he cared as deeply about peace as he did about making sure that we protected our troops when they're in the field and took care of them when they came home. he will ever stand out in the minds of america for standing up and speaking out against the war in iraq. an that he struggled deepl

parents called police. he will be sentenced in may. >>> another attempted terror attack in the united states is certain andsoon according to top u.s. intelligence officials. officials from the cia and fbi told that to a senate committee yesterday. they say the next attempted attack could come in just a few months. >> samantha hayes joins us from washington with more on that scary report. good morning, samantha. >> reporter: it's troubling information coming out of a senate intelligence committee yesterday a meeting with top intelligence officials and members of congress. senator feinstein asked the officials a direct question and here is what she heard. >> what is the likelihood of a terrorist attack on the homeland in the next 3-6 months, high or low, director blair. >> an attempted attack the priority is certain, i would say. >> i would agree with that. >> tuesday's hearing covered a range of security issues. al-qaeda remains the top security threat but a growing cyber security threat was also discussed. leon paneta says that the greatest concern is al-qaeda and the way that the terror alert is adapting

says that more than 120 scientific papers have been published in the united states since year 2000 using newborn blood samples. parentsn texas and minnesota have sued claiming that storing the dna could affect their children's ability to get jobs or health insurance later on, but the state governments say that the samples are under rigid privacy controls and that the genetic screening could ultimately save lives. it is a fascinating debate, and we will follow up on it, but we wanted you parents to have that information. >>> more information we want you to have has to do with the weather center. chad meyers is watching the storm as it moves northeast. >> it is moving from memphis and mississippi and alabama with rain on up to the northeast, and as it does, that it is going to run into the colder air. they come together and the moisture comes up here and the colder air gets here in time and that is going to make a big-time snow event. there is a number of areas of snow and different types of snow and snow in the richmond and delmarva areas and different from what is in d.c. and baltimore. it depends what is in the atmos

united states. rmany is next with 29, canada is in third place with 25. >>> and back inside studio 1a, you know all parentsr kids, how smart, how athletic, how talented they are. well, the muresans are no different. so when their son wesley said he wanted to take up snowboarding, that's exactly what they helped him do. the day starts early for wesley muresan. breakfast, cartoons, halfpipe. >> ready. >> ready to go? >> yeah. >> reporter: i guess now's a good time to mention that wesley is easily the most popular border on sundown mountain in dubuque, iowa, and is just 3 years old. thankfully there's no age or height requirement on the mountain, because at just two and a half feet tall, wes blends right in. dad, let me ask you this, how long has wesley been snowboarding? >> about two months. reporter: all this after only two months of lessons for a kid who still has trouble with his ss. >> can you ski? >> yeah, i can ski. >> yeah, i can key. >> he came up and how's it going, bud, are you ready to go? let's go do the bunny hill and we're going to see what happens. he says, no, i want to do the halfpipe. >> re

one or more parents, and those parents have told cnn they gave their kids up quite simply because they could no longer care for them. larry. >> larry: do you know if the united >> reporter: what we've heard from the state department is they're saying this is a matter for the haitian government and a matter for the haitian people to be worked out under haitian law. they're taking a hands-off approach at this stage. >> larry: thank you, john. dan simon is on the ground in meridian, idaho. what's the latest there, dan? >> reporter: larry, we've been looking at the group and the plan to build this orphanage, and everything we've been able to ascertain thus far shows they were true in their intentions to help these people. that said, i think it's fair to say, larry, that questions have arisen about their capabilities to build this orphanage and run it. first of all, they have no experience in running an orphanage, no experience. they also have not registered as a nonprofit, and they also are not recognized as an international adoption agency. finally, larry, in terms of funding this orphanage over a long period of time, it has not been made clear whatsoever how t

but into the united states and other parts of the world that vaccine rates dropped. that parents't vaccinate my child will they get sick or get autism. based upon what we now know it was a flawed and in accurate study. >> and it's unethical on how the study was donech and what was done 12 years ago, is that correctable now or is this still this overlying fear out there? >> it's less correctable than we would hope to be. because the fear is going to be there. and there ar people who, once they believe that vaccines are associated with autism, will always believe it. no amount of proof will change that. but i do think there is about 20% of the families out there that were somewhat on the fence but were concerned t not quite sure. this will help them make a better decision about their kids and to better put their energy -- if they're spending their time worried about vaccines when they should be worried about getting good services for their kids and how to best support their child as they become an adult, it became a huge distracter that was useful. >> and i'm guessing in the future

one or more parents, and those parents have told cnn they gave their kids up quite simply because they could no longer care for them. larry? >> larry: do you know if the united states government has tried to get involved at all yet? >> what we've heard from the state department is they're saying this is a matter for the haitian government, it is a matter for the haitian people to be worked out under haitian law, so it looks like they're taking a pretty hands-off approach at this stage. >> larry: thank you, john. dan simon is on the ground in narib meridian, idaho. >> it's fair to say some questions have arisen about their capabilities to build this orph orphanage and run it. first of all, they have no experience in running it. they also have not registered as a non-profit and they also aren't recognized as an international adoption agency, and finally, larry, in terms of funding this orphanage over a long period of time, it has not been made clear whatsoever how they would have the financial wherewithall to run this orphanage. it appears after this quake occurred, they didn't quite have a strategy in place and they just ran in there and tried to do something

united states are overweight. in a white house interview, mrs. obama told jim it's time to tackle the problem. >> it's not about demonizing parents, and it's not about demonizing business. it's just saying we know there's a problem; let's figure out what we can change. >> lehrer: then, toyota recalls another 400,000 cars worldwide. >> woodruff: and spencer michels reports on the demise of a joint venture between general motors and toyota in california. >> i'm a single mom so it's pretty scary. it seems like there's, you know, lots of other people out there looking for jobs as well. >> lehrer: and rising debt burdens in europe have had an impact here in the u.s. jeffrey brown takes a look. that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron

united states. they were only trying to take them to a temporary facility so they can be taken care of. a lot of these kids don't know that their parents have died. they need psychological help. it doesn't make any sense when at the border they are not asking for papers. haitians cross over to the dominican republic and the dominican government is not asking for id or passports to cross over. >> greta: where did they find these children? how did they get these children? >> there was an orphanage that collapsed in haiti it was called friends of the orphans of haiti. there bass somebody that told them -- there was somebody that told them the orphans had no place, no room to place them. and the people [ inaudible ] the people were trying to do a job that nobody is doing. there's tomorrow kids in the streets. there's a lot of people starving to death in haiti. they were just trying to help them. there was no intention to do anything illegal. >> greta: jorge, thank you, keep us informed. thank you. >> no problem, have a nice day. great show you have, thank you. >> greta: thank you, sir. james o'keefe, breaks his silence. the man who tried t

parents. and so officials at the departments of homeland security and state sat down and worked out an idea of how to identify children that could appropriately be brought to the unitedven though their hatian adoption wasn't complete. we proposed this plan to the hatian government. they agreed to it. and on january 18th, less than a week after the earthquake struck, secretary napolitano of homeland security announced that humanitarian parole would be available for children who met specific criteria. now 11 days after that, more than 500 of these children have already gone to the united states to join very happy families. >> larry: michelle, do you want t-boz to be able to adopt a hatian child. >> i think in the long-term, that could be a great thing, but michelle. michel. michele. michele. there are things that could be done to assist the very, very poor. the poorest of haiti's families. and that's the poorest family in the western hemisphere. to be fed and clothed and cared for. if we can help them bring their kids home from organ najs and raise them ourselves, provide the support that they need, then you could move thousands of children into permanent homes with th

mother and father house parents, a family model for kids who otherwise would be institutionalized and it was just amazing. and mr. mÜller needed, they were starting a program in unitedw this is in march 78, it was the international year of the child so it was the perfect year to do it. and he wanted to, he even had an orchestra of 34 kids who played beautiful music retired famous, polty was his name, famous what do you call it, conductor, in germany, had taken this as his retirement work to build this orchestra. he wanted them to play at kennedy center, berklee performance center at boston and lincoln centre in new york in march and he wanted me to book that for august of the same year. and, i just, you know, and i said you can't do that. he said, you'll be able to do it, you'll make it happen and i told him ok. and he wanted our ad agency to promote it. he said "thom, you know, we need an ad agency that can do this". and so i originally took it on as a job and i spent the next four months putting this thing together. we actually did it ted kennedy got us playing before congress but andrew young's wife who was head of the international year of the child does know he

united states. what encouragement does a child have to study and prepare for meaningful work when their parents can'tfind a job for years. wouldn't your hope run out? that's what 50% unemployment rate means in indian country. the effect is like dominos falling. indian country suffers from higher rates of substance abuse, domestic violence, suicide and teen births than the rest of the country. a high rate of mental health issues, a greater concentration of conditions such as diabetes and obesity. our indarceration rates are well above the national average. our needs are just like yours. we want a normal daily life with meaningful opportunities. yet, for decades tribal peoples have been denied these opportunities. they experience daily circumstances that most americans would never tolerate. the jobs bill is an important vehicle to address the severe and median employment problem in indian country. we applaud the efforts of congressional leadership in carefully considering the needs of indian country. and solutions with the greatest impact on our communities. our people are suffering but our spirit is n

united states. the ford dealer would take care of you, get you home at night, fix it up, wouldn't tell your parents l the time. ford was like the fabric of every small, medium and large city in the united states. the more i learned about it, the parallels were incredible. i mean the technology, the manufacturing, the product line, the global presence. but also the situation that they were in, because it was pretty dire, as you know, three years ago. in the united states, because we have had a cost structure where we couldn't make cars in the united states and make them profitably, we went to larger s.u.v.s and trucks. it was a good business, but the world was charging with energy changing, and ford was not prepared for this future. they were essentially losing money on all of their vehicles. they were running out of cash. fuel prices was moving up. the united states was moving into a recession, which was starting to take the rest of the world with it. it seemed like a great opportunity to accept this job. the kids were excited. they knew all about the boing planes, seven new models. they all have a

parents are constantly trying to educate themselves about product safety. they want to buy products that are going to take care of their children. we've seen information in preparation for this hearing that invented secret unit use is where you expect that child to be safe, absent constant attention of the parent. that is the underlying premise for having the crib so you can go to sleep yourself tonight with a confidence that child is going to wake up healthy and alive in the morning. so, one of the things we know is most manufacturers who sell cribs in this country use this certification, meeting voluntary safety standards through the juvenile products manufacturing association that the certified with fi seal on the product that it's been tested by independent labs and meets all current and mandatory voluntary safety requirements and if you look appear on the screen i believe this is the seal that is used. is that your understanding? >> yes. >> was described that you bought for your daughter originally and was used by bobby, did that bear the seal? >> it looks familiar. i'm not sure exactly but i know it had to seals and that is one of the things we were looking for when we went to purchase tikrit. >> when

eliminate the family as a meaningful economic and social unit, where husband would no longer be dependent in her husband, for young children on parents, for elderly parents on grown children. all would be equally dependent on the equally comprehensive welfare state. yvonne herdman, sweden's leading feminist historian, describes this post-family culture as the triumph of red sweden and adds, new ideas of gender replaced old fashioned ideas about the couple. we witnessed here the birth of the an androgenous, that's sexless, individual, and i speak about the explicit ideal and the depth of the provider and his housewife. we thus witnessed old ideas popping up, ideas which had been buried for decades, but ideas which quickly found their advocates and became developed. people, men and women, eager to speak the new tongue of gender. has the same post-family culture, built on socialist and feminist assumptions, made any progress in america? have we americans also learned how to speak the new tongue of gender? and accommodate ourselves to the vast expansion of government, which it seems to require. we have. although in more convoluted and le

unit. the husband would no longer be di -- dependent on his wife, or young children onÑ@qarents, r overly parentnt on the comprehensive welfare state. the leading feminist historian in sweden describes this culture as the triumph, and adds new ideas of gender replace old- fashioned ideas about the public. we have been speaking about the explicit ideal. we have old ideas blogging -- looking up, ideas that quickly found their advocates and became developed. people and men and women, eager to seek a new town of gender. has the same family culture made any progress in america? have we americans also learned how to speak the new town of gender? and accommodate ourselves to the vast expansion of government which it seems to require? we have, although in more convoluted, less obvious ways. the swedesçó debated these issus more or less in the open. our debate was clear and focuse d. all the same, there have been few changes. the u.s. house of representatives added sex to the title 7 of the proposed civil rights act prohibiting discrimination in employment. the amendment was offered by a curious coalitio

a meaningful economic and social unit where a husband would no longer be dependent in any way on his life, nor a wife and her husband were young children on a parent's or elderly parents on grown children. all would be equally dependent on the comprehensive welfare state. ivan hirdman, leading historian, describes this post family culture as the triumph of led sweden and adds new ideas of gender replace old-fashioned ideas about the couple. we witnessed the birth of the androgynous, the sexless individual, and i speak of the explicitly deal and the death of the provider and his housewife. we thus witness old ideas popping up, ideas which had been buried for decades but ideas that quickly found their advocates and became developed. people, men and women, eager to speak the tongue of gender. has the same post family culture built on socialist and feminist assumptions made any progress in america? have we americans also learned how to speak the new tongue of gender and accommodate ourselves to the expansion of government which it seems to require? we have also in more convoluted and less obvious ways. the swedes at least be dated these issues more or l

parents alive right now. so it is a very serious issue. we know that smoking dropped dramatically in the united states over the years but has, unfortunately, leveled off at about 20%. and isn't dropping. it hasn't dropped in a number of years. so not only is there a new aggressive effort at the fda which i'm sure dr. hamburg will talk to you about. dealing with the opportunities presented with tobacco regulation finally being signed into law. but a whole host of strategies being looked at to really see what is it that can influence people -- smokers to stop and hopefully influence our younger americans never to start in the first place. congress made a major investment in prevention and wellness as part of the recovery act. a portion of those grants go to states and programs will be in place around the country mainly aimed at tobacco cessation and obesity and community grants will be announced later this month. we'll have 37 communities, urban and rural, some tribal communities who will be looking at strategies both dealing with obesity and tobacco cessation. so we'll really be able to figure o

he says he is for parental notification and things like that, but when it comes to that social issue, which you don't really see that many votes on in -- in the unitedy who says that he is maybe more in line with the region he is from. and when it comes to the republican leadership, don, they understand that he is a new england republican. although he is very much in line with the rest of his 40 colleagues here on a lot of issues, they do understand that he is going to have to get re-elected from the state of massachusetts and that will mean he won't necessarily be with the republican party on all their issues. >> dana bash, thank you, our senior congressional correspondent, good information, dana, we appreciate it. >>> we want to move and talk about toyota, because it is huge. a lawyer representing toyota drivers said the recall only covers half the models with problems, half the models with problems. >>> and one family's painful loss may illustrate the point here. we're digging deeper on the story right here. >>> many toyota owners are confused and frustrated over the automaker's troubles and a deadly accident involving a toyota that wasn't on the

united states. what encouragement does a child have to study and prepare for meaningful work when their parents can't find a job for years? woodring sure hope fernald? that is what 50% unemployment rate means in indian country. the effect is like dominoes falling. in the in country suffer from higher rates of substance abuse, domestic violence, suicide and teen birth than the rest of the country. higher rate of mental health is used, a greater concentration of conditions such as diabetes and obesity are in rates well above the national average. our needs are just like yours. we want a normal daily life and with meaningful opportunities. yet for decades tribal peoples have been denied these opportunities. the experience daily circumstances that most americans would never tolerate. the jobs bill is an important vehicle to address the sevier and amy degette on employment problem in the in country. we applaud the efforts of congressional leadership and carefully considering the needs of indian country in solution with greatest impact on communities. our people are suffering, but our spirit is not broken.

we'll hear from parents who tell us they willingly, willingly handed over their children and why. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. we want to welcome our viewers in the unitedyou're in "the situation room." >>> dramatic and stunning comments today from the transportation secretary ray lahood. he says toyota stalled in dealing with the sudden acceleration problems link stod gas pedals. he said it took government pressure including a trip to japan to get toyota to take action. toyota says it has a fix for the 2.3 million vehicles recalled in the united states because of a sticky gas pedal. there are millions more other vehicles around the world that have a similar problem apparently but critics suspect the problem is much more ominous. toyota's u.s. president jim lentz says the car's electronics are not the problem. talk about it more with computer wiz steve wozniak, the co-founder of apple and an owner of multiple toyotas. he's worried. steve, thanks very much for coming in. you own four toyotas, is that right? >> currently, yes. one used by a son, one used by my staff, one used by my wife, one used by myself and i love them. >> are these all toyota priuses?

united states, the institution is dwindling. in a highly competitive world where students and parents examine the value of an education, providinge than we ever have before. and that we face the challenge of the world, we need a learning environment that fully prepare students for click -- for greater global understanding to prepare our future leaders. president obama noted that we had entered a new era of responsibility, and most of us know that already. few of our solutions can be found within our own borders. most of our problems are global in nature. globalization captures a whole new reality, and the leaders we produce here at wellesley college must be able to act on the large stage, larger than they ever had had to before. the citizen of the world moves from being a cliche to being a reality. while the role of liberal arts education has not changed, the world has, and with that comes the need to redefine and refocus our liberal arts curriculum. we need educational innovation for liberal arts education to be effective today. i'm going to propose two questions. at liberal arts colleges, what do we need to do? and secondly, w

parents. similar remarks, underscoring the crisis we face, the "new york times" reports about this same issue and cites historical precedent. "the times" reported that the unitedtates could suffer the same disease it that has afflicted japan. the country's influence around the world erodes. . charles krauthammer also described the deline. he said, for america today, decline is not a condition, decline is a choice. to get -- america is in the position of deciding whether to advocate or retain its dominance, decline or continued ascend ancy is in our hands. -- ascendancy is in our hands. last year, rae port was published about the challenge to the american people. it paints a strark and troubling picture of the nation's challenge. one recommendation was to create a bipartisan commission to deal with the looming financial crisis. the study panel's co-chairman, norm augustine, former c.e.o. of lockheed martin, voiced a similar warning he said in a technology driven economy in which we live, americans have come to accept leadership as the natural and enduring state of affairs but leadership is highly perishable. it must be constantly reearned. in the 16th century,

unit. a has been one no longer be dependent on any way on the wife. a wife on her husband or young children on parentsldren. all would be equally dependent on the comprehensive welfare state. the bond -- yvonne hurtman described this as the triumph. she ed, "new ideas and gender replace old-fashioned ideas about the couple. we witness the birth of the androgynous. the androgynous individual. i seek the ideal and the death of the provider and his housewife. we witnessed old ideas popping up, ideas that have been buried for decades. i did that founder advocates and became developed. men and women eager to speak the new tongue of ginger. -- gender,. has the same culture made any progress in america? have we americans also learned how to speak the new town of gender and accommodate ourselves to the vast expansion of government. we have but in more private ways. we debated these issues more or less in the open. our debate temporarily been as clear and focused. all the same, there have been a few changes. the u.s. house of representatives voted to add the word "sx" to the civil rights act. the amendment was

parents that feel that vaccines are harmful. my personal experience, i think that vaccines have saved thousands of children around the world, especially in the unitede question remains, are we given still a lot of vaccines that perhaps is incurring another layer of potential harm to children. >> gretchen: dr. siegel, was this finding yesterday, was it more clear to you than it is to dr. manning? >> absolutely by the way of the but i want to say dr. manning is a role model in how parents should treat autistic children. he's unbelievable with his son and people should learn from that. in terms of this study, i think a lot of evidence has shown no link between vaccines and autism and i'm much more concerned about measles, by the way because there has been so much fear of the measles vaccine, mmr vaccine as a result this that compliance in great britain is 86%. you have to have at least 95% compliance to stamp out measles. it's still a world wide killer on a grand scale. countries that use the mmr vaccine, it goes way down. it's on the increase in great britain to 1300 cases last year because of the loss of compliance. >> gretchen: we all agree the con

united states of america today is a serious problem. it's not a joke. this is america. and desperate people for their kids, for their parents, need that unemployment check. we are going to pass this. i gather we'll pass it next week. but all we're doing is disrupting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people for no good reason. senator bunning has raised important issues. i agree with them, but those issues are important. let's debate them. let's debate them. but you don't have to do it on the backs of a middle class and working class that have been decimated for years, are now in worse shape than they have been and now are suddenly pulling out the rug. i would suggest -- i would ask my friend from illinois, my assumption is that we are at some point soon going to pass these unemployment extensions. and my understanding is they're -- i don't know how it is going to be, but i suspect many republicans will vote are virtually everybody on this side. is that a correct assumption and are wily just bringing more pain and confusion to hundreds of thousands of people who suddenly sunday, monday are going to find out they don't g

parents and taxpayers some information about how well or not will colleges are doing host: here is another question host: montrose, pa., what do you think? caller: it is the power to defend the united daughter who are both k-12 teachers. my daughter got her master's degree a couple of years ago. my son-in-law got a bachelor's degree at about the same time even though&qíjy are non- traditional students. neither one ofw÷ them --8v1 theh have learned what they know about this stuff from watching things like cspan, not from what so4they learned at school. they learned?íp --]v what they learned at school would lead him d-astray and they know that. guest: in our study last year, we ran some statistical analysis to demonstrate that you can actually learn more than a college degree by doing the same things you are talking about, reading independently, discussing current affairs with her family and friends, and participating in a life of your community. the kind of self-education got to do better on our civics test and actually going to college. that is kind of startling. host: what does the lack of civic education mean to people growing up? hv)guest:;'d+z that's a good q. qtw to dwell o

united states, its reputation is dwindling. in a highly competitive world, where the students and their parents are increasingly asking the value of an education, one that provides specific skills for successful jobs. they are questioning the expense and the types of liberal education we are providing these days. i'm going to take my few moments to tell you that we need liberal arts education more than we ever have before. and as we face the challenge of the world, we need a learning environment that really prepares students for greater global understanding. and in doing so, produces our future leaders. and has a natural address, president obama noted we had entered a new era of responsibility. and referring to that fact of course most of us know that already. few of our society's immediate major problems have solutions to be found within our own borders. most of our problems are global in nature. you know, globalization is not just a word to describe the movement of trade and finance. it's a word that captures really our whole new reality and affects all of us in different ways. and the leaders we produce here at wellesley col

parents and taxpayers some information about how well or not will colleges are doing host: here is another question host: montrose, pa., what do you think? caller: it is the power to defend the unitede -- over half of americans think the president can declare war. that is a big concern. caller: you just exhausted it extensively in the previous callers discussion. this was about the indoctrination or whatever you want to call it that our kids get. ii have a son in law and a daughter who are both k-12 teachers. my daughter got her master's degree a couple of years ago. my son-in-law got a bachelor's degree at about the same time even though&qíjy are non- traditional students. neither one ofw÷ them --8v1 theh have learned what they know about this stuff from watching things like cspan, not from what so4they learned at school. they learned?íp --]v what they learned at school would lead him d-astray and they know that. guest: in our study last year, we ran some statistical analysis to demonstrate that you can actually learn more than a college degree by doing the same things you are talking about, reading independently, reading independently, discussing current affairs by participatin

parents working or in training was at an all-time high. the stovall, recently "the wall street journal" reported pa. as the only industrialized state until late stayed in the industrialized united states to be fiscally sound. we did all of this while providing the largest tax credit in the history of the state. we have delivered $1.7 billion in property tax relief, and the cumulative value of over the last seven years is 54 $7 billion. ladies and sentiment, these extraordinary five for not philosophy of party -- extraordinary fact are not philosophy of party. there remains so much work to be done, but these accomplishments are clear evidence of the things we can achieve for pennsylvania's future. because of our success in keeping financial system in order, the recession is taking less of a toll here than many states. the unemployment rate is running well below the national average and even further below that of large industrial states. government revenue, and the catastrophic of sight of state governments may finally be under control. here in pennsylvania, state revenues are only running 2% below estimates. last year, our revenue gap was three times bigger than it is today. acr

parents and taxpayers some information about how well or not will colleges are doing host: here is another question host: montrose, pa., what do you think? caller: it is the power to defend the unitedcaller: the senate can declare war. guest: many people -- over half of americans think the president can declare war. that is a big concern. caller: you just exhausted it extensively in the previous callers discussion. this was about the indoctrination or whatever you want to call it that our kids get. ii have a son in law and a daughter who are both k-12 teachers. my daughter got her master's degree a couple of years ago. my son-in-law got a bachelor's degree at about the same time even though&qíjy are non- traditional students. neither one ofw÷ them --8v1 theh have learned what they know about this stuff from watching things like cspan, not from what so4they learned at school. they learned?íp --]v what they learned at school would lead him d-astray and they know that. guest: in our study last year, we ran some statistical analysis to demonstrate that you can actually learn more than a college degree by doing the same things you are talking about, reading independently, discussing c