. >> corporate funding is also providing by prudential financial.nd by the excellence in -- the yethics in journalism foundation, the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. seldom does a single event manage to leave its imprint on such a broad swath of the public debate. but the tragic shooting in tucson plunged the nation and its elected leaders into a week of soul-searching that touched on the law, the limits of dispute, the protections offered by the second amendment, and heartbreakingly human stories of life, death, and the thin line that separates the two. as so often happens in these cases of focused national attention and grieving, it fell to the president of the united states to weave those themes together. >> rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let's use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our

. >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- prudential financial. additionalal funding for wolfpack swook provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with "national journal". gwen: good evening. we begin tonight with the dramatic events in egypt and the ramifications they may have for u.s. policy in the region. the white house call the protests a very fluid and dynamic situation. that proved true today when president mubarak said his cabinet would resign but he would not. >> there's a fine line that separates freedom an chaos. i'm absolutely on the side of freedom of each citizen in press -- expressing our opinions and at the same time i am on the side of the security of egypt and i would not let anything dangerous happen that would threaten the peace and the law and the future of the country. gwen: presidents mubarak and obama spoke right afte

prudential financial strategist quincey crosbie says big u.s. companies are best positioned to benefit from an improving global economy. >> we are not suggesting that we just sell out of small and mid cap. we're just taking some profit from there. and we're reallocating it into those big large-cap names. >> reporter: some experts also say investors need to remember to look overseas this year. even though some emerging markets are frothy. many pros say don't overlook emerging stock markets. >> we merging markets is here. it is today. it is tomorrow. and it's probably the year's after tomorrow. the final portfolio tweak involves cash. investors are once again talking about opportunity rather than fear. for that reason, experts say keep some cash on hand. for new investment ideas in 2011. suzanne pratt, nightly business report, new york. here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: bank of america is writing a big check to uncle sam's mortgage giants. the bank will pay $2.8 billion to fannie mae and freddie mac. fannie and freddie will use t

financial challenges ahead. this rock has never stood still. and that's one thing that will never change. prudential. >> corporate funding is also provided by boeing, and wells fargo advisors. additional funding for "washington week" is provided by the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation. the an enburg foundation. the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>

financial challenges ahead. this rock has never stood still. and that's one thing that will never change. prudential. >> corporate funding is also provided by boeing, and wells fargo advisors. additional funding for "washington week" is provided by the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation, the an enberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to our pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. this was a getting-to-know-you week in washington as scores of new lawmakers moved in and the white house pulled off a giant job swap. the faces are notable, but so are their agendas. today, the president introduced his new economic team by singing the praises of government incentives -- >> our mission has to be to accelerate hiring and to accelerate growth. and that depends on making our economy more competitive so that we're fostering new jobs in new industries and training workers to fill them. it depends on keeping up the fight for every job and every business and every opportunity to

financial challenges we knew would lie ahead. this rock has never stood still. and there's one thing that will never change. we are, the rock you can rely on. prudential. >> pitts: in the past four years, more than 30,000 people have been killed in mexico's battle against powerful drug cartels. the violence and corruption is now appearing in places that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago-- places like santiago, a quaint tourist town just a few hours from the u.s. border. last august, santiago's mayor, edelmiro cavazos, was kidnapped and killed. to understand what's happening in mexico, you need to understand what happened in santiago. there and elsewhere around the country, drug cartels armed with guns and cash are forcing a choice on politicians and law enforcement. that choice, as beleaguered mexicans put it, is between silver or lead-- take a bribe or a bullet. tell me about your husband. >> veronica cavazos: he's a very special man. i'm still in love with him. >> pitts: veronica cavazos and her husband, edelmiro, were enjoying a good life, raising three children. he was a successful lawyer with a family-run real estate business. then