even now, here in sioux center, iowa, unemployment runs about half the national average. a drive through neighborhoods surrounding the small downtown reveal a prosperous community. homes are well kept. there are virtually no "for sale" signs. the real estate bubble that brought down local economies across the country did not inflate in tractor country. and amenities, like a new golf course and a football field are surprisingly posh for a population of 6,700. the city recently spent $9 million building a 60,000 square foot all-season recreation center. mayor dennis walstra and city manager paul clousing say that, while other communities around the country are struggling with budget deficits, sioux center is in good shape. >> we're real fortunate in this community to... to have had the cash to... to do a lot of things that other communities can't do. we've always believed what our mother says, you've got to put a little bit away for a rainy day. and we've been able to do that. >> reporter: walstra says a quiet generosity helps people through bad times. >> because the commun

. >> ifill: that'spatchwork tion," tonight from sioux city, wa. >> lehre and pianist richard glazier:eeping the gershwins' music alive. >> to the younger generaon, they're discovering sothing completely new. and music and ng that are e rtal and timely that will li for generations to come. >> lrer: that's all coming on tonight's "newshour." major funding for thpbs newshour is provided by: the nationalcience foundation. supporting education and research across all elds of science and engineerg. and with the ongoing supportf these institutns and foundations. and... this program was me possible byhe corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions tyour pbs station from viewers likyou. thank you. >> lehrer: the healtcare debate in the senate reached potential turning point day. democratic leade reached agreement last nightn dropping the so-called "public option from the bill. "newshour"ealth correspondent betty ann bowser bins our coverage. >> repter: president obama today praised democrats r trying to resolve a key stumbling bloc even though their dealould drop something he's ch

the farmers of sioux center iowa never would have bought three house its, one to live in and two to sell. they're conservatism, their attitudes towards money meant that was no real estate bubble in places like sioux center, so when the bubble burst, they weren't going to be collateral damage the way a place like eagle, colorado, could end up being with many unsold houses standing and waiting for buyers, buyers who may move there some day and may have trouble borrowing the money to do so. >> lehrer: one of your pieces, somebody said well, we've got some problems, but they didn't appear to feel they had an option to pick up and go. did you hear that from -- in these various locations where people had hard times? >> suarez: the cliche about americans that they are ready to go all the time, that opportunity is waiting somewhere over the horizon. but the people i spoke to during the week whether it is the partners at zingerman's deli in ann arbor or the farmers in iowa or the storekeepers in lincoln city, oregon, they had a very strong connection to the place where they lived, where they had

cobbs, if i remember you're up in iowa up near sioux city. >> yes, i represent the sioux city area. >> you're the father of a 9-year-old boy with autism, noah. i understand your wife, tina is here with you. >> she's in the audience. >> and two other children, ethan 16 and sydney, 8. and you were here at our last hearing. weren't you here a couple of years ago? >> i was, sir. i was in the audience -- >> you were involved in the telehealth project with a young boy with -- noah, right? >> correct, sir. >> well, i'm interested in -- well, what's happened in the last couple of years. so welcome to the committee and please proceed. >> thank you for having me. good morning, mr. chairman, and members of this distinguished committee. my name is josh cobbs. i'm a parent advisor to see now and most importantly a parent of a child of autism. i tried to better the lives and families affected by autism through insurance and education reforms. when i was last in front of this distinguished committee i spoke of the successful and cost-efficient services my son received using telehealth technology. th

near sioux city? -- you are from iowa? your wife is with you? >> she is in the audience for ? >> yes. you weren't you here at our last year? >> i was. >> you have been ball than the tele-health program with your young boy, noah? >> that's right. >> i am interested in what is happening last couple of years, please proceed. >> good morning mr. chairman. my name is josh cobbs. i'm a parent of a child with autism for it it has been over seven years trying to better the lives of individuals and families affected by autism through insurance and education reforms. when i was left in front of this distinguished committee, i spoke of the successful and cost efficient services myself received using tele-health technology. this came from professionals in florida which was federal sponsored national research project rate we are one of 15 families that participated in this demonstration across the nation. in this model, after a brief& phase of face-to-face training which is crucial to build a therapeutic relationship, we relate to professionals by an interactive video systems that enable

went to an airport right now tonight no luggage, cash, i'm going on a one-way ticket, i'm going to siouxy? >> the only way you'd be questioned is if you weren't wearing suspenders. >> larry: that's a compliment of sorts, i gather. thank you all very much for outstanding work. tom fuentes, harry humphries, rv

he was going in the motto crosso region and here's the shing sioux-- xingu river. he came from the sol palo and took a train somewhere down here which is a place called or bunning came up by boat recappable of motto crosso. motto crosso is in the dense forests and for here, he is going to head up into this territory here. hesitancy on this map everywhere up here it says on explored. here is a picture of jack on his get up as they were setting out in the motto crosso reason and he has got a pack animal. they would take pack animals with them, but they would only take them usually, in this mistruth fawcett's earlier expeditions, they would take pack animals for three weeks once they got into denser jungle in the animals will die because of the conditions for their reading in it diaries of the animals is often disconcerting. one of the only clues to where fawcett actually went in this motto crosso region is a place called dead horse camp for they had to shoot a horse and fawcett had released those so people knew dead horse camp a kind this iconoclast someplace in this

and they're worried about somebody from sioux falls, south dakota, buying prescription drugs from winnipeg. are you kidding me? 40% of the active ingredients in u.s. prescription drugs currently come from india and china, and in most cases, the places that those active ingredients come from have never been inspected. and i'm going to talk about that. i'm not going to go into it tonight, but i'll -- i'll talk about a number of issues related to drug safety of the existing drug supply and how what we have included in this legislation with respect to pedigree and batch lots and tracers will improve dramatically the existing drug supply in our country and make certain that there isn't any safety -- any safety issues at all coming from the reimportation of drugs. now, i'm going to speak to this at some length tomorrow, but i just received a letter from the head of the f.d.a., margaret hamberg, food and drug administration, who raises some questions about the amendment. i'm not going to read the letter into the record. i'll talk more about it tomorrow. i must say that i am in some ways surprised

but how do you square that out when you have a dc-9 the month before and from minneapolis to sioux falls but has 30 passengers on it as opposed a plan that has 50 passengers? there could be more than you have on someone who is flying at a full-size jet. yet the number of hours and the distinction that is made in terms of experience and what you allude to as quality versus quantity distinction. i am interested in hearing you elaborate on that. this seems to me that the number of hours the public has has got to be a part of the equation to determine whether or not the pilot is equipped and qualified to fly some of these planes. " it wouldn't matter to me whether they had one passenger or 100. they should be as qualified as we can make them. weather flying a regional jet or a 777, they would have to have an air transport rating. what comes into question is who could be the co-pilot. under today's regulations, the person can have a commercial pilot's license. . >> i also think that when we get past here, i think we need to take a look. we have come along with technology and we do a lot more

but how do you square that out when you have a dc-9 the month before and from minneapolis to sioux falls but has 30 passengers on it as opposed a plan that has 50 passengers?

how do you square that up when you've got say a dc-9 that might be falling from minneapolis to soo sioux falls, south dakota that has 30 passengers and you might have an r.j. that is full and has 50 passengers. it could be more than you might have on someone who is flying a full-size jet and yet the number of hours, requirements and the distinction that is made in terms of the experience and what you allude to is the quality versus quantityly distinction. i'm interested in hearing you elaborate on that because it seems to me at least those number of hours and experience that a pilot has got to be part of the equation in determining bhornt that pilot is equipped and qualified to fly some of these planes. >> sure. well, it wouldn't really matter to me whether they had one passenger or 100. they should be as qualified as we can make them. in that case, everyone, whether they are flying a regional jet or a triple 7, they would have to have an air transport rating and they would have exactly the same qualifications. what comes into questions is who can sit in the right seat and who can be the