scheduled the land of about 11:00 in detroit. s going to do a tour of the chrysler plant, with some remarks and the general motors plant and more remarks there, leaving detroit by 3:00 this afternoon. baltimore, jimmy, a democrat. hello. caller: by m calling in to try to get an idea -- i am calling in to try to get an idea -- a lot of people in america do not realize that the american government has been helping general motors, chrysler, and even afford in terms of energy, they gave ford a loan for $6 billion. nissan also got a loan from us, a japanese company got a loan from us, around $2.4 billion. a lot of americans do not realize that we have helped out an industry that has been instrumental in creating and maintaining our middle class for the last 100 years. a lot of people do not realize that companies like volkswagen are actually owned, or partially own, by the government, and that volkswagen is actually owned by an arab nation. host: david welch, any comments for that caller? guest: he brings up a good point. for a long ti

redistributionist approach of washington; like you would take steeleruper bowl trophies, and give them to the detroit lions becae they haven't won a super bowl. that's not the way it is in sports. there's a lot of armchair quarterbacks in washington w think they know better than families, mother's and fathers,ow to raise their children. geor allen's take on the november elections an wisdom from his new book... on the "700 club" >>> after weeks of intense speck had a liags and no confirmation, former president bill clion was finally spotted strolling up the ma street chat weight locals and now details on chelsea's big day. >> congratulations are everywhere. it's happening in new york. chelsea is getting married tomorrow. >> this sleepy little town has awakenednto a media mecca. they are coming to the nuptials rumored to call $2 million. oprah and tom hanks are rumored to be on the guest list. >> i am not going, it would be tough enough to have one president at a wedding, you don't want two president >> $6,000 tents are set up and expect lots of limos. groom is marcla lavinski. guests are asked to dres

i came across a columnist from "the detroit free press." give us the overview. >> in 1972, george mcgovern was nominated as the democratic presidential nominee in miami beach. he chose as his running mate a relatively unknown senator from missouri. i was a junior reporter covering the convention. as the junior-most person on the team, i was assigned -- everyone else was going on vacation after the convention. it was a different world. it was not nonstop campaigning. i was assigned to go to missouri and write a profile tom eagleton. i was on the airplane to the way to st. louis. an anonymous caller telephoned "the detroit free press" and asked to speak to the founding patriarch of our company. the operator put the collar through to his grandson, who was an editorial writing in turn. young jack knight heard the caller say that eagleton had a history of severe depression that was treated with electroshock therapy on more than one occasion, and the republicans knew about this and would use it as a dirty trick late in the campaign, and it needed

not easy and i have family members who are struggling with this i have most of my family is from the detroit area which is not necessarily a boon for the in terms of their economy going right now but what i do see is i do i do think that we need to step back and we need to say yes there are going to be people who are really hurting so what do we do do we just cast aside everything we know about economic principles and do we just say we're going to kick the can down the road or do we say all right there are people who are hurting what can we do well extending out we know extending unemployment benefits is just going to continue to perpetuate the problem so we can encourage these people to say all right you can't find a job in your locality maybe start to look a little bit broader maybe start to make some tough decisions on your own if we as a country are going to come together and say we're going to rise above this we're going to have the willpower to rise above the you know this economic problem i understand interesting there but then what do you suggest for places like detroit for people th

at the detroit meeting -- one person said that if housing has declined in value, look to the equipment. the business owners spoke about working capital as the most critical financial needs, followed by refinancing projects with low interest rates. many reported having had to result -- resort to borrowing from their personal credit cards into their retirement accounts. several mentioned the need for small-value loans, as well as the need for patient capital. they were willing to cmit funds for 5-10 years, without the expectation of immediate concerns. somexpressed the view that current lending conditions do not represent credit-tightening as much as a return to more traditional underwriting standards -- and some lenders said that they were emphasizing cash flow and the pending less on the credit value -- it appears that some of these businesses, have lost value, but the cash flow remains strong. they have had difficulty maintaining the credit to continue operating. the challenge ahead, will be to determinehe quality of businesses in an uncertain and difficult environment. it is in their

. >> woodruff: hoping to highlight economic successes, the president visited two auto plants in the detroitrea. he touted the turnaround since general motors and chrysler went into bankruptcy and received billions in bailout money. one year later, the industry has added 55,000 jobs. >> the fact that we're standing so today this industry is growing stronger. it's creating new jobs, it's manufacturing the fuel-efficient cars and trucks that will carry us toward an energy-independent future. you are proving the naysayers wrong. ( cheers and applause-) all of you. >> woodruff: the president later visited a g.m. plant and briefly got behind the wheel of the automaker's new battery-powered chevrolet volt. the government now owns 61% of g.m. we take a closer look now at the state of the auto industry and the broader prospects for manufacturing. micheline maynard is the senior editor of changing gears, a new public radio project focusing on the future of the industrial midwest. she's an author of several books on business and a former reporter for the "new york times." and martin bailey is an econo

"miami herald," "the kansas city star," "the detroit free press," and i am leaving many out. they have a foothold on american newspapers. >> what is going on in these communities. let's pick washington, d.c. they have lost 200,000 subscribers. >> it is absolutely challenging and difficult for newspapers, and i gave that speech in 2006, immediately after the demise of my company, and i was probably in a gloomier mood then i am today. it is painful to see newsroom jobs go away. there are thousands fewer journalists in this country than there were. i think that this a problem. right here in washington, d.c., there are hundreds of journalists keeping tabs on what is happening in our federal government. i think that is a serious problem. i think all of these open up opportunities. there are ways to create new channels of information, ways of delivering it, ways to pay for it, and it is of bubbling ferment right now of invention. several years ago something did not exist. it won a pulitzer prize this year and was a finalist for another this was a nonprofit newsroom that does not ow

again, the headline from "the detroit free press, is a "sticker shock for bolt." this is what looks like in the business section. "it will cost $41,000, one notch above its gas field counterpart. "the long anticipated general motors electric car will cost $41,000, leaving consumers to decide of its environmental appeal is above that of similar size conventional automobiles. gm and nissan are relying on the tax credit for buyers of the electric vehicle to offset the costs. they're hoping that the lower of the novel power source will make up the rest." do you want a green card? cough up the cash. "drivers can go green if they have enough green. general motors starts taking orders today on its website. delivery will begin in certain regions earlier this year to compensate for the least purchased $32,000.70 -- $32,000 nissan vehicle. gm will try to lure drivers with attractive lease offers." for democrats, 202-737-0002. for republicans, 202-737-0001. by the way, you can join the conversation online at [applause] -- at journal@c-span.org or twitter.com/c-spanwj. again,

his mission is simple -- give kids the financial support necessary to go to college. i caught up with rose in detroit at his old high school where he holds an annual charity basketball game. we talked about a number of things, including why he's taking giving back so personally. the world was first introduced to jalen rose when he started his college career at the university of michigan in 1991. a member of the illustrious fab five, the "in your face" group of starters took the wolverines to two ncaa tournament appearances. before his senior year, rose was drafted into the nba where he played pore 13 seasons and played in three consecutive eastern conference finals. with all of this success, rose never forgot where he came from. >> i've been very blessed in my life and my career. i know what it is looic to be a have-not and try to figure out where my next meal is coming from, or understand what it's like to boil water to wash up in the morning. man naz sayonnaise sandwiches. >> is there a particular person in your life who taught you giving back? was there a certain circumstance? what was it? >> i re

i had charge of the chicago and detroit editions for a while. ose two cities--the editors from those desks out there would send their copy to me. they worked with me, and i put their paper together. [typewriters clacking] >> narrator: stories from around the country came into the courier by telephone, telegraph, and through the mail. the stories were polished and proofed and then turned over to the editors, who decided which stories would make it into the paper. the pages were turned into printing plates on huge linotype machines in the courier's own printing plant. photos were carefully chosen and added to the layout. when all was ready, the big presses would roll. >> the first editions to go out would be the pacific coast, 'cause it was the farthest away, and then it was followed by the new york and detroit editions, then philadelphia and washington d.c. edition, then texas and the southwest and southern editions, and each one had its own time limit. the first four pages belonged to that particular community, detroit, philadelphia, new york. no

this is a part of the renewal of detroit, michigan as well. thank you for bringing it to the city. to all of those folks at city hall that actually believed, that wanted to make this a bigger part of our future. to our friends in the design world where we want to celebrate creativity in the context of procuring a different strategies to solve problems, i think you for the progress as well. -- thank you for the progress as well. to all of our tenants for your commitment in long term to make sure that this day is not a day that will be forgotten, but remembered because he will be here day in and day out, making sure that you celebrate the long term efforts. thank you very much. i want to thank our neighbors for indulging us in this new urban art. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much, mr. mayor. i would like to turn it over to charlie sheldon. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. mayer. thank you to everyone at urban farming for making this possible. we try to do our part. first, my name is charlie sheldon. i represent the industrial desi

. >> the detroit lions player has been arrested for drunk driving. they say he was drinking pretty heavily, but then he's president of the lions. can you blame the man? >> a man dressed as darth vader robbed a bank. today, the bank released a statement saying catch him, we must. >> and here's larry. >> larry: tonight, exposed, 92,000 secret reports. the man whose wib site wikileaks published the classified documents for the world to see is here. did his actions damage national security? will they change the course of the war? could someone be charged with treason? it's all next on "larry king live." good evening. we welcome from london julian assage, the editor and chief of wikileaks. the leaked documents cover the period from january 2004 to december 2009. cnn has not independently confirmed theirauthenticity. we'll talk with julian in a moment. first, let's check in with our own nick robertson, he's cnn's senior international correspondent, also in london. give us some of the key takeaway, if you will, from this massive release? >> well, larry, some

host: next phone call, but the truth. -- detroit. john on the independent line. caller: they are using the stimulus money to plug the budget calls, not for what the money was intended. how come we do not ask the post office to use electric vehicles? guest: i am not with the post office, but we promoted the idea of electric vehicles. i do not know the specific answer on the post office, but with our money, the money we were given by congress for infrastructure in a transportation, that money is being spent directly in every state. as i said earlier, 14,000 projects are under way, 140,000 people are employed all over america. host: fairfax, virginia. ben on the republican line. caller: thank you for your service. it is a tough position to begin. my first question is what else can be done in my area. i moved here in 1995. my commute is 20 miles. i wonder how you prioritize projects? are there any washington, d.c. projects to alleviate traffic? guest: we are really doing things with the governors, state department of transportation. in have a network of dot's every s

we will have the detroit bureau chief of bloomberg discussing u.s. auto makers assistance. "washington journal" begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on cspan. >> ralph nader is our guest sunday. he has written more than 20 books since 1965. join our three-hour conversation on consumer protection, corporate accountability, and activism for ralph nader noon on sunday. the cspan video library has every cspan program since 1987. that includes every author who has appeared on book-tv. the cspan video library is book- t b your way. >> a house ethics subcommittee met his fate to hear a reading of 13 charges against new york democrat charles rangel. those charges are on financial disclosure violations and other result of a nearly two-year investigation. congressman charles rangel has served in the u.s. house since 1971 and was the chairman of the ways and means committee before being forced to step down from that post earlier this year. this is a half an hour. >> this meeting of the budget to -- edgy mccoury -- of the judicatory subcommittee will come to order. i will ask for the oppre

. >> welcome to the first detroit day is in full flood now with expectations that maybe by the end of this week about 400 new planes will be ordered here. a lot of interest for example in the airbus a-400 and the military transporter from airbus finally here and flying for the first time. with me now here is rom wayneshill. what do you think the mood is going to be in terms of orders and the general feel of things? >> what a difference a year makes. last year was a very bleak period. now we're seeing resurgence, travel levels above the peak in 2008, growth is happening throughout the world particularly from the developing economies, in fact, last year we had intraasia traffic eclipse north american travel for the first type. 2k3457bd is not just the middle east, coming out of lat up american people america, turkey has been very strong. >> this new mood experienced in the industry is music to the ears of planemakers like boeing. >> i 24i both from airbus and boeing this week you'll hear a lot of orders announced. i think we're starting to see the upswing of a cycle. we're talking to a

you are proving the nay-sayers wrong. >> the white house estimates that detroit automakers could add 000 new jobs before the end of 2010. the president is scheduled to stop at a ford facility in chicago next wednesday. >>> dna test results are expected today on grizzly bears suspected of attack three people at a montana campground. one man was killed and two other campers were hurt wednesday near yellowstone national park. one adult and two of her cubs were captured yesterday. the third was found in a trap this morning. the dna tests are expected to determine which ones are actually responsible for the attacks. >>> one of the bay area's biges companies is facing some legal trouble from the feds. matt bigler now on the fraud charges against oracle. >>> reporter: this is a lawsuit brought by the justice department against oracle. what the government is claiming in this case is that they were basically overcharged in a software contract related to the general services administration. under the terms of that contract, oracle was required to disclose to the government about these commercia

. >> reporter: in motown, a victory lap for the president. lo, detroit!troit! >> reporter: the american auto ndustry is on the rebound, and he's taking credit. had donehad done nothing, not only were your jobs gone, but supplier jobs were gone and dealership jobs were gone and jobs wmunities that depend on them would have been wiped out. orter: the tuthe u.s. auto industry turnaround is the job losses? he job losses? more than 330,000 in 2008, have topped. and the industry is actually hiring new workers. 55,000 over the past year. >> kept the doors open, kept the heghts on. >> we're hoping we're on a hopingk. >> reporter: the president mocked republicans who loudly epublicans whoilout and predicted it would not work. >> they don't like admitting >> n when i do the right thing. but they might have had to admit it. want allt all of you to know, i will bet on the american worker ny day of the week. >> reporter: one of the biggest critics was republican richard shelby. today, he still thinks the out was a s a mistake. >> the american taxpayers are still on the hook,

nelson cruz homered in the right field corner against detroit and texas held on for an 8-6 win over the>> and the white sox's alex rios hit the go-ahead two run homer in a 6-1 win over seattle. chicago now leads the american league central division by 2 1/2 games. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and jobs mystery. corporate profits are up, so why aren't businesses hiring? mmmmmm. mmmmmm. wow! you have got to be kidding me. 80 calories? light & fit has 80 calories versus 100 in the other leading brand. i love light & fit. now save money with our new super saver four packs. thanks to new pampers cruisers with dry max. they're not just 20% thinner... they're also 2 times drier. it's next generation dryness. ♪ only from pampers. two times with comfort suites rior any choice hotel,y you can feed a family of four. book now at choicehotels.com to start earning your $50 restaurant gift card. and i'm sydnie kohara. more than 200 drivers failed to show up for work yesterday... and a-c transit says it could happen again today. and it could put a big strain on the sys

across the say because detroit above was demolished and a huge palace of the service was planned to be built on the site the project never came to fruition the decor of the spacious station might look simple and even austere but still it was received several awards and finally got a meeting starry hills is an underground station and is the longest it's made a hole being two hundred seventy meters in length construction was completed in a record short time at the end of the mice and fifty's by the mid seventy's it was in the first of collapse so it was decided to close the station to reopen only in two thousand and two now has a concern. we look at it's gloss who's providing amazing views of the city. the station is a world of its own. its pace its. people using. the phrase in regard to what the building was all. but who added value. of the ground for the missing girl no one could fail to be amazed that it also means to me. through violence celebration and triumph. crowds as the pulsating veins of the city you know after the terrorist attacks in late march to shift from running again wi

garza and the rays versus detroit. and there is tigers on his own date with destiny for a while. matt joins, grand slam first hit of the game. there is garza carrying his no no to the ninth. one down gets a nice breaking pitch. and ramone santiago would be the final victim, slides to life. and there is last time there were these five no hitters the year was 1991, rays win the game here is fwarza on the big night. >> that ninth inning. i knew something. and it's like i kept telling myself just finish it, it's going to happen. it's going to happen. so it's just enjoying it now. >> candid matt garza. giants returning home tonight. marlins waiting for them. game featured verio review. let this be a lesson. do not get in front of amy g's camera, or, you'll get the stiff arm. buster posey three shy of the record for a rookie. and there he does have barry zito's number. way back in left. fast forward, bottom 7th. there is a drive to left. and emilio bonafcio is going run out of room there. if the ball is beyond the fence, fan is allowed to snatch it. if his glove is in the field of play

-- over the city of detroit, i think it would be totally irresponsible for individuals like me, leon panetta, secretary gates, and the president, to not at least think about and potentially direct all elements of national power to try to defend the american people. that is what the american people expect. you have to of a process and level of trustworthiness in that process. it has to be done thoughtfully and within the bounds of the laws and constitutional principles. for us to not have that discussion and to not make that decision -- that would be reprehensible. >> there were riots last year among the we years in china -- uygurs in china. the chinese government said these rights were inspired and encouraged by a uygur dissident they called him a terrorist -- they called her a terrorist. if the chinese government were to apply the same logic and lodge a missile strike against her in northern virginia, what with the united states government's reaction be? how would we distinguish that at from what we're doing in targeting individuals? >> i think there are many ways to disting

airforce one to talk to workers there at the chrysler plants ended jefferson at the assembly plant to that is in detroitking about success in the auto industry bailout plan last year and a lot of the big three are coming back strong. >> the contract between ac transit driver has to court today, the drivers union is asking a judge to overturn the new contract that ac transit imposed after contract associations broke down. ever since then we're noticing that the drivers have been calling in sick over 100 drivers, sometimes 200 a day, that since the contract was imposed and is thrown a wrench in the plans. trans workers are speaking ill and here is one driver who did not want to be identified and will his son to live is what he wanted to say. >> i've been here for 11 years and the entire 11 years i've never been mistreated. i'm not the one has this opinion. all 7250 people have this opinion. what they're doing to some of our drivers that come and at 11 or 12 midnight. sometimes we do not get off because there is nobody to leave us. we are only supposed to work up to 10 hours and sometimes we're forced work

or they can call the mathis community center in detroit. >> larry: thank you so much. uch, larry. >> larry: best of luck to you, debra. >> the man who knows everything about one of america's notorious prisons and the convict serving time there joins our panel next. the lexus golden opportunity sales event. see your lexus dealer. you should get some custom fit orthotics. dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic center. it recommends the custom fit orthotic that's best for your feet. and footcare scientists are behind it. you'll get immediate comfort... ... and, you could save a couple hundred bucks. for locations see drscholls.com >> larry: our next guest is a former officer hat san quentin. he runs a program called real choices. what do you make of this whole discussion and judge mathis' program of helping people when they're coming out? >> judge mathis, it's good to be able to talk with you and i kme commend you for your program. i would like to set a few things on the record. larry, you and i on june 6, 2006, you came out to san quentin when i had eight men that came on to yo

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with unemployment still hovering near 10%, the president's trip to detroit gives him exactly the image he wanted cheered by american workers, happy he saved their jobs. joel brown, cbs news, washington. >>> more than a million gm cars on the road can potentially lose their power steering. that's the bad news there. there have been some accidents and injuries related to this problem. reporter dave savini of cbs 2 our sister station in chicago began investigating this problem months ago and now gm is taking some action. >> i actually was way over here in this lane like this trying to get this car back over here. >> reporter: beverly was driving with her granddaughter in this pontiac g-6 when suddenly her power steering went out. >> i was struggling. >> reporter: she lost control of the wheel and while she avoided crashing she has serious concerns that her power steering malfunction might happen to others. >> this is a horrible thing for anybody to have to go through. >> reporter: our cbs 2 investigative team uncovered hundreds of g6 owners with power steering failures. we discovered 439

and we will be right back, it is friday endorsing the president does get off the air force one, he is landed in detroithe will be speaking today, he is going to be talking about the auto industry and how it has affected the economy when and will be monitoring what he has to say it will be bring it to life. thank- you. x? [ female announcer ] jobs leaving. a budget disaster. california on the brink. jerry brown's plan? you run for office and the assumption is, oh, i know what to do. you don't. i didn't have a plan for california. [ female announcer ] with our state in crisis, we need a governor with a plan. you need a real plan, something i'll acknowledge i did not have. [ female announcer ] jerry brown. no plan then. no plan now. meg whitman. a plan for jobs. log on. learn more. or at least that's what my mom thinks. with high speed internet from at&t, i get my homework done fast, leaving me time to download movies and music and chat with my friends. mom: how's your studying? it's coming along! [ female announcer ] work faster, play more with our fastest internet speed ever... with speeds of up to 24 m

i have a friend in a company in the detroit area, his new assignment is to go to china, india and thehilippines and look for engineering firms to replace 600 engineers that they currently employ. so, are we just going to send all of our work overseas? the other thought that i have had is i wish somebody would do an analysis of the tax impact of the loss of all of these better paying jobs. i'm sure it is a significant loss of income tax to the treasury. guest: well, i basically agree with what you say. in fact, manufacturing as a percentage of g.d.p. in the 1950's was nearly 30% of total output. the last number i know is 11%. so you are right about the decline. meanwhile, financial services including wall street, real estate and other services, rose are 10% up to 20%. now of course it is dropping. the bottom line in this decline in manufacturing is a lot of young people no longer want to go into it including scott nicholson even though his father was quite successful in it. i wish manufacturing would come back and i wish young people, and middle aged people, would consider jobs in manu

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i'm from downstate, you know, the flint/detroit area, and this county here is fairly conservative county. it voted twice for mr. bush and once for mr. mccain and i decided to come and live amongst them and so at first they didn't quite know what was going to happen but we've pumped about -- now in these six years, close to $50 million into the local economy between the film festival and this theater and all the revitalization that's happened in downtown. and there's not a day now where a republican doesn't stop me on the street and give me a hug or shake my hand. it's been a good experience for me to be amongst people -- we don't necessarily share the same politics, but we're all americans. we're all in the same boat and have to sink or swim together. >> larry: you know, mike, you capitalists constantly amaze me. anyway, you said you had a tough time finding -- finding american -- >> it's all non-profit. it's all non-profit here. >> larry: did you have a tough time finding american independent feature films this year? >> well, i have to say, it was more difficult. we have a great lineup

i'm from downstate, you know, the flint/detroit area, and this county here is fairly conservative county. it voted twice for mr. bush and once for mr. mccain and i decided to come and live amongst them and so at first they didn't quite know what was going to happen, but we've pumped about, now in these six years, close to $50 million into the local economy between the film festival and this theater and all the revitalization that's happened downtown, and there's not a day now where a republican doesn't stop me on the street and give me a hug or shake my hand. it's been a good experience for me to be amongst people -- we don't necessarily share the same politics, but we're all too badk there are hundreds of millions of americans who would really like to go to the movies this summer. i don't know about you, i've only been twice, and i saw two good films, but there should be a great film every week coming out. i don't know why that is. do you ever hear that from people? >> larry: do a lot of stars come to this festival? >> yeah. we have stars that come here. the stars to us are the -- reall

he has personally attended one of the credit discussion forums in detroit, as well as the program in enrichment that was focused on development. we have appreciated his efforts and we know that his support will continue as we move forward. join me in welcoming than bernanke. >> thank you, and good morning. let me begin by thanking the staff, and the board of consumer affairs, especially the division director, for the hard work that they have done to approve access to credit for small businesses. and i want to thank the many partners who came together to organize this, like the small business administration. i am happy to welcome all of the to the federal reserve board. this gathering serves as the capstone of a series of more than 40 meetings conducted across the country, starting in february, by the community affairs offices. this provides a forum for the small business owners, trade associations, lenders, bank supervisors, and the other stakeholders to exchange ideas about the challenges facing the small businesses. some of these meetings involve discussions and others suggested sp

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host: you are calling on the republican line, also calling from detroit. you think it was a good idea for the government to give aid to chrysler and general motors? caller: in the first guy to admit two things. the union has dragged the gm down like a big way. second, we had bad management. there is no question about it. what the hell are we supposed to do? have them go banupt? all that we are going to find is toyota, nissan, those korean companies selling cars. we need those companies. guest: i understand how he feels on the ground, but one of the things he needs to understand is that when jobs are outsourced by companies, it means that we can produce things cheaper. the reason why everything you touch is made in china, korea, and abroad, it is because it allows american consumers to purchase lots and lots of things much cheaper. yesterday i was talking about this with my research assistant, she told me that she had just read a study that made complete sense for that exact reason. job's going abroad, producing cheaper goods, but then in wal- mart they hir

really should go to those who have to truly vanderbank really think racism is a problem well yes the city of detroit they've got a black mayor a black police chief it is always you must stay away and see what it's all about how many stay away yes you still live is likewise run by hispanics who are going to blame it on some distant white man this is the constant refrain oh it's not my fault it's really nasty white man that did it to me when our non-buoyant going to grow up is what i'd like to know one of the going to take responsibility for their own situation well pretty soon whenever you like even to start mysteries that misrepresenting the truth in this i'd like to know what america looks like i would i think you know what you all seem to address is a california is a perfect example that's a state where minorities are going to be the majority of the population or the human california is ari is that way the rest of america is going to reflect that pretty soon so this is going to be the reality we're now is not going to change the playing field then you know at that point are we going to see fewer w

i saw many of the children who graduated from detroit public- school. whether you call the gates foundation, which has a graduation rate as low as 23%, it is an obama-nation. it is an economic and social and moral bill. we have to change that. i am proud to represent robert bob, doing a greatgjob as -- a great job as efm. we need to take some of the recommendations, including more charter schools. we need alternate teacher decertifications. we need an engineer to be able to teach a great match. -- eighth grade math. when we love to compete. we need to see how every school is doing. >> that as time. congressman. >> local schools, local school districts. the competition between who is running the schools locally, the state, and there was this bill called no child left behind, which took control from local school districts, by passing lansing, to go all the way to washington. we have forgotten about important ingredients in education reform. it isn't about the system. it is about the kids. they deserve high-quality education. it is their future. the system

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the environment, it also creates jobs. >> we are creating a whole new industry. detroit is revving up for electric vehicle productions. ll the vendors for the major automobile companies are gearing up. the battery manufacturers are gearing up. so there will be some substantial job creation due to this. >> reporter: the chargers are part of the chargepoint america program, funded by the federal government. in addition to new york, eight other regions are also participating: los angeles, sacramento, california's bay area, austin, washington d.c., detroit, orlando and redmond, washington. they will be getting a combined 4,600 chargers in the next year and a half. >> right now, there's not much demand for electric car chargers, because there are not very many electric cars on the road. but that could change as car makers start selling mass-market electric cars later this year. 10 auto makers are planing to roll out plug-in cars, including g.m., ford and nissan. the only pure electric car available now is the tesla roadster, priced at over $100,000. but for all the attention electric cars are getting, they face an uphill ba

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