in this classroom in washington, d.c., fly decades ahead of us, grasping the principles of math in theic geometry, developing mobile apps and building robots. michelle created youth lab, a non-profit after cool lab to give 12th graders an education in stem, science, technology, engineering and math. >> since i was 12 i knew i wanted to establish an after-school program. i didn't know it would be about technology or about science, but i did know it would provide a place for children to come after school in a safe environment. >> over the last 15 years michelle's after-school program has won numerous awards in robotic competitions as well as the macarthur grant to help fund the effort. >> the program i won with is called youth app lab and it's designed to teach african-american and latino high school student originally about how to make smartphone applications. >> we have built an app for the an droid platform to control the robot to drive forward, drive backward, turn right and turn left and all of us pitched in to build the robot. >> getting students interested in stem courses is no easy

he said it was sovereign -- >> sovereign, self reliant and in theic. >> is it sovereign or have we expendedlood and treasure? >> $800 billion in treasure, not to calculate the blood that's been spill bide americans for iraqi democracy. so this is the problem is the premise of the white house strategy has been that iraq -- remember when president obama ran, afraff was a good war and iraq was the bad war. their premise for iraq has been it needs to be a success. and the measure of success is our withdrawal. >> right. >> and now, how many days later, do we see the results? >> i am depending on iraqi nationalism, on iraqi patriotism to prevent iran from doing what it would like to do, which is to use malachi as a front boy here, the poster child for shiite power. i think that iraq, having fought so long, so hard against the iranians are not going to roll over and let iran start calling the shots. but the u.s. withdrawal and the way in which it was done does not maximize the prospects of success, as seen this week. >> that's a long shot, betting on the iracky nationalism. coming up, brent bozel

people, no matter that we're doing it one teamwork, three, two, one, according to polls -- >> in kai on theicashion -- -- chaotic flagz "tonight show." >> or if they're up in the polls or not up in the polls, i think if you look at our country as opposed to any other country, we are vetting these people in a way that is important to the decisionmaking practice. we're doing it, right? >> it reminds me of what churchill said, it was the worst form of government except every other government. this is the worst kind of journalism we've ever experienced except for the alternative. >> i think you're being too polite. yes, we're vetting the people, yes, the press digs out information and contradictions in the careers of these candidates, for voters to decide upon. the way that which we've done it, with the emphasis on entertainment values that you have action angeled and the emphasis of going from one to the other, it's been a terrible year for the president. conventional wisdom is often wrong. we can decide next week -- >> we'll see it again next year. >>> up next, a year of turmoil and try u.n. wh

. >> reporter: a former dancer for the alvin ailey group she has a math in theics degree from uc berkeleyschool's budget by 80%. >> we are providing something for the kids right now because of the situation with the economy so that this generation of kids will be the fans of tomorrow, and i appreciate tomorrow because how is the opera supposed to survive if there's no one to sit there and watch it. >> reporter: hsa has served tens of thousands in its community and yvette says after-school programs like it are especially crucial today. >> the president council of the arts has done studies across the country. they've proven that kids that have sustained quality arts program, any discipline, it doesn't matter, are four times more likely to succeed academically. that's proven stats. done. >> i want to become a professional dancer after high school -- after college. yeah. >> do you think that dancing is equally as important as everything that you learn in school? >> i think -- i think it is. it is a way for children to stay out of trouble and to have something to do because when you're just si

so you have our flag like theic. u.s. flag.wi one star. our constitution, like the u.s.have three branches of government like here. we call this house that our politicians in capital. we do, like i said, have theo, e supreme court with the chief justice, just like here. everything. some of the streets are named after famous people from here. we have virginia and marylanda and different places. monrovia, after president james monroe. so we do have a rich history. one liberian woman put it in a very nice context, liberia,c america's stepchild. >> i am always interested when there is the kind of strength that has been so long lasting,o was so long lasting in liberia thehe conditions that may have made that possible.a would he speak to that? >> well, when the slaves came to liberia the indigenous people, like any other place where you t have the indigenous people, and it is article that i am speakine about this year in california, their own history, the welcominh of the free slaves to give them their land, made them comfortable, and something thatl is typical, they don't kno