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it has the fourth highest literacy rate of the 50 state. it has the third lowest divorce rate. it has the sixth highest graduation rate higher than the coastal smug states, connecticut, virginia, maryland, massachusetts, oregon, washington. and the people take it quite seriously. and i always feel better after i've been in iowa, and i will feel better after tuesday night again. >> lehrer: okay, mark, david, thank you both very much. >> brown: now two stories about the changing portrait of america. first, a different kind of life in the suburbs. between 2000 and 2010, the number of people living below the poverty line in u.s. suburbs increased by more than 50%, a trend that accelerated during the recession. it's happening in places that have long been middle class, as well as in richer neighborhoods. elizabeth brackett of wttw chicago has our story. >> reporter: dupage county, illinois is one of the wealthiest counties in the country. comfortable homes sit on tree-lined streets. in the suburb of wheaton eight miles west of chicago. upscale restaurants and shops line the historic
it has the fourth highest literacy rate of the 50 state. it has the third lowest divorce rate. it has the sixth highest graduation rate higher than the coastal smug states, connecticut, virginia, maryland, massachusetts, oregon, washington. and the people take it quite seriously. and i always feel better after i've been in iowa, and i will feel better after tuesday night again. >> lehrer: okay, mark, david, thank you both very much. >> brown: now two stories about the changing...
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newt has a ton of baggage. like that fact that gingrich was fined $300,000 for ethics violations or that he took at least $1.6 million from freddie mac just before it helped cause the economic meltdown. >> woodruff: so ken goldstein, the first ad clearly pro-romney, all positive. the second one contrasts newt gingrich, tough on newt gingrich. what does that tell you about the role these superpacks are playing? >> very interesting. putting those two ads together is almost going to tell you exactly what's going to happen. what we're going to see in 2012 with advertising in general. you see the ads paid for by the romney campaign, mitt romney speaking in his own words, making a little attack on obama but a positive ad, talking about mitt romney, his plans. and then his group allies hitting newt gingrich and hitting newt gingrich pretty hard. and i think that's not only what we're going to see in iowa but down the line. groups from going to be a very, very big player in the 2012 advertising air war and i think you'
newt has a ton of baggage. like that fact that gingrich was fined $300,000 for ethics violations or that he took at least $1.6 million from freddie mac just before it helped cause the economic meltdown. >> woodruff: so ken goldstein, the first ad clearly pro-romney, all positive. the second one contrasts newt gingrich, tough on newt gingrich. what does that tell you about the role these superpacks are playing? >> very interesting. putting those two ads together is almost going to...
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arpaio has gained a national reputation for tough tactics, but has denied mistreating latinos. he now has to take corrective action, or face a federal lawsuit. russian prime minister vladimir putin insisted today that last week's parliamentary elections were valid. he appeared on a nationally televised call-in show for four and a-half hours. he said those claiming vote fraud are simply tools of the west and he insisted that his party played fair. >> ( translated ): i have already talked about this before in public, but in my opinion the results of these elections unconditionally reflect the real balance of power in the country and the fact that the ruling party, united russia, lost some ground is not unusual either. >> sreenivasan: putin is running to return to the russian presidency next march. republicans hoping to challenge president obama next year face their final debate tonight, before the iowa caucuses. former house speaker newt gingrich has surged into the lead ahead of the january third voting. gingrich told iowa public television today, that voters are looking beyond
arpaio has gained a national reputation for tough tactics, but has denied mistreating latinos. he now has to take corrective action, or face a federal lawsuit. russian prime minister vladimir putin insisted today that last week's parliamentary elections were valid. he appeared on a nationally televised call-in show for four and a-half hours. he said those claiming vote fraud are simply tools of the west and he insisted that his party played fair. >> ( translated ): i have already talked...
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what has happened in that time? >> well, jeff, what happened was the air force initially told us and told the congress that it would be too difficult for them to go back through their records at dover air force base to figure out how many service members had their remains disposed of in this way, that finally ended up in the landfill. we pressed them on this as part of our investigation. they have an electronic database there. and after we pressed them for this information they finally did come up with these figures just a couple of days ago that spelled over a four year period that there were 274 troops whose remains, part of their remains ended up in the landfill. >> brown: now four-year period. we know when it sended. do we know when it actually began? >> no, we don't. and the air force say these don't know either, jeff. and they said at this point they don't have plans to go back and try and find out. they say their current records date to late 2003. we have talked to individuals who say the practice went on pri
what has happened in that time? >> well, jeff, what happened was the air force initially told us and told the congress that it would be too difficult for them to go back through their records at dover air force base to figure out how many service members had their remains disposed of in this way, that finally ended up in the landfill. we pressed them on this as part of our investigation. they have an electronic database there. and after we pressed them for this information they finally...
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mitt romney has a bigger problem. that is that the conservatives in the republican party don't think he's an authentic conservative. i think newt passed the first test and is in pretty good shape. >> woodruff: what has to happen, stu, to slow gingrich's momentum? we showed michele bachmann got in a good line. >> rick perry on the air attacking both romney and gingrich. ron paul is on the wear attacking gingrich. it's not clear how this dynamic is going to change. you know, the romney folks are hoping for, i think right now they're hoping for a long drawn-out fight. they feel like they can't win something short term. he needs to win new hampshire. judy, the thing that's striking is the disconnect between people out in the grass roots, conservatives around the country and the washington d.c. insiders. they are apolectic about newt gingrich. they think he's untrustworthy and a bad manager. the folks outside see newt as the person who can carry the fight to barack obama. >> woodruff: susan, you've been in iowa. what are y
mitt romney has a bigger problem. that is that the conservatives in the republican party don't think he's an authentic conservative. i think newt passed the first test and is in pretty good shape. >> woodruff: what has to happen, stu, to slow gingrich's momentum? we showed michele bachmann got in a good line. >> rick perry on the air attacking both romney and gingrich. ron paul is on the wear attacking gingrich. it's not clear how this dynamic is going to change. you know, the...
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has never been proven. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to the congressional investigation into a collapsed financial securities firm and its high-profile leader. judy woodruff has the story. >> woodruff: former mf global ceo john corzine was back at the u.s. capitol today for the second time in two weeks. this time facing a committee of former senate colleagues. their question was a simple one. >> where is the money? i mean, how do you answer that? where is the money from funds that were supposed to be kept separate, customer money? >> woodruff: that money, $1.2 billion worth, vanished when mf-global filed for federal bankruptcy protection in october. but corzine insisted again he does not know where the funds went. >> to trace missing funds, it will be necessary to analyze and reconcile multiple hundreds of pages of daily transactions, multiple bank statements from many countries and to review account records of more than 38,000 customers. while i was at
has never been proven. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to the congressional investigation into a collapsed financial securities firm and its high-profile leader. judy woodruff has the story. >> woodruff: former mf global ceo john corzine was back at the u.s. capitol today for the second time in two weeks. this time facing a committee of former senate colleagues. their question was a simple one. >> where is the money? i mean,...
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a lot of this is the amount of money that has poured into the state. someone has to go first. and iowa is-- is, you know, is as entitled as anyone. ultimately it's unrepresented because of the nature of the caucus as opposed to a primary election. and because its further unrepresentative because within that caucus turnout there is a disproportionate emphasis given to social conservatives, and particularly to evangelical voters. >> brown: okay, let me get jeff stein in here from iowa. you can explain to us what is the case for iowa partying. richard just laid out some of the things we've heard often, particularly the lack of it being representative of the rest of the country. >> well, i think it's very representative of rank and file america. we have a very educated population. the people in iowa take this job, this responsibility very seriously. you're going to have about 600,000 registered republicans in iowa at the time of the caucus. and granted about 20% of them will show up, but those are the most interested partisans. and what we're talking about here is a partisan nomin
a lot of this is the amount of money that has poured into the state. someone has to go first. and iowa is-- is, you know, is as entitled as anyone. ultimately it's unrepresented because of the nature of the caucus as opposed to a primary election. and because its further unrepresentative because within that caucus turnout there is a disproportionate emphasis given to social conservatives, and particularly to evangelical voters. >> brown: okay, let me get jeff stein in here from iowa. you...
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>> why has he done it. he's done it for a commof reasons. first of all, he used the vehicle available to him, which has been a vehicle in this campaign almost unique, and that's been the debates. the republican party wants to defeat barack obama. but they understand, republican voters i have talked to and listened to, they understand they need somebody who can go toe to toe with obama, and newt gingrich, whether deserved or undeserved, has become the intellectual heft of the republican patriot. and they se-- the republican pa. he has also played it very well, ronald reagan's rule-- you never say anything negative about other republicans. he smiled all the way up. his focus has been on the press and on obama. and i just think in this field, he's looked good. he's never been scrutinized. he's never been engaged. now, of course that he's the front-runner, he will be. >> lehrer: what's your explanation? >> i take that and i would add one other thing, which is white, high school-educated voters. that's who the republican party is. they're a white
>> why has he done it. he's done it for a commof reasons. first of all, he used the vehicle available to him, which has been a vehicle in this campaign almost unique, and that's been the debates. the republican party wants to defeat barack obama. but they understand, republican voters i have talked to and listened to, they understand they need somebody who can go toe to toe with obama, and newt gingrich, whether deserved or undeserved, has become the intellectual heft of the republican...
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i they certainly have a point, and congress has been used holds and the senate has been using holds on appointments to influence policy since the republic was born. >> woodruff: this is not juge that. >> it capitol hill in the context of all sorts of parties, people holding up all sorts of appoint ease and i think the process lamentable but i think they have some point. >> they can make an argument, they want to change the law, they can change the law. we don't simply stop appointing people because we don't like the law that created the position. that really is unacceptable, and irrational. >> woodruff: all right, we're going to switch over and talk about the republican presidential contest. newt gingrich continues to build. david, you wrote about this in your column in the "times" today. his surge just seems unstoppable at this point. it's only a few weeks old. now we're starting to hear from the other republicans, mitt romney, surrogate to romney, how do you see that? >> the first thing i observed, sispent a lot of time asking political consultants and really professional political p
i they certainly have a point, and congress has been used holds and the senate has been using holds on appointments to influence policy since the republic was born. >> woodruff: this is not juge that. >> it capitol hill in the context of all sorts of parties, people holding up all sorts of appoint ease and i think the process lamentable but i think they have some point. >> they can make an argument, they want to change the law, they can change the law. we don't simply stop...
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and what often happens is you'll have a situation where, you know, a woman has unprotected sex or has a problem with a condom or maybe seven a rape victim in the middle of the night or the weekend and there's a panic about the what to do about it. with this drug, it's very important you take it within the first 72 hours. that's the period of time which it's most effective. >> brown: what was the reasoning by secretary sebelius in blocking the change? >> you know, she basically said that she just didn't feel that there was enough conclusive evidence to show it could be used safely by girls of any age and she specifically cited that girls as young as 11 years old can get pregnant and she didn't feel comfortable that there was enough evidence that young girlsing girls 11, 12 years old could handle this on their own. >> brown: this is a highly charged political and cultural issue. what kind of pressures were being brought to bear on all health officials in this case? >> there was a lot of opposition to relaxing the restrictions on plan "b." a lot of conservative activists groups, u.s. con
and what often happens is you'll have a situation where, you know, a woman has unprotected sex or has a problem with a condom or maybe seven a rape victim in the middle of the night or the weekend and there's a panic about the what to do about it. with this drug, it's very important you take it within the first 72 hours. that's the period of time which it's most effective. >> brown: what was the reasoning by secretary sebelius in blocking the change? >> you know, she basically said...
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he has now returned to liberia. "the redemption of general butt naked" airs on the documentary channel on january 22. on our web site, you can watch jeff's interview wh the filmmakers. >> ifill: tonight marks the end of our year-long collaboration with the "economist" magazine, highlighting the work of independent documentary filmmakers. together we've showcased 19 films about everything from skateboarding in afghanistan to the struggle of white farmers in zimbabwe, to art made in the world's largest landfill in brazil. you can find all the other segments in this series on the newshour web site, and at film.economist.com >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. the stalemate over the payroll tax cut deepened, after house republicans voted down a short- term extension. president obama and house speaker boehner pressed each other to give ground. and wall street had its best day in months. the dow industrials gained more than 330 points, partly on hopeful economic news from europe. online, there's more ab
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and so that group has been... has taken more time. i'm not actually claiming at this point that we've had huge success with folks with deep pockets but again i know in the case of one individual, that actually what made the difference for him was sitting down with somali people here in the twin cities. actually again it was just that face-to-face interaction. >> reporter: despite the challenges american refugee committee says it has gotten some major corporate donations most likely because their corporate headquarters are nearby. >> groups like best buy, general mills, the mosaic company, health care insurance providers, because they've got somali stuff. they can see it more quickly. and then the rest of the stuff and the rest of the company comes around behind them and shows solidarity. >> reporter: it has used its donations to run a hospital in the somali capital mogadishu but there's always more to be done says this person who works in refugee camps along ethiopia's border with somali for the group doctors without borders. >> it's
and so that group has been... has taken more time. i'm not actually claiming at this point that we've had huge success with folks with deep pockets but again i know in the case of one individual, that actually what made the difference for him was sitting down with somali people here in the twin cities. actually again it was just that face-to-face interaction. >> reporter: despite the challenges american refugee committee says it has gotten some major corporate donations most likely...
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but has since fallen back. in dubuque today, he played up his record as speaker of the house in the 1990s, dealing with then-president clinton. >> i was effective. i actually got the deal done. so it wasn't 112% pure. but it worked. we had a liberal democrat decide welfare reform, we had a liberal democrat deciding tax cut. we had a liberal democrat sign four balanced budgets. i think that's pretty effective conservatism. >> woodruff: the man now sharing the lead in iowa is texas congressman ron paul. he had no campan events today. but his strong organization may give him a leg up in next week's caucuses. the other leader in iowa polls, former massachusetts governor mitt romney. he spent most of the day in new hampshire where he's well out front of his rival. before leaving for the hawk wi state and another push there. >> i don't have any expectations. i don't really jump into the expectations game. but i hope to do well in every state in the nation. >> reporter: meanwhile as the republicans traverse the iowa c
but has since fallen back. in dubuque today, he played up his record as speaker of the house in the 1990s, dealing with then-president clinton. >> i was effective. i actually got the deal done. so it wasn't 112% pure. but it worked. we had a liberal democrat decide welfare reform, we had a liberal democrat deciding tax cut. we had a liberal democrat sign four balanced budgets. i think that's pretty effective conservatism. >> woodruff: the man now sharing the lead in iowa is texas...