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Ifill good evening. Im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. Tonight, gwen leads an extended roundtable discussion on the Civil Rights Act how far the country has come, and how far it has to go. Its really hard to talk to that today to young people because they cant imagine places in atlanta you couldnt go, or shop or try on clothes. Many children in our country still grow up today and maybe college or their first job is the first time that interact with people of another race. Ifill also ahead this thursday, two takes on education. Hari sreenivasan profiles one new York City High School ...

Thank you, secretary kerry. And, of course, our gracious hosts today and over the next couple of days. I wish to acknowledge your contribution this morning. Thank you very much for that very inspiring statement. Excellencies, friends of the ocean, ladies and gentlemen, let me begin by greeting you, bringing the greetings from the people of my country young, old and on whose behalf im very honored to be here to address this conference. In my country we usually begin by conferring blessings on each other, so let me do so to each and every one of you this morning. [speaking in native tongue] it i...

Issues that congress is confronting. Zoe lofgren, democrat of california, who represents a lot of the hightech companies in the Silicon Valley area. She serves on the Judiciary Committee and the internet subcommittee. She talks about some of the issues that they are facing. And john shimkus is a republican from illinois. Hes on the energy and commerce committee. That committee covers a lot of the Telecommunications Issues as well. Well, whenever we talk about the issue of privacy on the communicators, we often turn to representative zoe lofgren, a democrat from california. Guest right. Host wh...

Entrepreneurs and Small Business people, you know, when they are starting off, they are borrowing from their brothers and their sisters and begging and scratching and, you know, taking credit cards and running up debt. Inherently theres risk involved. So i dont want to give anybody the illusion who is out there starting a business or wanting to launch a business that its going to be easy. It will not be. There are ways where we can make a difference and oftentimes particularly in rural areas of africa you dont need a lot of capital to get started. Right. So you may be able if you buy one piece...

Around the world. New training sessions and meetings with experts on how to launch start ups. And it all begins today and to get started all of you, all you have to do is go to y yali. State. Gov. Were creating new leadership centers. Were joining with american universities, African Institution and private sector partners like microsoft and Mastercard Foundation we want to thank two of them. They are helping to finance this. Give microsoft and Mastercard Foundation a round of applause. [ applause ] starting next year Young Africans can come to these centers to access the latest technology and ...