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in the lives of at-risk youth. >> it's one thing to sit around and talk about what the problems are, you know? but it's another thing to get off your behind and actually do something about it. that's what i'm about. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions with small busine...

>> it's one thing to sit around and talk about what the problems are, you know? but it's another thing to get off your behind and actually do something about it. that's what i'm about. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions with small businesses. that goes right to the he...

>> it's one thing to sit around and talk about what the problems are, you know? but it's another thing to get off your behind and actually do something about it. that's what i'm about. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> like electricians, mechanics, carpenters. >> they strengthen our communities. >> every year, chevron spends billions with small businesses. that goes right to the he...

being jailed as spies for two years. >> brown: from libya, james foley of "global post" updates the bloody battle for moammar qaddafi's home town of sirte. >> ifill: is america's wealth gap as wide as it seems? one economist tells paul solman... maybe not. >> a good part of wealth is embodied in the right to your social security flow of income and also to the guaranteed health insurance that you get. that's worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to a typical person. >> brown: and we launch a new series examining america's high school dropout crisis. tonight: actor denzel washington t...

>> i think i've made myself pretty clear and i'm not going to be bullied. >> reporter: among the group, veteran, small business owners, even one not so fresh face. newly elected republican senator dan coats of indiana is actually a returning member. he also served as ambassador to germany and a lobbyist during his break from congress. he's part of the new crop of congress. those tea party representatives. five senators and 40 house members. and left they forget who got them here, just as think rive, tea party patriots with personal e-mail addresses and cell phone numbers for newly el...