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Good morning, everyone. My name is bruce katz, im Vice President at the brookings institution, founding director of the metropolitan policy program here. I want to welcome you to brookings both for people in the room, who are watching on cspan and i via webcast to the closing event of infrastructure week. So a lot of folks public, private, civic have been involved in designing infrastructure week and pulling it off, and to all of you from brookings, thank you. And also thank you to the foundations and corporations that really have made our work possible. The ford foundation, the [inaudible] fo...

And tim scott of South Carolina appointed to fill the seat vacated by jim demint is the senates only black member, and the first black republican senator since 1979. Freshmen on both sides will now join, in earnest, the fight over spending and taxes, as majority leader reid made clear today. As we advance the debate over the best way to strengthen our economy and reduce our deficit during the 113th congress, democrats will continue to stand strong for the principle of balance. Woodruff on the house side, republicans are still in control, albeit with fewer members 233 to the democrats 200. Ther...

Miles an hour. President richard nixon, who had talked with the astronauts by telephone while they were on the moon, was waiting aboard the recovery carrier to welcome the returning voyagers. Kfin the president later expressed the nations response to this historic mission. Some way when those two americans stepped on the moon, the people of this world were brought closer together. That it is that spirit, the spirit of apollo, that america can now help to bring to our relations with other nations. The spirit of apollo transcends geographical barriers and political differences. It can bring the ...

Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions brown a new congress with old problems. 94 freshmen house and Senate Members were sworn in today as the most diverse legislature in American History opened for business. Good evening, im jeffrey brown. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, we profile this new congress with its Record Number of women and minorities and look at the hurdles ahead. Brown then, the cliffhanger and the cliffs to come. Maya macguineas, robert reich, and douglas holtzeakin debate the deal struck by congress and the white house. Woodruff Margaret Warn...

In detroit, there are 3,500 miles of sewer lines, some of them dating back to the mid 19th century, the crumbling pipes offer a glimpse at a Huge National engineering challenge that is largely unseen and unappreciated. Woodruff and ray suarez examines the changing face of Cable Television as al jezeera, the pan arab news giant, buys current tv, a Television Channel founded by al gore. Brown thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supp...