it was important for me to hear an adult tell me, listen, we know you messed up. we know you re a dropout, but we still believe in you. and they gave me that dignity and i ran with it, and i m still running. woodruff: jeffrey brown examines the much-anticipated public offering for social media giant facebook. ifill: and hari sreenivasan explores a fossil find in the rocky mountains packed with the bones of ice age mammoths. it s the subject of tonight s edition of nova. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: the repu
we know you messed up. we know you re a dropout, but we still believe in you. and they gave me that dignity and i ran with it, and i m still running. woodruff: jeffrey brown examines the much-anticipated public offering for social media giant facebook. ifill: and hari sreenivasan explores a fossil find in the rocky mountains packed with the bones of ice age mammoths. it s the subject of tonight s edition of nova. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ifill: the republican presidential field moved on today, fanning out to a se
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the voting rights act, actually going to many states from north carolina, south carolina, alabama and georgia where african americans did not have the full impact. i remember walking miles to allow students to vote. so this is a cause that we have been on a long journey and saddens me we are here again fighting for voter protection as we look to our presidential election. i offer words of barbara jordan who could not have come to congress, sitting in the judiciary committee, she offered these words. i believe hyperbole would not show the solemnness. it is complete and total and said that during the impeachment hearings of richard nixon and the point was she felt the constitution breathes light, if you will, in the lives of americans and the constitution spoke to the voting rights of african americans and others of the 4th and 15th amendment. but over the years, we have not been protected. so the congress, through the leadership and sacrifice of dr. king, whose monument is mag
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