affairs department, it called them racist, insulting and inappropriate. the an attorney wants the court to put oakland police department in large part, under the control of the federal government. a culture change that they are telling us has taken place has not taken place. and many officers in the oakland police department continue to think that the cultural changes and structural changes we re asking for in the police department are a joke. reporter: mayor quan s response to the report receivership for the oakland police department is not an option we will do everything in our power tone sure highest level of constitutional policing. we have been working hard to make improvements. all of this is the result of the case which took place in 2000 when a group of oakland police officers systematically planted evidence on and beat suspects in west oakland. changes were ordered then. they are yet to take place. we have asked the oakland police department and police officer
i found myself behind a car with an obama 2008 a bumper sticker on it. my initial reaction was, thank goodness there is someone that keeps a car as long as i do. then i looked closely. i realized that the bumper sticker was worn, abused by the elements. it was still quite legible. it was very red, white, and blue. not to be too silly, i wondered if that was some kind of metaphor for what this president is now going through. how successful is he? how bruised is he? how is he doing? i want to start out by saying that if i were president obama, i m not sure i would want to be here this afternoon to hear the answer. with all due respect, the idea of being discussed and dissected by the biographer s of lyndon baines johnson and franklin and franklinevelt roosevelt, of that would be daunting to everyone. i do not mean to suggest that any of these gentlemen is prepared to quartered the president. some have written and said very fine things about him. some of them may or may not
tonight on worldfocus. on this special edition of worldfocus, we look at health care challenges around the world. from the battle against cervical cancer in nicaragua to helping more women survive childbirth in guatemala. we ll also look at the struggle to get even the most basic health care in africa. and a disease largely eradicated in the western world, tuberculosis, still takes a heavy toll in india. from the different perspectives of reporters and analysts around the globe, this is worldfocus. major support has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america s future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters good evening. i m martin savidge. thank you for joining us. as health care overhaul becomes a reality in the united states, we continue our look this week at health care around the world. last night we re