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This school really exists. in fact, there are 500 of these schools in 41 states and d.c. most of these schools are in urban areas. talking about the national academy foundation, a network of high school career-based academies. joining me to talk about this is the president, j.d. hoye. thanks for joining us. tell me what you do differently, what the answer is to getting that degree of graduation rate, that many people going off to college and graduating? >> well, i think its a combination of thin...

Theyre going to use it for, ainspires the students to want to take more of these courses. >> you have 500 of these schools. are you likely to expand to more schools? >> we actually have over 500 academies. there may be multiple academies at a given high school. we have close to 400 actual schools and about 219 school districts. 41 states, district of columbia and the virgin islands. we grow at between 40 and 70 schools a year that aspire to bring some of these academies into their buildings and ...

Conduct. >> they should. its a challenge for military leadership. it has to be taught at the academies and petraeus has a real opportunity to send messages to people in uniform. >> mike allen, thank you so much. great property. coming up here, former national security adviser, dr. sda zbigniew brzezinski will join the conversation and eric cantor and senator claire mccaskill is coming up. >> coming up next, the marathon match. >> literally. >> at wimbledon. the longest in the history of tennis...

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Send back this bus of winston churchill once had done, the point is any american connected to what americans know that this is the face of our national connection in world war ii, this is the character in history that americans hold close to their heart. much more than this britain now, to dispatch this with no excuse. >> and thmisunderstands that ti relationship, that historic relationship. >> value, doesnt know, doesnt connect with the great war-time alliance. were talking about a person who i...

And their families for their sacrifices. >> you dont know what the next dispatch will bring. all you know is your duty to keep us safe, to keep our community safe and keep america safe. a duty you fulfill every day. >> it just reminds me that freedom requires sacrifice that the pprotector will never know. >> reporter: many officers told us they had to do more with less in the recession. earlier today, president obama tried to assure police they would have the resources they need to do their job ...

It is a duty you fulfill every single day. >> it just reminds me that freedom requires sacrifice that the protecter will never know. >> reporter: many officers told us they had to do more with less during the recession. earlier this week, president obama tried to assure police they will have the resources they need to do their jobs. he said $3.5 billion in stimulus funds have gone towards supporting local law enforcement, helping to preserve 4700 jobs. officers say when it comes to fighting crim...

Automotives say when it comes to fighting crime, they can always use more manpower and equipment. >> always, we think that on a local level. were always willing to step any kind of assistance that we can. especially in this tough economic times. hiring freezes are coming down. there are-- academies are being cut back and equipment is being used longer, so everything that can help. >> what these officers did and how they lived that brings us here and just, it just reminds me that freeman requires...