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About a 2016 run. now back to new york and my colleagues on the five. ♪ >> so its one of the worst cheatincheating scandals in they of american education. 35 atlanta public school teachers and administrators have been indicted on charges of large scale racketeering and corruption, accused of conspiring to cheat by boosting scores on standardized tests. theyll face jail time, heavy fines and falsified students answers on the test in order to get more money. the cheating reportedly took place in...

You accepted that charge of school security exclusively. >> well, for example, i have met with principals and superintendents and heard their viewpoints and their concerns. theyve greatly impacted the report that were producing. michael dorn is a school safety expert out of georgia thats nationally recognized. we have consulted with him. we have consulted with the national association of school resource officers and like i said, administrators across the country. so we brought in a broad viewpoi...

Shep. >> shepard: jonathan hunt at the united nations where, incidentally that body overwhelmingly approved a controversial arms treaty could incorporate fringe on americas second amendment rights. treaty called for regulating the international arms trade. everything from guns to mortar shells and tanks. the reason? its aimed at keeping illegal weapons out of the hands of terrorists and insurgents. the only no votes came from rogue nations, iran, syria and north korea. here in the united states,...

But principals and administrators and even this woman, atlantas then superintendent of schools all of them accused of helping to rig standardized test. and the motive, investigators say pure greed. they tell us these high-test scores got her some huge perks. she won superintendent of the year. was even honored at the white house. she also got a reported half million dollars in bonuses during her time as superintendent. the students high scores got big bucks for the school. used those tests to de...

Joe. >> weve got gene robinson here. >> msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. >> did you read the column? the scandal in atlanta. >> would you like to start there, joe? is that your way of starting it off? >> i was being nice to gene, i guess, i dont know, maybe being kind is out of style with you upper west siders. but i was trying to be nice to my friend. >> gene, ill read from your column in your latest column on the atlanta cheating scandal. you write in part, quote, its time to acknowled...

Benchmarks out there to see what schools are failing and succeeding. the problem is when you have teachers and administrators like this who -- >> went up the chain. >> it goes all the way up the chain. they understand they are going to be graded themselves on performance which i think they should, but this is the underside of that and it can get ugly. >> i believe -- i think we have gone too far the other extreme. you talk to teachers they say they spend all of their time on this testing and thi...

With a knife on the bus. they carried ammunition in the backpack. >> administrators and teachers in georgia are indicted in a major cheatingal. >> they helped to get them to cheat on tests. cheating allegations go back as far as 2005 . the entertainment website tmz is reporting that singer justin bieber may be charged with battery. his neighbor is claiming that the pop star spit on him. >> and it is reportedly that bieber be charged with battery. >> and those are the stories making news right no...

>> who would you rather be, the high school quarterback or bill gates now? the high school quarterback is running a trophy shop. >> why do you have to be a nerd or meat head? why cant you be in the middle? >> we are progressing toward that. >> richard branson is gorgeous. >> a little cavemany, but gorgeous. >> the keep point is if you ban this stuff, teachers and administrators get to be lazy. they dont have to intervene and punish the kids. they dont have to be bother had at all. it is an easy ...

>> about doing your home work and have the gumption to make phone calls. if you have an advocate, a family member, dedicate the time to do this for you. i have been in situations where i have been asked to do this for people. the schedule, the kids, you dont have the time to cut through the red tape for weeks and weeks and weeks. find someone who can dedicate the time that you need to you to be able to do it. >> administrators will put you on a loop. you have to stay on it. >> that is for sure. ...

District will soon anow certain teachers to carry guns in the classroom. this is not the first district signing off on potentially having teachers carry guns. and administrators say this is a more sensible response, tragedies like newtown than critics suggest, joining knee now -- me now is kelly, and david sweet, a superintendent of harold independent school district in north texas. davids school implemented in 2007. one gentleman is about to do it and one gentleman who has done it already. let ...