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My only point is here to focus on what should be your primary objective, trying to get a handle on why our kids are getting dumber and not why at an earlier age they have to be more sexually savvy. >> exactly. >> it seems to me theyve got their priorities backwards. >> exactly. what they need to be focused on are core subjects, reading, writing, science. figuring out how to improve the education system. offering competition. offering choice. thats what we should be focused on, not hiring adminis...

Has a new article that discusses much of this or all of this. let me start first with the whole is there hype from the obama administration? >> well nthat particular claim which was eyebrow raising, lit getting pink slipped. we asked the education department yesterday if they could tell us any school district where this is happening. they couldnt. today, the secretary got up in the white house briefing room and said it was happening in one county in west virginia. >> greta: one county? >> we cal...

Has a new article that discusses much of this or all of this. let me start first with the whole is there hype from the obama administration? >> well nthat particular claim which was eyebrow raising, that teachers are literally getting pink slipped. we asked the education department yesterday if they could tell us any school district where this is happening. they couldnt. today, the secretary got up in the white house briefing room and said it was happening in one county in west virginia. >> gret...

Some way and weve got five days left. when you think back to fiscal cliff, things can happen at the last minute. do you see any move on a bipartisan basis for another alternative to happen? >> no. no. only thing that could happen -- and the difference -- the fiscal cliff, the moment we went over that, everybodys taxes increased. march 2nd, nothing will happen. all the cuts -- its not a cliff, its a gentle slope because youre going to have to give people notice about furloughs. those people may n...

Forth today with really smart republican strategist who said oversight. the house republicans could call up any cabinet secretary who says, well, im going to take -- im going to close the washington monument rather than cutting off the gsa conferences with people and remember, the famous photographs of the gsa administrators in the bathtub with his glass of red wine. >> greta: i sure do. >> thats going to-- we all need therapy to overcome that image, but thats the kind of thing that oversight wi...

Forth today with really smart republican strategist who said oversight. the house republicans could call up any cabinet secretary who says, well, im going to take -- im going to close the washington monument rather than cutting off the gsa conferences with people and remember, the famous photographs of the gsa administrators in the bathtub with his glass of red wine. >> greta: i sure do. >> thats going to-- we all need therapy to overcome that image, but thats the kind of thing that oversight wi...

United just cut the dreamliners from its schedule until june. not encouraging news here at all. this yearss flu shot is not doing a good job of protecting those who need it most. public health administrators say in senior citizens its only 9% effective against the harsh strain of the flu. overall, for all age groups, the effectiveness is a moderate 56%. its not clear why the vaccine is not working well in older americans, but the cdc says some protection is still better than none. ive seen so ...

United just cut the dreamliners from its schedule until june. not encouraging news here at all. this yearss flu shot is not doing a good job of protecting those who need it most. public health administrators say in senior citizens its only 9% effective against the harsh strain of the flu. overall, for all age groups, the effectiveness is a moderate 56%. its not clear why the vaccine is not working well in older americans, but the cdc says some protection is still better than none. ive seen so ...

From your brain and start over again. >> and students at columbia we spoke to seemed to welcome the professors approach. >> i think its a good thing. i think a lot of times, students get caught up in the everyday and i dont know, sometimes were jaded about being here at the university. >> all i think it could be up, its a good idea. yeah, its always a good id idea-- its very weird. >> even a student who thought it was strange said after seeing the video. >> i liked it. >> we couldnt reach profes...

You know they have appropriated more money to the va. they have heard the president of the united states say the right things about veterans, and yet at the same time, the problems that are facing these iraq and afghanistan veterans when they come home are getting worse and worse and worse, to the point that even if you kill osama bin laden, youre stuck in the same backlog. and he has literally gotten letters from the va since he filed his disability claim in the fall that say basically, dont ca...