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That lead this country do pinpoint need to focus on teacher training. we need to make sure that we focus resource the kids who need them the most. we need to extend the school day and school year and we need to make sure that all kids like my daughter here in d.c. have access to free universal pre-k. thats what the debate should be about. what im hoping that conversation between gray and rhee or gray and fenty will be about. >> to be continued. well have our own education summit right here at th...

Make it and after theyve been helped, of course you have to have due process but you have to sever somebody from employment. the issue is that we know we have to have great teachers, but we also have to have more than great teachers because we cant do it alone and we have to have good curriculum, the kind of wrap-around services that kids need to eradicate barriers to success. but i thought the president really tried to change the tone yesterday and i was very pleased by that. >> i also want to ...

241 teachers were fired. 165 for not making -- not passing that test, if you will. its a subjective test plus a written test. the teachers union is appealing that, saying that, in fact, the test, they did not have the opportunity to be properly evaluated, under your own standards. >> right. a lot of what were hearing from the union right now is that we rushed to do this. that teachers, that ineffective teachers should have been given more time to improve their practice. but for me, i think the c...

Reforms are a central issue in this mayoral race. and theres no guarantee that if the current mayor is not re-elected that youll stay on. >> thats right. mayor fenty has committed to keeping me on board and ive committed to him as well. and i think the most important thing for people to understand is that in order for these reforms to çcontinue, we have have a leader who is ready to make the hard calls and who is not going to be afraid of the opposition that sometimes comes with that. >> youre...

Budgets are tight. and so are the streets. did he just swipe that car? think thats bad? check out this side of town, where you could say the working folks live. this is main street america. and folks here are still waiting for their snow bailout. i couldnt help but ask -- are we talking about snow or are we talking about politics in congress? >> wow. theyve got so much on their plates. >> reporter: her suggestion? congress should start a snow commission. >> i think so. why not? >> reporter: woul...

For those who cant get out and have snow cabin fever, a mental escape. summer is just over four months away. this is now official a record breaking snow season. in baltimore, they have at least 65 inches. that breaks the record set in 1995, 96 that winter season. in d.c. we have at least 55 inches. and that breaks a record set back in 1898, 99. the winter season. the mayor fenty says he hopes to have the city back up on its feet by tuesday after the three-day holiday weekend. bret? >> bret: okay...

You at least hit my street. >> let me be mean. big cities where mayors lose their office. mayor lindsey may have gotten re-elected but people laughed at that guy because he was in florida during a snowstorm. >> when marion barry was mayor he was in california when it was snowing in washington. >> this time around we have a sophisticated mayor. everybody liked him for a while. it is time for a competition. i think somebody has to run this city needs better effort. i would like to see some action....

Literally closed all the runways for the next 24 hours. theres nothing out even though were in flights anyway, but now officially they said youre done. d.c. finally ending this evening, 6 to 12 inches in snow total on top of the 20 to 25 that youve already had in d.c. and karen leblanc is with us from the d.c. d.o.t., and describe what your roads look like, karen, just take it away. >> hey, chad, thank you so much to say that its coming to an end at some point, because wed like to know that. you...

And quite a bit of damage here. real quickly before we go, a post office route up the street in vienna, virginia, is buckling. it was evacuated about an hour ago. reporting live from fairfax county, virginia, just outside d.c., im kimberly suiters. now back to you guys. >> thank you, kimberly. the sound of that truck in reverse, savannah, thats good news for a lot of people, because you want to hear a truck. but i have to say, the washington, d.c., city streets are a mess and its embarrassingly ...

Have you ruled out trying confessed 9/11 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed in new york city? >> i have not ruled it out, but i think its important for us to take into account the practical, logistical issues involved. i mean, if youve got a city that is saying "no" and a police department thats saying "no," and a mayor thats saying "no," that makes it difficult. >> the president acknowledging a trial for 9/11 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed in new york city has become less and less likely, but...