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disclosure next. welcome to the journal, editorial report. im paul gigot. well, the school reform suffered a setback this week when the most visible and perhaps more controversial champion resigned. michelle reed served as chancellor for three and a half years and during her tenure student test scores improved and drop-out rates declined in the city and school vouchers for low income familiar letters, opened charter schools and negotiated a contract with the teacherss union that includ...

students and their families to talk about college affordability. capitol hill is relatively quiet with members of congress back home campaigning. the commission about the bp deep water blowout. and we will talk about the latest of the obama administrations policy. but first, lets look at the news about "dont ask, dont tell." arkansas question for you, should the courts or congress the side -- our question for you is, should the courts or congress decide "dont ask, dont tell?" our numbe...

what has congress accomplished? we want to get your view on that. congress finished up last night passing a continuing resolution, both in the house and senate, which is a spending bill. vicki, tells what happens? she is with the hill newspaper. guest: the senate picked up the bill first last night and moved it really quickly over to the house. what they did was pass a bill to keep the government running until december 3. host: what it passed with republican support on both sides? gues...

kentucky, arizona, and organ. "the washington post" headlines is calling it is super tuesday for both parties. we saw a transfer of power in great britain this past week. in the outlooksection of the "the washington post" -- the headline is "britain does it fast, so why cant we?" the number is 202-737-0002 for democrats and 202-737-0001 for republicans, if you are an independent, the number to call is 202-628-0205. he makes these points. on tuesday, prime minister gordon brown went to ...

A generic split on the ballot. >> its a split with democrats having a bit of an edge. the argument well be making is, during this tough economic time, what were republicans doing? the fact of the matter is, they were on the sidelines while we tried to get the economy out of the ditch. >> were trying to figure out -- the president, obviously, very popular guy. 70% of americans like him as a person. thats saying a lot, considering the political environment. lets take the guy that used to be -- all...

Himself, hell take his lead from members of congress as to where he can be most helpful. boyd is one of those people who has said, sometimes i agree with the president, sometimes i disagree with the president, just as every member of congress should represent their districts. >> exactly. >> thats what alans been doing. >> lets expand it out. the president wont help so much in the south or midwest, but he will help on the coast? >> i think the president recognizes as well as anybody there are dis...

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>> republicans vow to fight on, beginning in the senate where debate will soon start on the fixes made in the house. meanwhile, the president plans a road trip to help the democrats who gave him the win. good afternoon. welcome to news 4 at 4:00. >> well get the latest on health care in jaus bit. but first, folk, weve got severe weather blowing into parts of our area. veronica johnson has the latest. >> hey there, jim and pat. certainly isolated strong storms we have. the severe thunde...

steve handlesman joins us with more from capitol hill. steve? >> thanks, wendy. its a big win for democrats, republicans say they cant reverse it with repeal. they say even if they really, really do well in november, barack obama will still have the votes up here on the hill to prevent repeal to override his veto they feel would be impossible. but republicans say theyre going to try to change certain parts of the plan. and democrats today are reaching out with friends to try to have am...

Democrats to vote yes on the bill. mike viqueira is live at the white house. good morning. starting with those that have previously been nos and switching to yes. >> reporter: there was an iteration of this health care bill that came to the house of representatives back in november. i think it was 39 at the time voted against that bill. so the task before the president and democrats is to get the no votes to swing to yes votes. meanwhile, keep all the yes votes as yes votes. the president accord...