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The more we can build upon success at the local level -- >> race to the top is your version of no child left behind. >> its a piece of it, but yes, rewarding excellence, having a high bar for everybody and making sure were measuring growth. >> is that your most important priority? >> i think so. standards, excellence. its time to close in on this one. were getting beat up in international competitions. there may be a new sputnik, which is our kids, our college graduates, are not getting jobs, lo...

Pro-reform advocates. >> there are going to be 535 people that vote on this bill. were going to check every single one and in november hold them accountable. i want to know, did you stand with the insurance companies, or did you stand with the american people? >> and, wolf, this was getting very personal. many of those protesters were holding wild west-style "wanted" posters showing the faces of ceos of several insurance companies. they never made it inside the hotel. that barricade was able to ...

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Is difficult to not think about it, but will keep hoping to find answers. >> what do we know? >> well, the man was a radical supporter of the khomeini regime who had just taken power and press accounts says he dressed as a mailman and gunned down a former official of the shahs home at bethesda, maryland, and got asylum in iran. the wife says she does believe him, because he returned a book bob levinson had lent to him. but this man has long said he wants to return to the united states, so that i...

The confidence that needs to exist between washington and jerusalem, when it comes to moving forward on the peace process, because officials in washington will suspect that the government of prime minister netanyahu is playing fast and loose right now. >> absolutely. i find it interesting that the interior ministry said they only told mr. netanyahu about it two hours after we had been reporting it. so certainly, it does seem like that there has been a big mess-up here, but the confidence is gone...

Record, the republican senator roy ashburn is drawing criticism from gay rights groups. he was arrested last week on a dui charge and reports surfaced that he had been spotted at a gay club. the father of four wept on ken radio and said this. >> i am gay, so i -- those are the words that have been so difficult for me for so long. but i am gay. but that it is something that is personal. i dont believe i felt with my heart that it, you know, being gay did not affect, wouldnt affect how i do my job...

The pedal and it kind of felt like it moved on its own. that is the only way i can describe it. it was taking over harder than i was. >> reporter: you didnt try to put it in neutral? >> no, i was holding onto the steering wheel with both hands because 94 miles an hour in a toyota prius is very fast. >> reporter: why didnt you turn the car off? >> because it was not safe. i didnt know if i hit the button if the steering wheel would lock or the wheels on the car would lock. >> reporter: any doubt ...

Theyre meeting a state standard, that bar has dumb yesterday down so much, theyre barely able to graduate from high school and totally inadequately prepared for college. >> who do you blame for this failure? >> i agree with the secretary there have been a number of states that lowered, something like 15 to 18 states have lowered standards, but there are other political pressures. the pressures of the groups, whenever you sgrou a reform, the unions get into it, and obvious they react negative. le...

Teachers, but they cant be fired because of the unions. >> you see the unions stepping up and doing interesting things. the idea of higher standards, both national unions are behind that. randy weingarten has said publicly they dont want to protect teachers who arent making it. the vast majority of our teachers are working hard and we have to support them. we need to reward great teachers, help those in the middle improve and those at the bottom need to remove them. right now were doing none of ...

The conservative republican study committee. >> the mcconnell plan doesnt have 218 republican votes, no way. who knows if theres a combination of rs and ds hell go for, but im telling you house conservative members, theyre not going to support the mcconnell plan, im not going to support the mcconnell plan. >> thats on sunday. the question is, where will these folks be on thursday and friday when they see the balanced budget amendment cant get through? and is eric cantor at john boehners side whe...