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Fred, this is a tough story to dumb down. is there any accusation that the trump administration did anything wrong? >> reporter: there certainly isnt this point in time. if you look at the comments by alpha bank, they say they dont believe there was any wrongdoing. they said in the past that the explanation they think they can deliver, they also are not sure what exactly was going on there. they say they believe some executive or some of the other employees may have stayed at trump hotels and in...

Trail and well see what message he brings with him. first hell be in washington, d.c., for a ribbon cutting. >> vice president joe biden is not backing down. he connects his threat to take trump behind the gym to trumps self-described locker room talk about grabbing womens private parts. listen to this. >> i was a pretty good athlete. people didnt act like he talks about. thats not true. you know if youre in the locker room, the school i went to. one of the guys said, this is what im going to do...

Neighborhoods, i think. >> summerton. >> well -- >> scranton. >> scranton and claymont. one of the things that trump is trying to say that i was a pretty good athlete in high school, played a little in college. and people didnt act in the locker room like he talks about. thats not true. and you and i both know from the locker room and the school i went to, one of the guys said, this is what im going to do, because im the star halfback or quarterback, im the boss, and my sister and my girlfriends...

Striking distance of trump if he hasnt surged too soon. what do you think? >> i think the closer you get to the election, i think hes going to do very well in iowa. i think hell win iowa and that can really change things the selection. i think hes been underrated by a lot of people because they didnt understand what got him to washington in the first place. he was the ben carson, donald trump, before carson and trump thought about running for the white house in texas. >> what is his resolution f...

The democrat. that was the promise of chris christie. that is the promise of jeb bush. but what was on display in new hampshire this weekend was a party base that not only doesnt agree with jeb bush, but is going out of his way to attack him. heres marsha blackburn who seems to be toying with a 2016 campaign of her own. here she is taking a direct shot at the common core education standards, something for which jeb bush has been a vocal advocate. >> the unions dont want charter schools. they wan...

That was the promise of chris christie. that is the promise of jeb bush. but what was on display in new hampshire this weekend was a party base that not only doesnt agree with jeb bush, but is going out of his way to attack him. heres marsha blackburn who seems to be toying with a 2016 campaign of her own. here she is taking a direct shot at the common core education standards, something for which jeb bush has been a vocal advocate. >> the unions dont want charter schools. they want a happy meal...

To charge you more money to pay with plastic. a fight over the american flag in brooklyn park, minnesota. old glory has been flying on bridges there for the past seven years. put up by the vfw post to show their support for the troops. the department of transportation says take those down. the dot says it has nothing to do with patriotism and everything to do with safely. the flags are secured with brackets that could fly off and hit passing drivers. those are your headlines. >> check in with ri...

Dedicated resources for us. not just saying im going to take a page out of the application. >> so one out of three. >> thats okay. we get one. i will take one. were moving in the right direction. >> take what we can get. amilya antonetti. thank you for breaking this down for us. still ahead on the show. picking a fight with pig farmers. humane society says pig facilities are violating e.p.a. the president of the national pork producers council says thats a high. he is here to explain next.

Reading and math and other subjects engaging kids may be falling by the wayside. not true in every school but some schools. >> what about the reports we hear kids are burdened with hours and hours of homework every night. >> up town problem. no doubt that is learnly true for some rarefied subsouthwest kids. i used to teach in the south bronx for several years. my kids were not going home with 70 pounds of book and five hours of homework. >> south bronx is probably one of the poorest school distr...

Meet the benchmark status. bankemany schools decided not o increase academic rigor but to dumb down tests. president obama today announced an executive branch solution. >> starting today we be giving states more flexible to meet high standards. keep in mind the change we are making is not low aring standards. we are saying we will give you more flexibility to meet high standards. >> reporter: it allows the states to apply for waivers from no child left behind but the states must adopt education ...