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world leaders gather there. in a keynote address earlier this morning vice president harris had very strong words for the kremlin. >> the united states has formally determined that russia has committed crimes against humanity, and, i say to all of those who have perpetrated these crimes, and to their superiors who are complicit in these crimes, you will be held to account. >> joining me live now live from munichs courtney kube, courtney, thank you very much for being here, you are p...

immune to the "venom of hatred" to achieve the peace and prosperity that have eluded them through years of bloody ethnic conflicts. more news at the top of the hour. now its time for political thinking with nick robinson. his guest this week as mary bousted, one of the teaching union leaders. hello and welcome to political thinking. it was another week when children and parents had to wait anxiously for an early morning text or an email to tell them whether their classroom or their sch...

You take the side of continuing ignorance, when you take the side of shielding people from things they need to know and understand to grow and be healthy and be dynamic, you usually lose. it doesnt mean that you will lose, but you usually lose. that is why the rest of us have to recognize this as a fundamental threat to the kind of democratic society many of us want to see. we cannot accept bigotry and ignorance in our schools. we cannot accept these bans on books. we cannot accept the false ide...

Or the many other things that there are bitter and angry debates at the easter conference each and every year? well, we dont opine about them all the time. and most of the time spent at that conference is spent on education debates. we have one motion on international affairs and, you know, members are interested in international affairs. we have an international committee and we have a strong policies on palestine and we have strong policies on a range of international issues. i just wonder if ...

Wisconsin one you had the recall elections in 2011, in 2012. a huge portion of the funding from very wealthy donors out wisconsin for scott walker came from people that are tides into these education debates. you have to ask yourself is that a healthy scenario in indiana, wisconsin if this money is coming from outside? >> its not because theyre picking and choosing neighborhoods, theyre picking and choosing kids. they have a failed philosophy. they want to change america is what they want to do....