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president of ubecki -- becki-stan-stan, im going to say i dont know, do you know? >> the least of herman cains problems now but they are causing trouble. ill explain. then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. first, heres my take. ive been thinking about occupy wall street which is now occupying a number of other cities in america. and wondering what is it reall...

americas impending drawdown in afghanistan. hes worried. next up -- >> when they ask me whos the president of ubecki -- becki-stan-stan, im going to say, you know, i dont know. do you know? >> the least of herman cains problems now but they are causing trouble. ill explain. then, new studies confirm what we know. america is slipping behind in education worldwide. we take an in-depth look with the secretary of education and bill gates. but first, heres my take. ive been thinking a...

Excellent education nation initiative. now, some of the top minds in education reform along with teachers and parents have gathered to talk about ideas, problems, and solutions for putting americas schools back on top. theres a lot of positive, constructive discussion happening, and lets face it, a lot of rhetoric. now, one of the things that ive learned in my travels, speaking and debating with reformers, parents, teachers, teachers union officials and children across the country is this -- the...

More money, especially in times like these. in the state of california we are strapped. and we keep -- we continue to lose money that had been previously allocated toward education. so my send is this -- if a -- my sense is this -- if a community wants a higher standard of public education, why shouldnt they if given direction by the superintendent of the schools, by the board of education, by the principals, why shouldnt they be able to donate toward that rather than taking, what, 25, 30,000 a ...

Its hard to connect everything up. >> glenn: who is making the decisions? >> politicians. people outside the field. the teachers dont have a voice. not getting to say the things we need to focus on in terms of the policy, reform. >> glenn: what would be the, what would you say is the biggest thing that -- if anybody had a grand unifying theory here to fix it, what would it be? yes. >> i think it all comes down to its not an education problem. its a values problem. excellent teachers create excel...

The field making decisions its hard to connect everything up. >> glenn: who is making the decisions? >> politicians. people outside the field. the teachers dont have a voice. not getting to say the things we need to focus on in terms of the policy, reform. >> glenn: what would be the, what would you say is the biggest thing that -- if anybody had a grand unifying theory here to fix it, what would it be? yes. >> i think it all comes down to its not an education problem. its a values problem. exce...

When you have 41% of republican primary voters saying they doubt whether the president was born in the united states. thats a problem with your base. thats an education problem. you need responsible republicans to stand up and condemn the fringe. it should make responsible republicans very concerned. >> maybe thats why karl rove is speaking out. john avlon, many thanks joining us live from new york. time for sports. everybody knows kobe bryant can score. he really stepped up his defense as the...

Situation, were going to... they see it, well put out the first offer and want them to come back to us. why is that not a good way to do that. >> republicans say, okay, president you are right. we wont, either, and what good is government? what are they doing for us? and you almost get the sense here that when it comes to entitlement, republicans are from mars and president obama is from venus nuand they are not talking to each other and i predict in his news conference hell make up for lost gro...

An e-mail and ill try to respond to as many as possible because after all i work for you. but i guess that wouldnt make for a very interesting drinking game. >> not only that it would make for unanimous credible disruption. if you look at the jobs problem in this country, which is really at the core issue, without jobs you have the poverty problem w-the poverty problem you also have the education problem, mental illness problem, violence problem, lack of tax revenue problem. i can go down the li...

This is an engineering feat that has never been tried at this depth with this large of a device, and its really going to be something new. everyone hoping it works, it works the first time, because they didnt make two of these large containers. theyre going to try and make this work the first time. and if they do, they will be able to collect, they say, 80% to 85% of the leaking oil, which would be a huge relief to the environmental damage thats being done out here. >> youre reading my thoughts....