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Years. they also fought off the more stringent requirements in the new evaluation system that they will have to work longer days. children who enter kindergarten will get 2 1/2 more years. cops can enforce a part of an immigration law. it allows officers to question the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally. it was on hold while the obama administration examine other challenges -- and other challenges wound their way throughout lower courts. the coast guard en...

Well overdue and im excited about it examine lets get going. >> gretchen: deal gives teachers a 7% pay raise over the next three years. they also fought off the more stringent requirements in the new evaluation system. they will have to work longer days, however. children who enter kindergarten will get 2 1/2 more years of instruction by the time they graduate. starting right now, police in arizona can enforce one of the key parts of the states controversial immigration law. the judge just rul...

Are still not in class. heather: why didnt they get it resolved over the summer when the kids werent in school. >> the union kept moving the goal post. the union agreed to a knew evaluation system that said 30% of a teachers evaluation will be test scores. now they dont like that because they think it will fire teachers. im sure there are many good teachers in the chicago school system. they are bound by this horrible rule book that bounds what they teach. heather: i want to just put up a list o...

Districts and parents all across this country are concerned about that. its a national issue. people want to know, how do you get rid of bad teachers? an interesting point here in chicago. there are reports that as many as 90% of chicago teachers have been rated satisfactory or excellent, chris. that means of the 29,000 teachers in the school district, very few have been rated unsatisfactory. and the teachers dont rate themselves. there may be a lot of blame to go around here in terms of the eva...

>> alisyn: thanks, peter. what else is happening around the world. 350,000 children in chicago may be back in school tomorrow. the teacher union getting ready for a proposed vote for the school board. the teachers union wants bigger salaries, more benefits and changing to a new evaluation system. and teachers in chicago are the highest paid in the country, making on average, $76,000 a year. you would think that harvard students would be bright enough to change their answers if they were cheating...

Strike is professor melissa harris. great to see you. first lets get into the politics of this. president obama managed to have it both ways on education reform. steady student from teachers while promoting the evaluation system that is hugely unpopular. his adoptive hometown of chicago, where all his movers and shakers like mayor emanuel hatched the plan for his re-election, also arrest any done cap tarne duncan. how much does it reflect on him? >> i dont think it will have much of an impact an...

Afford that. >> gretchen: the teachers union want more change evaluation system and only 60 percent of the chicago students graduate compared with national average of 75 percent. and an apology for showing russian navy ship in the democratic national convention. the retired navy four star paid tribute to our nations heros and the committee blaming a vendor error. >> steve: that is a good one. vendor error. folks news alert. there is an attack on the yemen embassy. that means it is an act of war ...

And i dont think we can wait a year before we take action. we have our policy known to israel. >> gretchen: there is a public relations spin because president obama poke an hour with netanyahu last night . stay tuned to see if a meeting happens next week when he is in our country. congressman poe thank you. >> gretchen: teachers are on trike in chicago for a third day now. (chanting) >> gretchen: teachers union and school board cant agree on evaluation and right for recall of laid off teachers. ...

Conditions. this is about for the students. and its about fairness. lets bring in karen lewis, president of the chicago teachers union. just out of the negotiations to join us tonight. karen, any progress? whats the latest? >> theres been some movement on the scores. we were having problems with it. we were able to show them where there were some real major flaws that a person could actually be quite okay and actually good as a teacher and still get a flawed e evaluation. look, we want people to...

Acknowledging his death. letters written by bin laden and captured during the raid at his compound show he was up with of the handful of operatives who promoted al-qaedas case to a world wide audience, militants, especially young people. he escaped a high security prison in 2005. school is out for 350,000 students. youre saying i just went back. well, theyre out because the chicago teachers union on strike for a second day. thousands of teachers and supporters marched to city hall complaining ...