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Reports from around the world. u.s. students are average in reading and science, below average in math. the u.s. came in 36 out of 65 developed countries between the slovak republican and lithuania. students in shanghai are more than two years ahead of the peers in massachusetts. the u.s. did better in reading, 24th in the world rankings. number one, shanghai again. science, the u.s. came in number 28 on that list. the top performer? you guessed it. shanghai, china. the u.s. will not get the mos...

Denver. that is where we find alicia acuna shivering. how does it feel, alicia in i bet it feels cold, right? >> awesome, fantastic you can imagine. yeah it is awesome. it is actually pretty dangerous. im going to be able to go inside pretty soon but hospitals are filling up here in the denver area. thats because the cold, extreme cold can take a hard hit to the body. they have seen people with broken bones from falling. they have had traffic accidents but something as simple as brief skin expos...

World war ii, united states senate in which the majority can do anything it wants, any time it wants, is a senate without rules. it would be like the red sox falling behind in boston and saying to the cardinals, were the home team, well add a few innings until we can score some runs. this is a senate without rules. and its done -- >> thats lamar alexander and mitch mcconnell, republican leaders, in the u.s. senate, blasting harry reid, senate majority lead somewhere democrats for dramatically ch...

Vanderburgs words, a united states senate in which the majority can do anything it wants is a september without rules. it would be like the red sox falling behind in boston and saying to the cardinals. we are the home team and add innings until we score runs. this is a senate without rules and done based on the flimiest excuses and the argument is that filibusters were used to deny seats to presidential nominees. and the number of supreme court nominees who are denied their seat by a filibuster ...

>> when theres only been 85 done in history. i make it simple, krystal. its a yes or no vote. its just that simple. now its a yes or no vote. 51 yes, it goes. if its lower than 51, its no and it doesnt pass. no games in between. and this is only a nominee. this is not legislation. >> right. >> and its not even on supreme court nominees. so when they play this game, the republicans, that the sky is falling, it does not mean legislation and it does not mean supreme court. it means on administrativ...

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You might remember him from his role in the 2010 academy award winning film "the hurt locker". his camp has not issued a comment yet. finally, good news all my fellow earthlings. the sky is not fallingment we probably would have left fit was falling. in less than 48 hours maybe. two ton european space satellite is expect the to plunge down to earth. it really ran out of juice last month. no one knows exactly when or where this thing will fall. but heres the good news. it is being tracked onlin...

>> thanks. dont forget to watch steve and his raggedy pants this weekend. the raggedy pants not so much on rup 8:00 eastern saturday and sunday msnbc. see you back ontomorrow noon eastern. "andrea mitchell reports" with guest host peter alexander is coming up next. im meteorology bill karins with business travel forecast. were still watching rain moving through new england and mid-atlantic states throughout the afternoon hours. minor airport delays possible with the rain. temperatures will be ...

Is it good for them? is it good for us? >> well, were in big trouble. i mean our roads are crumbling. bridges are falling, our infrastructure hasnt really been effectively repaired in a major way sinces 1950s. and we dont have the money to do this. states can barely balance their budgets. many are going bankrupt. 30 of the 50 largest local governments have more of a pension burden than they do in revenues. so they dont have the money to do it. the federal government certainly doesnt. >> right. >...

Obama who heads to virginia with his lowest approval ratings yesterday, campaigning for terry mcauliffe, the race that the republicans were supposed to win. its an off year election, its in a state that has for four decades voted against the party occupying the white house in gubernatorial elections. its a state where terry mcauliffe was crushed in the democratic primary just four years ago. this year, barring a major upset, mcauliffe is going to win. and the difference here is the tea party, wh...