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The real deficit is achievement gap in education. im proud of msnbc doing a show like this, this special well do at noon. its so important. this is the issue that i think everyone should be talking about. >> yeah. hill, lets get right to this discussion right now. to do that, were joined by a couple of people who work for something called city year. talking about with rachel right now, a team leader with city year, and robert, a program manager. and good morning to the two of you. hill will join...

Up to 18 people in three states may not be sent to michigan soon. 33-year-old elias abuelazam detained in georgia been 14 of the 18 attacks happened in michigan. a police official says abuelazam likely went be sent back to michigan either today or tomorrow. five men died in the attacks. so what is next in the battle over proposition 8 in california? well, this week a judge struck it down, and an appeal on the ruling was quickly filed. joining me here at msnbc with politico.com. good morning. >...

>> thank you. well, for even more news and analysis from the nbc political unit logon to firstread.msnbc.com. lets go live to venice, louisiana, and nbcs charles hadlock. good morning, charles. >> reporter: good morning. >> before we get to the new testing theres new developments surrounding the moratorium on offshore drilling. whats the latest youre hear thoong. >> a.p. is reporting the white house is considering lifting the moratoriumi moratoriumer earlier. the president is in florida this...

With the ongoing rains they get grounded. the commander of the separation told us of the nine days they he had been here, over half of those days their flights were grounded. so less than 50% of their potential is being used, and thats simply because of weather. >> okay. stephanie gosk from pakistan, thank you so much. well, a warden and security chief redesigned at arizona prison where three inmates escaped last month. director of arizona department of corrections said he had great concerned ...

Years and youre doing this just to save your own skin. so its a very contentious race that will go right down to the wire. >> yeah, i think one of the most fascinating ones to watch. well be watching you. thanks so much, ron allen. and for a preview of all tuesdays primaries plus the latest reporting and analysis from the nbc news political unit logon to firstread.msnbc.com. the internet so often gets a bad rap but a new study shows it can actually make people happy. so what is it online tha...

Appearance since he began to face calls for his resignation. were going to have a lot more coming up with the political panel later on this hour. you can also stay up to the minute on the latest political headlines on our website. that is firstread.msnbc.com. it is the place for politics. the white house is to kick off a new effort aimed at fighting terrorism. president obama will play host to officials from 47 nations this week to discuss ways of securing the worlds nuclear material. mike viq...

Four. rnc chair michael steele admits his party has faced some pretty dig distractions lately but says they peal in comparison to the larger issues facing the country. it was the embattled leaders first comments to the party since the embarrassing revelations. he took responsibility but insisted the focus needs to be on the other side of the aisle. >> democrats also know they have some explaining to do, and theyd love nothing more than for us to keep pointing fingers at me and others instead of ...

It is a very popular tourist area. >> reporter: the hotel is a large compound that stretches for quite some area and most of the folks here were aware of the incident when it happened last week because they say the hotel immediately went into somewhat of a lockdown mode. security was much more visible and there was obviously police officers who were on scene on the compound. but as some of those folks cycle out and new people check into the hotel, we havent seen the same type of intensity in ter...

Have been new guests filing in and many were unaware of the incident. even some of the guests we spoke to yesterday and a few days ago were here during the crime and heard some of the arguing going on so theyre certainly aware of the incident. >> perhaps potential witnesses being called by investigators. miguel almaguer, thank you. you can read more about the death investigation. its there at msnbc.com for you. terrorism takes the focus in washington tomorrow when leaders begin gathering at th...

Its ruining one of the crown jewels of the national park systems, the everglades. dont forget to click on firstread.msnbc.com for all the latest from us and the rest of the nbc news political team. especially tonight, its primary night. so coming up, what makes the primaries this year so important to watch? we go in the room with two guys who knows this season works. tom davis and martin frost. plus, oscar fever hits hollywood. the nominations officially announced just this morning. a big ch...