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Wants to dismiss this as fringes and frosting, but their talking points. for example, immigration reform, they saw it as a life or death issue. they said if we lose on immigration, we lose on everything. the message on this issue has to be we cant trust obama to enforce immigration laws after the amnesty. that is exactly hook, line, and sinker. the line that republicans in congress have been giving to the public as to why they cant have comprehensive reform. >> you know, a lot of politics is abo...

Shows about sexy female engineers. at the fourth grade level, girls at the same percentages of boys say theyre interested in careers in engineering or math or astrophysics. by eight grade that has dropped precipitously. >> what is happening? >> a few things. i think theyre not seeing role models. theyre seeing boys who are astronauts, engineers, boys who start facebook or google. theyre not seeing girls. its hard to imagine yourself as something you dont see, particularly when youre a kid. >> se...

Had taken credit recovery for algebra because they failed that, algebra 2, and geometry, and they were about the fifth grade level, maybe fourth grade level coming in cause i would test them to find their grade level. they didnt belong in precalculus, but had been told they passed, which is a great disservice to them. >> gretchen: so what is the end result here, professor, because if these kids actually graduated from high school, theyre obviously not at the 12th grade level. what does this say ...

Worlds away from mansons reality of guards and prison politics. >> he was diminutive, 52" tall. so the reports on him from prison is he was always seeking to ingratiate himself with his co-inmates because he had this low self-esteem. >> by 1966, manson had spent more than half his life behind bars. he describes a life without purpose. >> i was doing hard time. my life, my mind was being mutilated by concrete and steel. i was fed up with the individual prisons had made me. i was 27 years old, but...

Building this mosque and cultural center near, not on, ground zero, but even near ground zero? >> yeah, even near it. i think its because were -- were a little slow on the uptake sometimes. those are pretty much the exact numbers of the people at the beginning of the iraq war, of 28%, 30% opposed it. and about 70% were in favor of it. we always seem to get it wrong at first, whether that was with slavery, killing indians, women not voting. were not very good at the beginning of these things. wer...