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[ applause ] lets make sure none of our kids start out of the race of life already a step behind. lets make it a national priority to give every child access to a high quality early education. >> steve: but despite that programs $8 billion price tag, a new government report says it doesnt actually work as well as those on the left might say, so says stuart varney. good morning to you. >> good morning. the question this morning really is, look, why expand an expensive and some say ineffective pro...

Start program has no clear impact on language and literacy while the children are in head start. plus, there is no noticeable effect on these children after third grade. so if there is any improvement while theyre in head start, it doesnt last after third grade. so why are we planning to expand at significant cost, an expensive program thats under fire? why are we doing that? >> steve: well, the president just made the case, that if we give these youngsters the tools going forward, they will hav...

The no-spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: im bill oreilly. thanks for watching. what president obama really wants that. is the subject of tonights talking points memo. a stunning study, it says that despite spending almost $200 billion on the head started program. the program is not helped them very much. by the third grade, head start students are behind their peers. someone should tell president obama about the study because he continues to pound the drum for even more educationa...

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Hill today weve been watching testimony from members of the administration talking about the consequences of this for their own departments. well talk a little bit about the department of education next. the president is actually in is touring an early childhood learning center near atlanta. the visit comes days after his state of the union address when he called on states to make pre-k education, so education for 3 and 4-year-olds, available to every child in america. joining us now is the secr...

Professional, help with after-school programs, those decisions are best made at the local level by parents and principals. not by us here in washington. we want to increase access to resources so people make determinations at local level. jenna: the schools on a local level, do have armed guards, not armed teachers, do you have any thoughts about that as the secretary of education? >> well i think, sometimes it is effective. look at virginia tech, they had a security force there. didnt stop that...

Allotted to school security? what is being invested in when it comes to school security? >> well, were investing very heavily but part of what the president and the vice president are asking congress to do is to increase the investment that we can make. so at the federal level, at the state level, the local level, speaking first and foremost as a parent of two young children we have to make sure our children are safe. whether or not it is head start program, elementary school, middle school, hig...

>> now is the time for a diplomatic solution because a coalition stands united in demanding that they meet their obligations and we will do what is necessary to prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon. jenna: president obama at the state of the union repeating his warning to iran when it comes to its nuclear ambitions. also this week there is a new report in the "washington post" that says iran is trying to get its hands on tens of thousands of highly specialized magnets that are used in cent...

Highly enrich uranium you couldnt possibly check it military or by any other means. jenna: on that, how good is our intelligence do you feel coming from inside of iran to know exactly what is happening inside the country? >> id say its probably pretty weak. i think the best intelligence is gathered by the u.n. watch doug. i think there are other electronic means to provide some assistance but i doubt seriously whether we have human sources in the program that provide current and valuable informa...

Saw her as a team because we were part of a program that was called the summit program, and we worked together, and she would check in on her status on a daily basis and just offer positive reinforcement. >> how did you find out what happened to her? >> um, i work at the head start program in danbury, and so all day we were taking in information and figuring out lockdown. rumors were coming in. some were true. some proved not. the name the principal, which her -- came through, and it didnt come ...