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>> or have access. >> or have access. >> a lot has to do with records that the phone companies already have. the phone companies already have phone records. thats not a new thing. so if were going to the phone companies thats not a new exposure. thats normal business. >> is that a third party? >> that could be a third party or the phone company. the congress has to get involved in some of that. if you really looked at this, one reason we said, we didnt fiend this database essential for preventin...

Its like having a super power. its like a magic thing. at the same time, when you look out the window, the whole world is pouring by at 5 miles a second. >> do your insides feel different? >> when you first get there, they sure do. they feel awful. you want to throw up. after a while, you get normal. you cant burp in space because if you think about it, the gas isnt at the top of your stomach. its sort of like bubbles and gas and solid altogether. so you cant burp in space. otherwise, your insid...

Help, will it help you. ed butowski joining me now. hi, ed. >> hi, jamie. youre in one of the worst housing markets down in texas. the question is whether or not it will help these homeowners looking at mortgages bigger than their home is worth. some had to move out. is this new plan from the president going to help folks out like that? >> any plan that can help lower the rate that people are paying right now will certainly help. so, you know, conceptually this is wonderful, because the average ...

What we need is a broad set of measures where your peer teachers, the feedback from students, evaluation of your video, of your classroom activities, all these things need to be brought together to build a personnel system. >> if the remedies arent greater accountability and more emphasis on merit for good teachers and dismissal for bad teachers and tests, what should we do? >> well, the biggest problem we have in american education is the fact that so many children live in desperate poverty. mo...

Coming up with the very best way to improve early childhood education. these would be immense social contributions. >> if there was a magic thing you could do to improve the inner city, you know, im all for any ideas there. i think improving the schools, having them be as good as the really good charter schools like the kipp and others, that is to me the most transformative thing. because the kipp school is running on the same dollars per student per year as the drop-out factory thats five block...

>> if there was a magic thing you could do to improve the inner city, you know, im all for any ideas there. i think improving the schools, having them be as good as the really good charter schools like the kipp and others, that is to me the most transformative thing. because the kipp school is running on the same dollars per student per year as the drop-out factory thats five blocks away. >> kipp, which stands for the knowledge is power program, is a group of public schools that are allowed to o...

in 2007 we spent over $10,000 per student. versus the $7,400 average for rich countries. how can we spend so much money and have so little to show for it? well ask that question and others to some of the leading figures in american education. here on this special and in a time essay. well examine the roll of teachers, testing and technology and well ask the man who spend billions of dollars trying to fix education about how hes spending his money, microsoft founder and philanthropist, ...

a country. indeed our democracy depends on an educated citizenry. lets take a look. 100 american kids entering high school, what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that hundred wont graduate from high school, a total of 50 wont go to college. thats half the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will attends college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. meanwhile other countries are outsmarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in...

100 representative american kids entering high school. what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that 100 wont graduate from high school. a total of 50 wont go to college. thats half the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years. meanwhile, other countries are outsmarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in the world in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math. overall, the wor...

what does fate have in store for them? 25 out of that 100 wont graduate from high school. a total of 50 wont go to college. thats half the class that wont go on to higher education. 50 will attend college, but only 22 will graduate within six years meanwhile, other countries are outstarting us. on a recent international test, u.s. students ranked only 15th in the world in reading, 23rd in science and 31st in math. overall, the world economic forum ranks the quality of our education at ...