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And a half on their testing. then you end up with -- im not saying that no kid deserves that. im saying the tools we use are still cheating tools. theyre very different than -- >> the conversation around the narrowing of the curriculum is one that, again, allows us to absolve teachers from the responsibility of effectively teaching. if it was so narrow, if its so narrow, how come were not doing better. its not just poor black and latino kids. thats not what it is. in as a country, the reason wer...

Narrowing of the curriculum. when it narrows, whats happening? heres what the assessment is going to reflect. and this is what i am going to teach again to the test. >> let me suggest this. when a school has a choice, right? one of my concerns when we think particularly about low performing schools or poor schools, we start thinking of things that poor kids need. its dramatically different than what well-resourced kids need. private schools have lots of resources. given an option of high stakes ...

The deficit is narrowing at the moment. much more rapidly than anyone thought. so fiscal drag is certainly an issue. but the deficit is going in the other direction right now, which may be one of the factors contributing to lower interest rates. its an interesting undercurrent people dont talk about. >> and the debt discussion is so important. i would take a little bit of issue with steven moore. right now is a job. your jobless rate is 0% or 100%. you can argue about the politics of cutting or ...

What this economy would look like if it were not artificial. but there would be dire consequences if the fed decided to pull out of the economy. dont you think? >> you know, its a great question. the question that conservatives have, how does the fed put that geneny back in the bottle? we know this lesson from history. its not so easy to pull back. i agreed exactly with what mohammed said. theres a fundamental anxioety that maybe this economy is built on sand, not stone. and one of the reasons i...

For you. >> im john berman. it is monday, april 1st. 5:00 a.m. in the east. were going to start in texas where at this moment there is an intense manhunt under way. the search for some person or some people targeting public officials for assassination. the latest victim, kaufman county district attorney mike mclelland. he and his wife gunned down in their home southeast of dallas. this is the same county where less than two months ago, assistant district attorney was killed as he walked to work....

Why would anybody say thats the old boy and protect a person whos committed almost a capital crime? why would you protect a guy like that? >> one thing were trying to change is theres this thing called a convening authority, be a general up the chain of command who has the decision-making authority to decide whether an allegation goes forward to an investigation and to a trial. and our view is that general, that commanding officer, isnt necessarily trained in rape, isnt trained in legal theory, ...

Things before they heard the bells calling everybody back to greet the new pope. you say you believe we dont have a pope and we should now mention that there is no more smoke pouring from inside and now we see more smoke and, again, it does appear a dark gray. so, john, if we assume that this is black. if we assume that no consensus has been reached. reading your blog today, a very important moment could then happen if we see the cardinals then make their way back to santa marta house for lunch ...

You dont kid around, cover up, you dont do business with them. why would anybody say thats the old boy and protect a person whos committed almost a capital crime? why would you protect a guy like that? >> one thing were trying to change is theres this thing called a convening authority, be a general up the chain of command who has the decision-making authority to decide whether an allegation goes forward to an investigation and to a trial. and our view is that general, that commanding officer, i...

You dont do business with them. why would anybody say thats the old boy and protect a person whos committed almost a capital crime? why would you protect a guy like that? >> one thing were trying to change is theres this thing called a convening authority, be a general up the chain of command who has the decision-making authority to decide whether an allegation geese forward to an investigation and to a trial. and our view is that general, that commanding officer, isnt necessarily trained in rap...

This, there have been a lot of catholics and theologians talking about what can come next. and theres one priest whos been writing about the whole process, saying that now may be the best time ever to shake things up. take a listen to this. >> the last two papacies, we elected the smartest man in the room. brilliant theologians. maybe its time to elect someone who listens to all the other smart people in the room, and the church itself, and brings these creative people together, to solve the pro...