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Your thoughts on changes to the nations education laws. Parents 2,027,488,202,748,001 and 202,748,003. You can send us an email or facebook. Start dialling in and well get to your thoughts and how you would change education policy in this country. But first joining us on the phone this morning is lauren camera, reporter for Education Week to talk about the debate. Lets begin with the house approving legislation narrowly last night to rewrite the no child left behind law. Why this debate now . Th...

Two more questions. In iraq, you recall off the top of your head granted the focus is about afghanistan the number of beds and desks built versus occupied . Do you have that number or is that something you can provide this committee . I think that is something we can provide. I hope its not a difficult ask. And i hope we can get it sooner than later. The last question on cyber security. Are you aware of any Network Disruptions or intrusions at the state department that have affected obo . Intrus...

Ago they called in senator mitchell and ken dubestein to investigate where they had gone wrong with the ioc and make recommendations. External respected, nonpartisan investigation. This committee to help u. S. Soccer set up a similar independent committee to find out what on earth has gone so badly wrong and it being covered up. Also u. S. Soccer could do what your government does, which is put everything online. The forms are inadequate. And then renew, reorganize and reinvigorated soccer could...

They said, work and have to drop you. I said, i dont care. She is wearing one of my [indiscernible] that was nice. I never liked them that much because they were made in china. [laughter] donald trump obviously, they appreciated. But referring to people as frank luntz but referring to people as racist. Donald trump frank luntz you called him a dummy. Is that appropriate for running for president . Donald trump you have to let me speak, frank, because you interrupt me all the time. Lets take john...

This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. New video is leading to more questions this morning in the death of a young woman in a texas jail cell. Authorities have released surveillance tapes showing the moment an da bland was found dead inside her cell. The Sheriffs Department says she committed suicide, but the District Attorney says he intends to treat this case like a murder investigation. Reporter in this video, you can see a gurney being wheeled down a hall toward...

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Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff thre...

To study, although i wasnt planning on being a historian. I was originally going to go into the foreign service. Cspan can you remember when you first got interested in history, say, in high school, or even grade school . Guest no, because it was taught so poorly in high school i cant imagine why i would have been interested in it from the High School Teacher. He used to have us read from muzzey, the textbook. That was how we did history. Each would read a paragraph, and hed go up and down the r...

College so i was able to talk to a group of kids in the program and i also interviewed students who were part of another Afterschool Program that i was a more traditional and i wanted to see what they thought about trying to achieve something more than just roaming the streets. I wanted to hear from their perspective what its like to be part of this movement going on to graduate from the program for their undergraduate work for the School Example and berkeley and columbia surveyed so they did qu...

Floor. Mr. President , on an entirely different matter the ongoing revelation revelations about planned parenthood are more than just disturbing. They literally shock the conscious. A democratic colleague called them quote very troubling end quote. Extremly troubling and highly troubling. Next week every member of this party will have a chance to join us in reaffirming the commitment to compassion and Womens Health. We made legislation making sure Womens Health tax dollars are spent on Womens He...