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today when he speaks in the white house rose garden. hes going to be calling for an extension of tax cuts only for people earning $250,000 a year or less. >> so the president is totally committed to getting rid of the tax cut for those making $250,000 or above. >> lets make progress on our spending by doing away with tax cuts for people that quite frankly dont need them and that havent worked and have them pay their fair share? >> that a yes or no. the president is completed committed ...

>> and sadly adult schools have won the show and made us stupid in america. >> school spending has tripled over the past 40 years. we spend more than other countries but what do we get? more assistant principals but student learning? no improvement. take a look. here is the line. 40 years scores have been flat. more money, no improvements. its awful but there is some good news, around america cool things are starting to happen. >> school is boring. >> no. its not. >> and yes. it is. i know. i we...

>> translator: emperor and empress will leave the facility. >> translator: next, we will have a word of mourning with mr. yokomichi. >> the head of the lower house. were watching the memorial service live from tokyo one year after the massive earthquake and tsunami, which left almost 16,000 people dead. more than 3,000 are missing. so far weve heard from both the prime minister and the importantly the emperor, who is 79 years of age in poor health, just recently recovered from heart ...

details. we wrap it up here. "starting point." im going to hop on a plane and get to south carolina. we hand it over to "cnn newsroom." ill see you back here tomorrow ill see you back here tomorrow morning. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. we start this hour with that doomed cruise ship off italy and fading hope to find anymore survivors. people are still missing in those frigid waters. two americans. at least 11 people have been killed. rescue operations...

more than $15 trillion in growing. politicians are deadlocked on how to fix it. only you can tackle your own personal debt. lynnette is the founder of askthemoneycoach.com. are americans back to their bad old ways? we saw consumer credit up. are people more comfortable or living paycheck to paycheck? >> i think they are living paycheck to paycheck. we saw debt in november. american consumers added $20 billion to their credit cards. i think that people have this sense of frugal fatigue....

Overnight. the blast destroyed the section of pipeline that carries gas from egypt to israel and jordan. this is the sixth attack on the pipeline since mubarak was pushed out of power in february. as part of our education nation series this week, nbc news is tackling the challenges facing our nations schools. just this morning you heard from former florida governor jeb bush and he was joined by his sister-in-law, former first lady laura bush. they discuss whats behind the nations shortfalls an...

>> and we cant be responsible for all of student learning because kids come in with a lot of other issues, but this is where data comes in. i am not a math teacher, but i was a social studies teacher. say you had fractions and you did a classroom assessment and you saw that your kids werent getting it, and then the next day, thats where data comes in, and then the next day you come in based upon what you just saw to fix it, and in some ways we have seen schools that do this. the best school in t...

Seventh grade level in mathematics, how do you accommodate both of those needs? how do you coordinate logistics in a large school? but it does recognize that student learning is very individualized and we need to take that into consideration. >> maybe some children if theyre two levels behind in one area, maybe that identifies them for more help in that particular area too, even if they are better in some of the other ubts ises, something if youre in grade by grade classroom. bill benefit, forme...

Cooperation between teachers unions and government . number two investment in teachers in the recruitment and training. no one should get in the classroom that is not fully qualified . focus on student learning and not high stakes test scores. thats what they are doing. >> steve: it is when you look around the planet, other countries are kicking our butts and spening the most on education in this counselry and 44 percent of first year college students cannot write in the college level. >> thats ...

Workforce. no business person will say thats a bright plan. >> the local ladies afternoon bowling league, we found nancy, who thinks state governments union employees need to look at the bigger picture. >> i know that unions have been good in the past. i think theyre overstepping their bounds and they need to stop and think about how much in debt we are. >> in more -- more than a few residents wondered why there cant be politics. take the negotiations at the local schools for new teachers, knowi...