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Feel their parents can walk to school, pay out on the street and be out on the front porch. thank you. >> the sumer turned out to be safer for kids, and two things that made a difference is police work and summer programs. >> i like reading. >> you have to spend too much time passing legislation and stuff. >> thats okay. at night, im reading a biography. i read right before i go to bed for an hour. >> youve got to do it. >> ive got to make the kids do what i do, one way or the other. >> for the ...

And why are they going to learn? theyll be so focused on wanting to hide that theyre not going to speak up in class or stand out and theyre going to shri . shrivel. we know with brains that are developing they need the nutrition just to learn, be present, and be able to be most effective in a classroom. all of that together is going to make them shirk away from school. >> tom, it is also about the money, isnt it. i mean, you cant cut $8 billion out of the s.n.a.p. program and expect that its goi...

Commitments for college affordability and accessibility. some of the things would be make test prep for colleges, making that accessible to americans. and for students looking for college, it will best match them where theyll best able to graduate. theres remedial program, tutoring, mentoring and trying to throughout the summers with summer programs to bridge that gap as some students fall behind. it falls into the agenda president barack obama has laid out for this year where he talked about wa...

Biggest concern, there are books in these schools. if i could put a book in every kids hand, i would be really excited. >> but the reality of whats happening with budgets right now, how do we make the education system more accessible. and were ignoring the poorest kids, were ignoring them on multiple levels. >> but were not spending less money on them. per-student spending on education, k-12 in this country has gone up by 2 1/2 times while results have been like this. >> but weve had this debate...

See the gaps growing between kids coming from affluent homes versus poor children. and they have -- >> its not the presidents job. >> i disagree. thats why i think, that is definition of a liberal. i think the government can help out in this situation. and help the kids who are falling behind. and would benefit from being in summer programs. i just dont think the pre-k thing should be universal. >> bret: meanwhile, the sequestration is looming. a couple of days away. so we wanted to talk about t...

>> an interesting outcome. this may be good news. plus, a school district that pays struggling students to go to summer school. talk about outrage. were going to chat about that this morning. >> were going to begin with the olympics and the night that was filled with so much promise and ended in so much disappointment for the u.s. mens gymnastics team after finishing first in the trials, they entered the finals last night as favorites. but a fall on the floor, two costly errors in th...

another 8 inches of rain today. tropical storm debby is forcing more evacuations, rescues and road closures. just last hour, officials in pasco county, florida, ordered the evacuation of 2,000 homes because of a fast rising river. 38 people were rescued from their homes overnight. >> i was kind of panicking because the water came up over the wall where i live. if youre looking to sell your home, you may get a little more for it than just a few months ago. home prices, they have now r...

[chuckles] >> i pointed that out, going forward if republican donors continue to be attacked by the obama re-election campaign, then its right on the presidents doorstep. he knows now. he has to stop. >> its happening all over the country. as many summer programs include "killing lincoln."

[chuckles] >> i pointed that out, going forward if republican donors continue to be attacked by the obama re-election campaign, then its right on the presidents doorstep. he knows now. he has to stop. >> its happening all over the country. as many summer programs include "killing lincoln."

Case basis but didnt make any big bulk purchases. >> greta: is any one up in arms and saying this is not a smart way to do this? >> the county was kind of in a tizzy last month when this came out again and there was new commissioners who had no idea this was going on. some of the veteran commissioners were told about this a couple of years ago but you said we really didnt realize there were cars there from 2006 or 2007 and they asked the mayor for a report and that is when said he has been tryin...