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Democrats will unveil their new plan for what they call comprehensive reform. >> well, well have more on this a little later on in the program when i speak to tom tancredo whether is for the new law, and singer linda ronstadt who is a vocal opponent. a state of school attacks have left china reeling. 28 kindergarten children were attacked today by a man wielding a knife. just yesterday, 16 children and a teach were wounded in another attack. >> a man waving a knife rushed into a kindergarten c...

Mitchell in washington. again, everybody, were watching the president take to the podium to honor the teach of the year. he will be joined by joe biden, appropriately enough. well be following that from our control room. of course, the top story is about the president having been briefed about the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. heres the problem. the bill is now five times as big as first thought. theres a group thats already comparing this spill to the exxon valdeez disaster. could the milita...

Every time that i have lived in this particular town, theyve always rubber stamped it. well, now, ive never -- when i went to vote on tuesday, governor, i have never seen the crowd in the polling place that i saw with my own two eyes. >> well, double the turnout that it had been the year before. and folks are -- folks are angry. now, you know, some budgets were approved 41% of the budgets were approved but 58% were rejected. that is a -- that is a historic number in new jersey. its never happene...

Average of 45 percent more than those in private jobs. >> how does this affect the economy going forward? >> good morning, peter. >> good morning. what is wrong with government workers having financially appealing jobs? >> first of all, i was chief economist and i had 50 people working for me . they have it better than private sector folks. they have job security and we pay them 40 percent more. thats ridiculous . >> why is it a problem? >> biggest in health and pension and benefits. why is it a...

There was a friend or someone calling me from a different cell phone. so that was the first thing i picked up the phone for. >> taylor, what does this teach you in your own life? what has this incident said to you about how you should conduct your life or maybe why we have a purpose here? >> honestly, it teaches me everything has a purpose. and to be aware of, you know, what you do in your life and its always good to help out. i was honestly glad i could help her in the end. >> so many people in...

Tornadoes. the tornado watch goes into effect through this afternoon. certainly something well be watching very carefully, tony, so folks want to keep it right here. >> all right, reynolds, appreciate it, thank you, sir. >> you bet. imagine for a moment science class with no textbooks and students with no supplies. i will talk with an inner city teach about educating kids as schools slash their budgets. first, though, our "random moment" in 90 seconds. (announcer) if you want directions to t...

As dan mentioned, the its a public sector union. think of the private sector people in these hard times people have been taking pay cuts, working longer hours. >> what do we do about it? >> it is hard to say. one thing we need are more superintendents like the one in rhode island who is willing to stand up. for public officials, the teachers unions are brutal. they can be very effective in opposing changes to these rules. millions to protect tenure, weaken evaluations of teachers. arnold schwarz...

I want to say this before we leave. people are catching on. im going to be on the board for teach of america. arne duncan, first class reformer. a lot of cities, new york, new orleans, washington, d.c., and denver, and you are seeing education reform k-12 level. there are signs that we can revive it but right now, there are a lot of kids crunching this in the rezblegs excellent point. education, i dont know. it is one of the most important if not the most important. what we can do for our kids. ...

Tranquil tee, and blah, blah blawrks. he rewrote the entire pre em pell by -- pre em bell by telling a made to go" bleep prts herself. >> i thought, who will be the first to talk about it. >> you are a practice law. you are do you when at home at your apartments. does this jerk have a case? >> im not sure what par i am to answer. why are the less having an interaction? was he pulled over for a vehicle violation? we all agree flipping the bird to an officer is a stupid, stupid thing. whether it i...

Which is one of the worts unemployment rates in the country, and peoples wages are well below what they were making, and it makes their own situation look wore. no one will feel sympathy for teachers in that position. >> blame the union. if you are a parent in that school, graduation rate is 50%? you are applauding this. it is like, bravo. for crying out loud, this is revolutionary. >> lets blame rhode island. stot being a state. when you are the size of east midtown you are not a state. you are...