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Talented attorney general, then i think weve gotten to the point where we want our president to be human, but the moment that he is, then everyone is on his back. >> amy, does the president get a pass here? >> i say that he does. and i agree that these are innocent remarks. and if he thinks the attorney general is a pretty lady, big deal. i would like to see the forebearance on the other side. if a republican made these remarks, democrats would be all over them. we would be hearing about binders...

All right. welcome back. 56 minutes, 57 minutes past the hour. trending online this morning a different kind of white house summit. president obama meeting with his third grade counterpart, the kid president. its 9-year-old robby novak. they were in the oval office. check it out. >> what grade you in? >> third. >> third? >> mm-hmm. >> third grade? >> mm-hmm. >> how is school going? >> good. >> going pretty good? i know you have all these activities. >> yeah. >> i want you to balance being presid...

Behind the desk. so you look a little more official. okay. well make sure not to talk. what grade are you in? >> third. >> third grade? >> um-hum. >> yeah. >> going pretty good? okay. because i know you have all of these other activities. so much demand on your time, trying to balance being president and being in the third grade, you know. thats a lot of stuff. >> um-hum. >> you seem to be handling it pretty well. >> very well. >> this is a program from the march on washington. where dr. king sp...

Tennessee, mark turner, called your proposal, and im quoting him, "bigotry at its best." do you have a better description for your proposal than that? "bigotry at its best." >> i call it -- sure, i call it parental involvement at its highest level. and getting people out of poverty. something thats working in over 40 different countries and having spectacular results. you look the at brazil who did it. they went from an average third grade education to, i believe, about 70% or 80% high school gr...

York state students take rig just exams, many parents are simply opting out. jonathan says why couldnt i have? more than 3,000 long island parents have joined a facebook movement to refuse to let their kids be tested. until now the standards didnt exist in many local districts, the bar is getting higher for everyone. what can we do to give all of our kids a shot at making it to the head of the class? in the guest spot, the president and ceo of united way of new york city. welcome, sheena. >> tha...

Grade is really a national crisis. if you havent learned to read, youre not able to read to learn. and therefore, we have those statistic that say youre 74% more likely to drop out of high school. if we were able to really fix our early childhood educational system, our gdp would grow by the trillions of dollars just in terms of our enhanced work force, as well as the innovation and the marketplace from better educated people. >> were talking about ability. the ability to read. the inability to ...

>> everything all right? >> nope. >> okay. well make sure not to cause an international incident. kid president, what grade are you in? >> third. >> third? >> uh-huh. >> third grade? >> uh-huh. >> yeah? this is a telegraph. >> telegraph, whats a telegraph? >> a telegraph, it used to be before there were phones, before there was the internet, before there was youtube -- >> electricity -- >> it was a telegraph and thats how you would communicate from far away. how is school? >> good. >> its going ...

Speech could ever deliver. the ideal that any child in this country can grow up to be president. ♪ >> are we going to have fun? >> yeah. >> so this is the oval office right here. and -- >> cool. >> i think you should try to sit behind the desk so you look more official. >> hello? >> everything all right? >> nope. >> okay. well make sure not to cause an international incident. kid president, what grade are you in? >> third. >> third? >> uh-huh. >> third grade? >> uh-huh. >> yeah? this is a tele...

>> arent you going to be with your kids? >> shes busy. >> i see. tanning. >> and the nannies are okay too. >> im sorry, i know i sound like -- >> third grade. >> third grade. >> chief white house correspondent for politico is mike allen with a look at the playbook. good morning. >> hey, yall. >> you cant help yourselves, youre talking about hillary clinton 2016 this morning saying if youre looking for clues -- >> we really cant throw stones after what barnicle just said. >> im trying to blow pas...

Think dennis rodman. >> when you think north korea, rob, when you think, when you think our political show with george stephanopoulos. >> you dont think dennis rodman. >> but it has happened. >> man, dennis. >> uh-huh. >> okay. moving on to this now. the sex abuse scandal is one of the many challenges faced by the next pope. pope. the arch diocese of los angeles reached a nearly $10 million settlement involving four victims. the cases involving ex-priest, michael baker, who admitted to church ...