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you to call immediately. back to you in the studio. >> we know that she is not coming on this. is the teachers union saying anything? >> reporter: i called the teachers union. the montgomery county education association. both times i called, the person who picked up the foerng i mentioned the womans name and immediately then no comment. and then hung up. so thats all we got. >> john schriffen reporting from silver spring. a disgruntled metro worker warned that an arizona style shooti...

just checked the weather bug network in the upper midwest, 50-plus-mile-per-hour gusts. we have the cold front pushing through our region now. it is still very mild and muggy. areas of rain all around the metro area pushing off to the north and east. because this is a slow-moving front, the showers and storms are going to hang around off and on throughout the day and into the evening hours. highs in the 70s. humid today. lisa? >> there is a complicated accident on 66 with a tractor tra...

Innovative strategies that have never been before been tried. >> bold and innovative is what we need and what you two in your states have been involved in. tim webb is the tennessee education commissioner and governor jack markell from delaware was joining us as well. congratulations to you gentlemen, and on the money youre receiving from the federal government. and well keep an eye on public education in those two states. a fancy u.n. affair, bigwigs from around the globe are rubbing elbows. ...

Boards and the districts all to agree to things? >> well, we have the advantage in delaware. weve got 15 years -- a legacy of 15 years of academic innovation to build on, starting back in the mid-90s. and all of these groups have worked together over these 15 years. thats not to say we dont have differences from time to time. but the bottom line is everybody wanted to have their voices heard and everybody did. and we built it around the standards and the data systems, as you mentioned, having hi...

Grants. the competition rewards states that are leading the way in education reform in these four key areas. adopting stand dards that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace. measuring or creating a system that measures student growth and reports to teachers and principals on how to improve instruction. recruiting an rewarding effective teachers and principals. and key here is turning around their lowest performing schools. 40 states and the district of columbia submitted appli...

I didnt pay a penny out of pocket for my power chair. with help from the scooter store, medicare and my insurance covered it all. call the scooter store for free information today. okay. two big winners in the battle for education reform, tennessee and delaware, the first two states to win grants in the u.s. department of educations race to the top competition. joining me is the education commissioner, tim webb. commissioner webb, my producer, christina, is from tennessee, and if thats what yo...

car thats going to come out later this year. as for what this means for gm, we will see. but we did ask bob lutz about the future of gm, if he foresees any more big layoffs for the compa company. he says as long as the company continues to improve, they will not. good news for those employees. you can see more on that interview and the test drive for the volt right here on cnnmoney.com. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with our chief business correspondent ali velshi. >> tony, good...