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Talks about new testing. the testing is more rigorous. it has shown in places like new york city for example, are in much worse shape than anyone thought. first you have to know how bad things are to where it is going. you dont address teaching and dead wood in the classroom. there are great teachers. a lot who have been around a long time, frankly dont deserve there to be anymore. you have to have somebody to teach the standards effectively. >> that is a union problem as well. martha: that is w...

Wrist, suspended. >> which is wrong. which is why im saying the arbitrators and the administrators as well as the teachers unions i think have to be challenged. i dont think we should just deal with it as a union problem. >> theres a simple solution to this problem. okay. changing the teachers union contract. right now, the reason that the teachers union says we have a zero tolerance policy, we think -- what theyre saying is wrong. there are -- the teachers union will argue that the chancellor i...

The very people creating these policies choose the opposite for their own children. instead of investing hundreds of millions of dollars, the state of new york raised $700 million. that is being used for testing. we could be using that money to provide our teacher, provide music teachers, not just air-conditioning. thats, you know, we are talking the narrowing of curriculum and the lack of experiences that would really bridge that achievement gap or poverty gap. unfortunately, our policymakers a...

Have a fair and balanced debate with joe trippi and karl rove. also getting attention today, our nation inching closer to a new benchmark finishing nationa6 trillion mark later this evening. on the housing front, construction spending fell in july by the largest amount in a year mainly weighed down by a drop in money spent on home improvement projects. 47 million americans received food stamps in the month of june. will any of this hurt the presidents chances? and not karl rove, its ed rollins a...

overnight u.s. navy s.e.a.l. operation. this morning word that terrorists could use bombs implanted in someones body. finding the missing. we have amber alerts, facebook, and now a new possibility to connect missing children with their parents. a crash landing in the desert. get this. its on purpose. a new update on your facebook page that could change your life. this morning organ donation on your time line. "newsroom" begins right now. we begin this morning with new reports s...

>> were live in charleston, south carolina. iowa declares a new winner. rick perry bows out, and 35 hours before the polls open here in south carolina, we have a dead heat. a southern republican presidential debate starts right now. the part of the republican party where tradition lives. >> the strongest military in the world. >> and values matter. >> we want a conservative on the ticket. >> tonight, the republican candidate on stage in south carolina for their final debate before the ...

were live in charleston, south carolina. its debate night. after a dramatic day in the republican race for president. iowa declares a new winner. rick perry bows out. 35 hours before the polls open here in south carolina, a dead heat. the southern republican presidential debate starts right now. >> welcome to the south. the heart of the republican party. where tradition lives. >> the strongest military in the world. >> and values matter. >> we want a conservative on the ticket. >> toni...

a southern republican presidential debate starts right now. welcome to the south. the part of the republican party where tradition lives. >> the strongest military in the world. >> and values matter. >> we want a conservative on the ticket. >> tonight, the republican candidate on stage in south carolina for their final debate before the south primary. mitt romney, the front runner, going for another win. trying to close a deal with skeptical voters. >> work to get good jobs back. >> ...

for the next debate, does cain have what takes to go the distance? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." . president obama says that iran must be held accountable for an alleged plot to kill a saudi ambassador to the united states. he is ramping up efforts to punish and isolate iran as he puts pressure on republicans in congress for blocking his jobs bill. jess yak jessica yellin is standing by m...

Of what he says is going to happen, its astonishing. all right, this is the only way to close the gap, so were going to have to close 70 more schools in detroit. that will leave only 72 public schools open by 2014. they closed 59 public schools last year. so theyre whittling these down by the dozens. that would mean 60 kids per high school class. >> detroits problems are detroits problems. look at wisconsin where the problems are completely different, but it is at its core a budget problem. and ...