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[ zipper, heavy breathing ] ♪ [ male announcer ] linens and duvet washed fresh for every guest. real value. from your friends at hampton. controversy and protests have erupted over a valedictorian. daniela and her sister are being required to be deported back to colombia. her request for residency and a green card were recently denied. she just spoke with suzanne malveaux saying, quote, she is an american. >> i really couldn't stand another life. this is my roots. this is all i know. >> pelaez has until march 28th to appeal, which she plans to do. immigration and custom enforcement issued this statement. daniela and her sister reserve the right to appeal the decision. i.c.e. will not take any action against them while they pursue additional legal options. there's no doubt education isn't complicated, often controversial nuances and the reality is there's a lot that needs to be fixed. right now the country top leaders putting their minds together and along with their school, they met in d.c. for their important education, to share their strategy for improvement. their talks could have a big impact on what your kids are taught in the future. mayor villarosa is joining me. i want to get to the education reform but i want to ask you about the valedictorian that could be redort ported that was in miami but what is your response to that system? >> thank you for asking me. i was going to chime in any way. what a heartbreaker. what a moster child for the dream act, an act that says if you've grown up here, you've lived here your whole life, this is the only country that you know, you ought to have a pathway to citizenship. unfortunately, we have people like both mr. santorum and mr. romney saying that that's a hand out and i think it's a hand up and it's what we should be doing and i hope we do pass the dream act. >> mayor, part of the education forum was to focus on strengths and weaknesses and especially big urban districts face. the big question is always practically speaking what needs to be done in what can be done to fix our schools? >> well, we need to support our teachers. we need to put teachers and parents in front of the reform movement. we need to make sure that we're all more accountable to students' success. we need to increase our graduation rates, make our kids -- make sure that our kids are either career or college ready. we've got to set the highest standards for our kids. we've got to tie money to reform. yesterday the president said they need to invest more in education and put their money where their mouth is but they need to tie that to reform in our schools. today we talked about the need for districts to be able to compete for race to the top dollars in the way that states do, especially our three districts, which are larger than many states. we need to have more flexibility and innovation. we need to provide kids and parents with choices and that's what the three of us -- some of what we talked about today here in d.c. >> do you see major changes coming from this or is it kind of getting the conversation going, getting big thoughts out there? >> no, many changes have been going. i'm a fan of mayor bloomberg and daly and now all of them are pushing to drive reform in their schools. in the case of chicago, they are trying to increase the length of the school day. they are trying to make sure that they are closing down schools that are failing. we're doing the same thing in l.a. we've developed a thing called public schools choice which says if you're a new school or you're a failing school you ought to compete for an operator. we're working -- i run 22 schools, 18,000 kids. it's a turnaround project. the lowest of schools in the city and we're showing that these kids can learn. we've got to do a number of things to strengthen our teaching core. we have to have multiple measures of evaluation, accountability. school report cards with a grade on it and importantly we've got to measure our teachers based on where the kids start and where they end up. >> mayor, i'm sure our viewers know you wear many hats. one of the hats that you also wear is that you are the co-chair of the democratic convention. super tuesday is coming up. are you just watching the republicans duke it outcome super tuesday? >> i care about our democracy and obviously looking at that election and the republican primary, you can't help but be fearful for our democracy when you see that their focus is not on the economy, it should be the focus of every one of us and instead of things like contraception and denying women the right to a mammogram and it's pretty disturbing when you see some of the things that have come out of the mouths of these people during the debates over the last month and i want them to focus on the country, not just the party and not such blind allegiance to orthodoxy in the way that you've seen in the last few months. >> well, that debate will continue for many months ahead. mayor, thank you for coming in. >> thanks, kate, for having me. >> see you soon. for nearly a month this small neighborhood in homs syria has been shelled by government forces. today the red cross has arrived but will they be able to help those that need it most? more on the humanitarian crisis, next. for weeks the city of homs has been the target of tanks, machine guns, and snipers. a red cross convoy was permitted into homs today with desperately needed supplies and the trucks were not allowed to enter the baba amr neighborhood. at least three others 30 others have been reported killed elsewhere. nic, any word why the red cross was turned away? that seems absolutely amazing it's incredible. it shows that the syrian government said yes they could take the medical supplies, bank met and other things for these 4,000 civilians and many of them have terrible, terrible wounds and they need government attention. the six hours later they were not able to get in. what changed their mind? none of that is clear. but what we know from activists is that meanwhile, what is actually going on in baba amr. the activists are going house to house arresting military-aged male, any boys over the age of 12 they are arresting and also the activists say people are being killed on that street. >> nic, we've been watching this unfold now and we've seen the video that is just astonishing. how bad are the conditions? i can only imagine they are getting worse. where could things go from here we're seeing that happen already today. the town about 15 minutes drive, very close to homs, today there was a group of protesters there protesting. they were outside altogether and then suddenly a shell comes right in the middle of them. this is exactly what was happening to the people in baba amr. whenever they rattle the streets, shells were coming in and they were being damaged. now we're likely to see bashar al assad to move his troops. and right now they are under gunfire from their forces. kate? >> one aspect of this -- of the fighting, of this astroesh shous story, is the story of the french journalist. bring us up to speed. where do things stand with them? i believe they have gotten out and are finally on french soil. yes? >> reporter: they have gone to french soil literally in the next hour or so. and what is incredible here, that the french airport in this small military aircraft ran by the french military that brought in incredible before it is bouvier was carried off the aircraft, the french president went on that aircraft and spent 15 minutes talking to him. obviously a lot of activists are hoping that will galvanize him into more action and and you can see the fragile state she was in and you can imagine she would have to get from baba amr, carried sometimes by hand, backs of motor bikes, in terrible conditions. she really now is in safe hands. >> it truly is amazing to know what the horrible conditions were like to try to get to a safe place. it's amazing she is doing as well as she is. nic robertson in lebanon bon non, thank you. all aboard. the washington caucuses are the last stop before super tuesday. who will be the winner at the end of the ride? 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