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>> i want to bring in susan. grade.rstand how the gradewit how does it affect the psychology of a student who has a zero some. >> i think it would help. where did zeros come from? we just invented it. if a kid happens to be out of school and misses a test or misses homework, should they be getting a zero, even though they're working hard? if you have to lose 100 pounds you may give up. ten pounds maybe you'll be motivated. i agree with the 50% grade idea. i think they're trying to be equal because each school is acting differently. >> i think every kid deserves a chance to succeed. let me play...

Heights. none of them was len years old. >> the other was 12. they tricked their class mates and teachers and used a fire alarm out of the classroom to a fenced area. they open happened fire and the doors locked and the kids couldn't get back in. they killed five and wounded 10. one of the five killed was a teacher and the question is, how do you dole with an 11 year old who killed with someone? it never occurred to anyone that we neeleded to center a law that said it was wrong for an 11 year old to commit mass murder. >> they were held under arkansas law under the age of 18. and wouldn't have...

Bullets in war zone because you don't wear body armor. the controversy stems from her 1991 wedding to julius genachowski. he invited all of his class mates from then the harvard law review, including barack obama. obama later was called upon or genachowski later was called upon by obama to head up the federal communications commission. now, raddatz, who divorced genachowski in 997, said she never had a friendship with barack obama, and the commission on presidential debates says it was aware of the wedding guest list when raddatz was considered for this position, in fact, the wedding also incl...

Partisan politics. she walked into class wearing the romney/ryan t-shirt or, and it turns out her teacher was an obama supporter. listen. >> i came in, and she said are you wearing a mitt romney shirt, and i said, yeah. she pointed and said, get out of the class. and i said, no. you can't wear a republican shirt in a democratic school. she took a red marker, tried to draw on it, and then she told me to take off my shirt, and she would give me a different one. >> reporter: not just that, she said the teacher's comments also led to critical comments from her class mates and the janitor. the scho...

seriously. the national spelling bee champ wins with the word most of us have likely never used, maybe not even ever heard of. >> the answer to that is probably no, right? these kids are really bright nowadays. >> nothing surprises me anymore. every year they get smarter and smarter. good morning, everybody, welcome to "early start." >> we're really happy to have you here this morning. we are bringing you the news from a to z 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let's get started. up first, john edwards likely off the legal hook for good after a jury acquitted him of one count of campaign fin...