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That was the promise of chris christie. that is the promise of jeb bush. but what was on display in new hampshire this weekend was a party base that not only doesn't agree with jeb bush, but is going out of his way to attack him. here's marsha blackburn who seems to be toying with a 2016 campaign of her own. here she is taking a direct shot at the common core education standards, something for which jeb bush has been a vocal advocate. >> the unions don't want charter schools. they want a happy meal education. dumb down. equal portions for everybody. that is what they would like. we need to fig...

To charge you more money to pay with plastic. a fight over the american flag in brooklyn park, minnesota. old glory has been flying on bridges there for the past seven years. put up by the vfw post to show their support for the troops. the department of transportation says take those down. the dot says it has nothing to do with patriotism and everything to do with safely. the flags are secured with brackets that could fly off and hit passing drivers. those are your headlines. >> check in with rick reichmuth. out in queens new york, this morning. >> injured heros getting a chance to go sailing,...

Dedicated resources for us. not just saying i'm going to take a page out of the application. >> so one out of three. >> that's okay. we get one. i will take one. we're moving in the right direction. >> take what we can get. amilya antonetti. thank you for breaking this down for us. still ahead on the show. picking a fight with pig farmers. humane society says pig facilities are violating e.p.a. the president of the national pork producer's council says that's a high. he is here to explain next.

Reading and math and other subjects engaging kids may be falling by the wayside. not true in every school but some schools. >> what about the reports we hear kids are burdened with hours and hours of homework every night. >> up town problem. no doubt that is learnly true for some rarefied subsouthwest kids. i used to teach in the south bronx for several years. my kids were not going home with 70 pounds of book and five hours of homework. >> south bronx is probably one of the poorest school districts in the country. >> sure, that's true. never school there is going to be range. we tend to hear ...

Meet the benchmark status. bankemany schools decided not o increase academic rigor but to dumb down tests. president obama today announced an executive branch solution. >> starting today we be giving states more flexible to meet high standards. keep in mind the change we are making is not low aring standards. we are saying we will give you more flexibility to meet high standards. >> reporter: it allows the states to apply for waivers from no child left behind but the states must adopt education policy changes that the administration deems necessary. a stipulation that some see as another feder...