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Transcripts for CNN Smerconish 20140308 14:06:00

Actions speak louder than words. and what the american people would like to see is a consistency of action from this president. this is a a situation that, yes, indeed, the world is watching very closely. well, let s let s then address the let s address the big question everyone is concerned about an aggressive russia. congresswoman, let s address the big question. when you say actions, mom did say that, by the way and usually had a yardstick in her and what she said it to my brother and me. so did mine. when you say actions speak louder than words, are you saying crimea warrants a u.s. war issue? it bothers. i hear the comments an the president being a 90-pound weakling but not republicans saying we should commit troops. are you ready to make that statement? michael, i think that what we should do is look at the options that are there. the president in his phone call with putin has laid out some things. ....

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Transcripts for CNN Smerconish 20140308 14:15:00

Problematic, and, you know, certainly the test and the college board as a whole is a pretty has had a pretty significant p.r. problem. is it possible to develop a test that can t be gamed? i read your piece. your piece is terrific and gives a great insight into the thought process, but at the end of it i was still wondering, even with these changes, will those who can afford to hire a prep service still have a significant edge? well, that s the big question. right? i mean, we re still early in this process. they ve just announced the changes. you know, i think they ve contracted with the con academy a well-respected online resource for students to help everybody. so the idea, you know, the way david coleman, president of the college board, the relatively new president of the college board, explained it to me is that this is a nudge. that there should be additional changes coming down the pike, and i don t think you know this is a huge issue, right? ....

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Transcripts for CNN Smerconish 20140308 14:30:00

Want to turn this into a gay issue. it wasn t a gay issue. it was a human issue, and we felt like everybody had the right to be buried peacefully. i m sure westboro would have had a field day in they known and after losing a son and going through what i did with the westboro church, i just didn t want to deal with anymore on top of it. you gave me the privilege of telling your story in long form for politico magazine. please, tell the cnn audience who was awalt fisher? walt was my partner for many years. he was a good man. i could not have gone through what i went through without him by my side. he was the one i confided in. he was the one that was there for the tears. he was the one that was there for the glory. but he never got any glory for it. and i think it s about time ....

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Transcripts for CNN Smerconish 20140308 14:17:00

Types of schools. there were 30 universities and colleging looked at. this is a very significant study, and i think, but the fact of the matter is, it s that 80% of four-year colleges require the s.a.t. and i think the issue is, it s complicated. there s a lot of you know, because of the common application, there s a you know, a huge number of applications that colleges, college admissions offices are trying to funnel through, and i mean, i know you know, i m here in the northeast in the boston area. you know, a school like northeastern sees 50,000 applications. you know? it s kind of problematic to think that a school of that size could do what occurred to me in reading your piece and i hope everybody reads it tomorrow in the times, that if we go the achievement route, it s really going to put the onus on teachers. todd, thank you so much for being on the program. that s tomorrow s new york times magazine. the headlines redefined. we re finding out are to the ....

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Transcripts for CNN Smerconish 20140308 14:50:00

Explosion, myth, education, money. today s push for performance. here to talk about it is one of the book s co-authors dr. steven henshaw, professor of psychology at cal berkeley. just to put the problem in perspective, centers for disease control says the number of children diagnosed with adhd has jumped 40% in the last decade. maybe that s not necessarily a bad thing, ride? perhaps it means that kids who are in need of a diagnosis are now getting necessary treatment. yes, i mean, part of the issue here is that we re finally recognizing a real condition. but a 40% jump in nine years stretches, it must be that we re diagnosing too many kids on the basis of a very brief pediatric visit that doesn t do the thorough job that s needed. recognizing adhd is fine but this kind of increase has us concerned. and you have charts and maps in the book that illustrate your point about the disparity that ....

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