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schools. education secretary arne duncan's search for schools that can help disadvantaged and minority students in the race to the top. secretary duncan joins us with more. the first sign of hope from iran that at least one of those young american hikers might be freed after a year in a tehran jail. and today i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. the fbi just met with pastor terry jones, but despite widespread condemnation, worldwide condemnation and condemnation from the white house, the u.s. military, the state department, there is no sign yet that he is backing down from h...

Probably, in my judgment, would want to do so. but my guess is the real debate is going to be how many thousands of troops do we pull out next summer? not whether or not we begin the process. >> shepard: an interesting thought. now there is also word of an added element to this. because the defense secretary robert gates now says that next year he plans to leave his job. wendell goler is traveling with the president now and is live in wisconsin. wendell, were these comments a surprise at all? >> well, shep, not so much a surprise but a reminder. secretary gets says a different time commitment ...

>> i think the president has created more confusion here. >> shepard: and republicans say they are going to make this an election issue. plus, spectators say they were touch enough to touch the off road racers when one truck hit the crowd it? >> caught air and went sideways. people got ran over and bodies were thrown everywhere. >> tonight, new details of the disaster in the desert. breaking news in a moment. but first from fox this monday night, the hunt for an accused kick boxing killer. a man who investigators say murdered a former united states marine. that marine's name is did d...

After taking an ariel tour of the gulf coast. jeff burrell is the assistant secretary of defense for -- >> whatever -- >> whatever your title. i'm glad you're here. you're the guy. you're the man. you've taken several steps. >> we have, the secretary got a request this morning from the coast guard for two c1-30s to be equipped with spray. the secretary approved just before 11:00 this morning, so those planes are now down on the mississippi gulf coast. in bay st. louis, mississippi, and should be taking off shortly to try to contribute to this effort to break up the oil slick. >> do weather con...

Administration picking up on the efforts of the last administration has been so focused on trying to deter iran from developing that capability. the course of action president obama has taken has been one of engagement first and foremost, clearly that's been rebuffed, although that door still reopens open -- remains open so now we're on the pressure track but no option has been taken off by this president or president bush, the military option is the option the commander in chief always has at his dispole ago, however it's not the preferred course of action. nobody in this building in particul...