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Scheme of things. >> yeah. especially considering what some parents are paying for private tutoring. julia ryan of "the atlantic." thank you. >> thank you. my next guest, patrick kennedy is offering a word of warning about weed. that little guy cleans, brightens and fights stains. so now i can focus on more pressing matters. wow! isn't it beautiful? your sweet peppers aren't next to your hot peppers. [ gasps ] [ sarah ] that's my tide. what's yours?

apology. george w. bush adviser nicolle wallace tells us which republican really hated her. hey there, everyone. it's high noon here in the east, 9:00 a.m. in the west. welcome to "weekends with alex wi witt." breaking news from overseas where investigators from several countries are searching for the missing malaysian jet liner. the plane vanished seen after taking off on its way to beijing. the boeing 777 aircraft was carrying 227 passengers. 12 crew members. the flight was due to arrive in beijing at 6:30 local time and passengers have been taken to a nearby hotel as they anxi...

>> we're going to leave it right there and try to take a silver lining. jared bernstein, thanks so much. >> thank you, alex. let's go to education. a new study out reveals troubling findings about the schools here in america, especially when you compare it to how the rest of the world is doing. it's based on the latest test results from the program for international student assessment. many consider this to be the world's most important exam. julia ryan wrote about these findings in her article. she joins me now. i think frightening is the word because i was very disturbed by this article, j...

America scores 26th in math. 17th in reading and 21 in science. >> okay. it may be average in most areas, but it did rank near the top in spending at number five. >> yes. >> are we getting most bang for our buck here? >> so this is a little troubling. the report notes that spending does not necessarily correlate to higher scores. so the united states spends between the ages of 6 and 15 $115,000 per student. to put that in some context, the slovak republic has scores similar to ours, and they only spend $53,000. >> that's extraordinary when you think about how much we're spending and what we're...

0 >> i've only seen it worse once than this in my life. i've been driving for 37 years. >> you try to change lanes and you're going sideways. >> well, hundreds of storm-related accidents have been reported since friday. some people are making the best of the situation. look at this woman. she's from indiana. fun aside, though, this storm remains very serious. so where is it going to be at its worst? let's go to the weather channel's dr. greg postel. >> thanks, alex. we're dealing with a wide variety of winter weather across the northeast today. it's going to be transitioning from snow to sleet...