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Something jonathan capehart said on "hard ball". >> he's a smart guy, that jonathan -- >> he noted that the president hasn't done a great job of being a cheer leader for his own message because it's difficult for him to do that. you need third party validators doing that. we saw during the campaign that bill clinton was able to articulate a stronger message than the president himself. with respect to economic growth in particular, when you have elements of the president's base, african-americans still unemployment rates that are about twice white unemployment rates and latinos as well, it's di...

Going on is low self-esteem. right? kids avoid things that make them feel bad. so you just don't go to that class. they get into such a cycle. what strikes me about this way of approaching their education, and i know you've been working with teachers and students to kind of rethink this, that it's okay if you fail. just keep trying. and that you can -- this idea that you can be a genius, actually. >> right. learning is an effortful process. if we only did things that were easy we wouldn't be learning anything. we'd be practicing things we already knew. there's that mix of the willingness to ge...

Not achieving it. >> our test scores are not what we choose to focus on. we choose to focus on teaching kids. >> how do you know if they are learning anything if you don't test them and compare. >> i know my kids are learning when i look in their eyes. >> the protesters had celebrity is support. actor matt damon. he was asked by a woman from reason tv about the rules that make it hard to fire a union teach. in acting there isn't job security, right york why isn't it like that for teachers? >> could you think job insecurity is what makes me work hard. >> you have an incentive to work harder. ...

Charters in what he calls his school. >> over my dead body they are going to come there. >> does he get to stop them? when we return i will confront the unions about that and other strange things union losses said like we shouldn't judge teachers but by how well students do on tests. >> how do you know if they are learning anything? >> i know my kids are learning when i look in their eyes? >> what? more stupid in america when we return.

Believes at 51% george zimmerman's version of the story, then obviously self-defense is going to win out here. but yeah, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsy pop. how many bangs on the head does it take until you are brain damaged? that's something the jury has to determine. but in determining that, you also have to remember that the standard is a lot lower for the self-defense. >> yeah. well, let me go to paul henderson. i want to get the facts straight. i'm not watching the trial every minute. i have another job to do here. it is called politics. this is of course in ...