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Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose Michelle Rhee is here. She is one of those widely known and perhaps most controversial figures in education. She served as chancellor of the d. C. Public School System from 2007 to 2010. Her sweeping reforms and hardnosed style have changed the National Debate over School Reform. She has written a new book about her vision for american education. Its called radical fighting to put students first. I am pleased to have Michelle Rhee back at this table. Welcome. Thank you for having me. Rose ...

We begin this evening with Michelle Rhee, the author of radical fighting to put students first. So heres what i would say about d. C. We were only there for three and a half years so did we accomplish everything that we wanted to . Absolutely not. Did we make significant progress that outsize it had progress of the district has been making before, yes. Thats unequivocal. If you look at the achievement rates of the children, we moved from the situation where about a quarter of the kids were on grade level in mathematics and reading in the Elementary School to now over half. So still you only ha...

Collaborators tom hodge and javier peral. Everything is an inspiration and i went to the music because i think its a its so normal to be inspired by music. I think every designer is always listening to music and music transports you in a romance, in a dream, everything. Rose we conclude this evening with Mickey Edwards, author of the parties versus the people how to turn republicans and democrats into americans. The problem is not republicans. The problem is republicans and democrats, the white house and the congress. Its people on all sides who say you know, we have an ideology and were not g...

Officials were talking to say this is a tragedy, the death of the two hostages that was apparently unavoidable. After all, the al qaeda there in yemen had threatened in a videotape to kill the american luke somers by the end of the day saturday, so, there was a there was a real urgency to try to rescue him. And they tell us also, they were unaware that the South African Pierre Korkie was there as well. They knew there was another hostage there, but they didnt know it was korkie. This leads to the tragedy. Because korkies caregive organization out of south africa had actually negotiated his rel...

We will not bring a bill that takes away a persons constitutionally guaranteed rights without their due process. This isnt trying to come up with a solution to a problem, this is trying to get attention. Reporter republicans convene in a session to vote not on gun control, but to override a president ial veto. Leading to tension exploding in the chamber just after 10 00. Permission from the yesman from kentucky to seek recognition. Reporter as republicans opened the floor to vote the democrats pressing against the podium, chanting and Holding Signs with names and faces of gun violence victims....