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Undermining his own credibility with a stunt like this. but he's gotten most of the republicans behind him. i am sure he will be on many programs like this one in the future. >> professor greer, one of the odd turns of life is that tom cotton when he was a harvard law student, had elizabeth warren as one of his teachers. so elizabeth warren last year he was a house member, she issued a statement saying tom cotton was a fine student in the classroom and he earned a passing grade, but he's flunking the people of arkansas in the united states congress. it is fascinating to see him emerging like t...

Cotton, when he was a harvard law student, had elizabeth warren as one of his teachers. so elizabeth warren last year, he was a house member, she issued a statement saying tom cotton was a fine student in the classroom and he earned a passing grade, but he's flunking the people of arkansas in the united states congress. it is fascinating to see him emerging like this and elizabeth warren having this relationship with him. >> we do know that the republican party has a very bad habit of eating their young. so they throw people out there. and sometimes they're able to soar, but there is a reason ...

American history when it american history when it comes to civics only 24% of high school students had a proficient knowledge of the topic. well, hardly a passing grade. now, and you new proposal in the state of tennessee, students will need to pass the same test immigrants take in order to receive their high school diploma. is that an ideal solution? joining us now is state senator mark norris. hey, good morning senator. >> good morning good to be with you. >> good to be seeing you too. what's going on in the state of tennessee in terms of this civics test. give us an idea. >> well, actually ...

Latinos, 19% of the time, and white residents, 14% of the time. joining me now is steve sweeney, a democrat. senator, what grade would you give senator christie on sandy recovery? >> well, obviously it's not a passing grade right now, because there's too many people that are struggling to get their lives back in order. everyone looked at this storm as an unbelievable devastation that hit the state, and we knew it would take time, but a year and a half in, you have 8,000 people on a waiting list. they don't know if they're number one or number 8,000. this is not right, nor is it fair. >> you've...

Passing grade right now, because there's too many people that are struggling to get their lives back in order. everyone looked at this storm as an unbelievable devastation that hit the state, and we knew it would take time, but a year and a half in, you have 8,000 people on a waiting list. they don't know if they're number one or number 8,000. this is not right, nor is it fair. >> you've introduced or pledged to introduce legislation that would be a sandy bill of rights essentially. what would be in there and why are you doing it? >> basically it's about transparency. knowing where you are on ...