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Joe. >> we've got gene robinson here. >> msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. >> did you read the column? the scandal in atlanta. >> would you like to start there, joe? is that your way of starting it off? >> i was being nice to gene, i guess, i don't know, maybe being kind is out of style with you upper west siders. but i was trying to be nice to my friend. >> gene, i'll read from your column in your latest column on the atlanta cheating scandal. you write in part, quote, it's time to acknowledge that the fashionable theory of school reform requiring that pay and job security for teachers...

Memos that needed to be burned after the meeting was over. if that is not a criminal conspiracy, i don't know what is. >> ha was a key moment from the debut of "all in" with chris hayes as msnbc contributor goldie taylor cut to the heart of a massive cheating scandal inside atlanta school district. more than 30 educators have until the end of the day to turn them in on charges they cheated test scores, but would retaliate against anyone who tried to blow the whistle. so far three have turned themselves in, among those named in the 65-count indictment a former atlanta school superintendant. dr....

Scandal rocking at the atlanta public school system. 35 teachers, principals have been indicted for racketeering in a cheating scandal. a four-year investigation says they conspired to cheat on mandated standardized it tests, erasing wrong answers and correcting answers. beverly hall, it was said, led the scheme. she earned $500,000 in performance bonuses. >> there is a single-minded purpose and that purpose is to cheat, to manipulate the grades. >> now, this is despicable, if proven true, and it speaks to a bigger problem with our public schools. we cannot rely on standardized test scores for...

They're not cooperating or acting in the interest of the public. rick: we should mention since the initial outrage over the conference in las vegas the gsa announced a hiring freeze. they are cutting performance bonuses for some of their top level officials. i read a piece in "the washington post", congressman, from a couple of months ago that talked about the various hearings that have taken place on the hill, a couple of which, your committee headed up saying that these sessions demonstrated that congress is better at outrage and hindsight than oversight. what kind of assurances can you give...

welcome, everybody. our "starting point" is this breaking news. two american tourists have been kidnapped in dahab, egypt, in the sinai region. the kidnappers, it appears, are trying to negotiate some sort of prisoner exchange. jill daugherty joins us. what do we know? >> the state department is in touch with the families of these two people. names have not been given. they're 31 years old. the state department is providing counselor services and they are in touch and working very closely with egyptian authorities to try to resolve this. essentially, what happened, these two people, ...